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NAPOLEON HILL |
Born
Appalachian Town, Southwest Virginia, The United StatesOctober 26, 1883
Died
November 08, 1970
Genre
Business & Investing
He is widely considered to be one of the great writers on success.
His most famous work, Think and Grow Rich (1937), is one of the best-selling books of all time (at the time of Hill's death in 1970, Think and Grow Rich had sold 20 million copies).
Hill's works examined the power of personal beliefs, and the role they play in personal success.
He became an advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1933 to 1936.
"What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve" is one of Hill's hallmark expressions.
How achievement actually occurs, and a formula for it that puts success in reach of the average person, were the focal points of Hill's books.
“The starting point of all achievement is DESIRE. Keep this constantly in mind.
Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat.”
“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”
You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be.”
“When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.”
“If you can't do great things, do small things in a great way.”
“Do not wait: the time will never be 'just right'. Start where you stand, and work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.”
“Before success comes in any man’s life, he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat, and, perhaps, some failure.
When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and most logical thing to do is to quit.
That is exactly what the majority of men do.
More than five hundred of the most successful men this country has ever known told the author their greatest success came just one step beyond the point at which defeat had overtaken them.”
“Set your mind on a definite goal and observe how quickly the world stands aside to let you pass.”
“When your desires are strong enough, you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.”
“The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.”
“Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.”
“You may be hurt if you love too much, but you will live in misery if you love too little.”
“A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.”
“The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does.”
“Our only limitations are those we set up in our own minds”
“Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.”
“A quitter never wins-and-a winner never quits.”
“Don't wait. The time will never be just right.”
“An educated man is not, necessarily, one who has an abundance of general or specialized knowledge. An educated man is one who has so developed the faculties of his mind that he may acquire anything he wants, or its equivalent, without violating the rights of others.”
“Every adversity, every failure, every heartbreak, carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.”
“More gold had been mined from the mind of men than the earth it self”
“A goal is a dream with a deadline”
“Opinions are the cheapest commodities on earth. Everyone has a flock of opinions ready to be wished upon anyone who will accept them.
If you are influenced by "opinions" when you reach DECISIONS, you will not succeed in any undertaking.”
“We refuse to believe that which we don't understand.”
“Cherish your vision and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.”
“I will eliminate hatred, envy, jealousy, selfishness, and cynicism, by developing love for all humanity, because I know that a negative attitude toward others can never bring me success.
I will cause others to believe in me, because I will believe in them, and in myself.”
“To win the big stakes in this changed world, you must catch the spirit of the great pioneers of the past, whose dreams have given to civilization all that it has of value, the spirit that serves as the life-blood of our own country – your opportunity and mine, to develop and market our talents.”
“Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.”
“Hold a picture of yourself long and steadily enough in your mind's eye, and you will be drawn toward it.”
“If you must speak ill of another, do not speak it . . . ”
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