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
IDEAS CAN BE TRANSMUTED INTO CASH THROUGH THE POWER OF DEFINITE PURPOSE, PLUS DEFINITE PLANS.
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point from which one must begin.
Desire is the factor that determines what your definite purpose in life shall be.
The space that every man occupies in the world is measured by the faith he expresses in connection with his aims and purposes.
Definiteness of purpose with positive mental attitude is the starting point of all worthwhile achievement.
Drifting, without aim or purpose, is the first cause of failure.
The most practical of all methods for controlling the mind is the habit of keeping it busy with a definite purpose, backed by a definite plan.
Until a man selects a DEFINITE PURPOSE IN LIFE, he dissipates his energies & spreads his thoughts over so many subjects & in so many different directions that they lead not to power, but to indecision & weakness.
There is no hope of success for the person who does not have a central purpose, or definite goal at which to aim.
Constancy of purpose is the first principle of success.
Successful people, in all callings, never stop acquiring specialized knowledge related to their major purpose, business, or profession.
I know that I have the ability to achieve the object of my Definite Purpose in life, therefore, I demand of myself persistent, continuous action toward its attainment, and I here and now promise to render such action.
Every well built house started in the form of a definite purpose plus a definite plan in the nature of a set of blueprints.
The starting point of all achievement is desire. Weak desire brings weak results.