Napoleon Hill
Napoleon Hill
Napoleon Hillwas an American author and impresario who cribbed freely from the new thought tradition of the previous century to become an early producer of personal-success literature. At the time of Hill's death in 1970, his best-known work, Think and Grow Richhad sold 20 million copies. Hill's works insisted that fervid expectations are essential to increasing one's income. Most of his books were promoted as expositing principles to achieve "success". Hill was an advisor to two presidents of the United...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSelf-Help Author
Date of Birth26 October 1883
CityPound, VA
CountryUnited States of America
Every man is what he is, because of the DOMINATING THOUGHTS which he permits to occupy his mind.
Understand that the only way to get happiness is by giving it away to others.
Work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.
Most misfortunes are the results of misused time.
Thoughts mixed with definiteness of purpose, persistence, and a burning desire are powerful things.
Action is the real measure of intelligence.
Tell the world what you intend to do, but first show it.
The subconscious mind makes no distinction between constructive and destructive thought impulses. It works with the material we feed it, through our thought impulses. The subconscious mind will translate into reality a thought driven by fear, just as readily as it will translate into reality a thought driven by courage or faith.
The majority of people permit relatives, friends, and the public at large to so influence them that they cannot live their own lives, because they fear criticism.
Men of action usually win - that is one of their distinctive features.
Whatever you think today becomes what you are tomorrow.
No form of human exchange is more profitable than the exchange of ideas. If I give you a thought in return for one of your thoughts, each of us will have gained a 100 percent dividend.
No man achieves great success who is unwilling to make personal sacrifices.
The basis of persistence is the Power of Will.