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
The possibilities of creative effort connected with the subconscious mind are stupendous and imponderable. They inspire one with awe.
If you try and fail, make another effort, and still another...until you succeed.
We have already discovered the fact that fear is the chief reason for poverty and failure and misery that takes on a thousand different forms. We have already discovered the fact that the man who masters fear may march on to successful achievement in practically any undertaking, despite all efforts to defeat him.
Education comes from within; you get it by struggle and effort and thought.
One of the outstanding tragedies of this age of struggle and money-madness is the fact that so few people are engaged in the effort which they like best. Everyone should find his or her particular niche in the world's work, where both material prosperity and happiness in abundance may be found.
Anything acquired without effort, and without cost is generally unappreciated.
Most failures could have been converted into successes if someone had held on another minute or made more effort.
Persistence is nothing more than Concentrated Effort mixed with Determination and Faith.
Remember, no more effort is required to aim high in life, to demand abundance and prosperity, than is required to accept misery and poverty.
The jack-of-all-trades seldom is good at any. Concentrate all of your efforts on one definite chief aim.
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Weak desire brings weak results.
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires bring weak results, just as a small amount of fire makes a small amount of heat.
Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit.
Edison failed 10,000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.