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
Success in highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which comes only to the man who has found the work he likes best.
Success is very largely a matter of adjusting one's self to the ever-varying and changing environments of life, in a spirit of harmony and poise.
Fortunate is the person who has developed the self-control to steer a straight course towards his objectives in life, without being swayed from his purpose by either commendation or condemnation.
The successful leader must plan his work and work his plan.
Until you have formed the habit of looking for the good instead of the bad there is in others, you will be neither successful nor happy.
What the mind cab conceive, it can achieve
The successful man or woman always looks for the advantage or benefit in every situation and lo and behold, they always find it.
Successful men and women become successful because they acquire the habit of thinking in terms of success. Get the success habit in the small circumstances you control, and soon you'll be controlling the bigger ones.
Success attracts success and failure attracts failure because of the law of harmonious attraction.
Successful people are decisive people. When opportunities come their way, they evaluate them carefully, make a decision, and take appropriate action. They know that indecision wastes time that could be spent on more productive tasks.
The ability to negotiate with other people without friction and argument is the outstanding quality of all successful people.
If you have been wise and successful I congratulate you. Unless you are unable to forget how successful you have been, then I pity you.
Successful people move on their own initiative but they know where they are going before they start.
Every successful person finds that great success lies just beyond the point when they're convinced their idea is not going to work.