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
Edison failed 10, 000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.
The successful leader must plan his work and work his plan.
The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail.
Who said it could not be done? And tell me what great victories does he have to his credit which qualifies him to judge what can and can't be accomplished.
All great truths are simple in final analysis, and easily understood; if they are not, they are not great truths.
You can't change where you started, but you can change the direction you are going. It's not what you are going to do, but it's what you are doing now that counts.
Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true.
Every adversity, every failure, and every heartache, carries with it the Seed of an equivalent or greater Benefit.
The strongest oak of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It’s the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun.
The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.
Everyone enjoys doing the kind of work for which he is best suited.
It is always your next move.
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success.