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
Thomas Edison dreamed of a lamp that could be operated by electricity, began where he stood to put his dream into action, and despite more than ten thousand failures, he stood by that dream until he made it a physical reality. Practical dreamers do not quit.
There is but one dependable method of accumulating and legally holding riches, and that is by rendering useful service.
Burn the boats as you enter the island and you will take the island.
Every man's own character is written so all who will may read it, in the expression of his eyes, the tone of his voice, the posture of his body, the style of his clothes, and the nature of his deeds!
They [the people under you] may desire help, but more than anything else they desire sympathy. Don't make the mistake of turning such men down with the statement that you have troubles of your own.
The Ability to influence people without irritating them is the most profitable art known to man.
The Ability to influence people without irritating them is the most profitable art known to man.
If you learn to budget your time correctly, you will have time for all your needs.
The majority of people who fail to accumulate money sufficient for their needs are, generally, easily influenced by the opinion of others.
The majority of people who fail to accumulate money sufficient for their needs are, generally, easily influenced by the opinion of others.
Fortunes gravitate to men whose minds have been prepared to attract them just as surely as water gravitates to the ocean.
Those who succeed in an outstanding way seldom do so before the age of 40. More often, they do not strike their real pace until they are well beyond the age of 50.
Those who succeed in an outstanding way seldom do so before the age of 40. More often, they do not strike their real pace until they are well beyond the age of 50.
You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be.