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
One must realize that all who have accumulated great fortunes first did a certain amount of dreaming, hoping, wishing, desiring, and planning before they acquired money.
The state of mind must be belief, not mere hope or wish. Open-mindedness is essential for belief. Closed minds do not inspire faith, courage, and belief.
Most people wish for riches, but few people provide the definite plan and burning desire which pave the road to wealth.
Yesterday is gone forever. Make the most of today and tomorrow if you wish to make up for lost time.
Riches don't respond to wishes. They respond only to definite plans, backed by definite desires, through constant persistence.
There is a difference between wishing for a thing and being ready to receive it.
No one's ready for a thing, until they believe that they can acquire it. The state of mind must be belief and not mere hope or wish.
The power to think as you wish to think is the only power over which you have absolute control.
Imagine, as realistically as possible, the place where you want to be in the near future, the state you wish to reach and the Universe will help you and guide you
You will attract to yourself people who harmonize with your own philosophy of life, whether you wish it or not.
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.