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
An educated person is not necessarily the one who has the knowledge, but the one who knows where to get it when needed.
The richest persons are those who give most in service to others.
The only person to get even with are those who have helped you.
You owe it to yourself not to permit your emotions to place your happiness in the keeping of another person.
Money is either a good or bad influence, according to the character of the person who possesses it.
One of the most valuable things any person can learn is the art of using the knowledge and experience of others.
The person who takes no chances generally has to take whatever is left when others are through choosing.
A person's acts are always in harmony with the dominating thoughts of his or her mind.
To become successful you must be a person of action. Merely to "know" is not sufficient. It is necessary both to know and do.
You can always become the person you would have liked to be.
Anything you do to and for another person, you do it to and for yourself
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.