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Inspirational Quotes by Napoleon Hill (American Author)

Inspirational Quotations by Napoleon Hill (American Author)

Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) was an early American self-help writer whose Depression-era classic Think and Grow Rich became a pop bestseller.

Born in a one-room cabin in Wise County, Virginia, Hill became a reporter at a young age. When he interviewed steel tycoon Andrew Carnegie for an assignment, Carnegie told Hill that there was a formula for success, and anyone could achieve it. Carnegie encouraged Hill to write a book about this idea.

Over the next 19 years, Hill interviewed hundreds of successful people—from businesspersons such as Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and John D. Rockefeller to politicians such as Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Joseph Stalin—and asked how they had achieved their power, fame, and fortune. Hill refined his early ideas into an accessible self-help book and published Think and Grow Rich (1937.) It was hugely successful, and continues to be so—-it has sold over 100 million copies.

Think and Grow Rich and Dale Carnegie’s How To Win Friends And Influence People (1936) started the positive thinking movement.

Hill is also the author of The Law of Success (1928,) The Magic Ladder to Success (1930,) and How to Raise Your Own Salary (1953.)

More: Wikipedia • READ: Works by Napoleon Hill

Love is, without question, life’s greatest experience.
—Napoleon Hill

What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.
—Napoleon Hill
Topics: Perseverance, Persistence

Lack of loyalty is one of the major causes of failure in every walk of life
—Napoleon Hill
Topics: Loyalty

You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
—Napoleon Hill
Topics: Responsibility

It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
—Napoleon Hill
Topics: Experience

There is one quality that one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.
—Napoleon Hill
Topics: Victory, Knowledge, Goals, Purpose

A quitter never wins, and a winner never quits.
—Napoleon Hill

Temporary defeat should mean only one thing, the certain knowledge that there is something wrong with your plan. Millions of men go through life in misery and poverty, because they lack a sound plan through which to accumulate a fortune.
—Napoleon Hill

Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
—Napoleon Hill
Topics: Failure, Character, Persistence, Perseverance

The ladder of success is never crowded at the top.
—Napoleon Hill
Topics: Success & Failure, Success

No follower of this philosophy can reasonably expect to accumulate a fortune without experiencing “temporary defeat”.
—Napoleon Hill

There would be no advantage to be gained by sowing a field of wheat if the harvest did not return more than was sown.
—Napoleon Hill
Topics: Giving, Charity

The world has the habit of making room for the man whose words and actions show that he knows where he is going.
—Napoleon Hill
Topics: Goal, World, Confidence

The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job.
—Napoleon Hill
Topics: Persistence, Perseverance

Fortunate is the person who has developed the self-control to steer a straight course toward his objective in life, without being swayed from his purpose by either commendation or condemnation.
—Napoleon Hill
Topics: Goals, Aspirations

The power of thought is the ONLY thing over which any human being has complete and unquestionable control. A fact so astounding that it connotes a close relationship between the mind of Man and the source of all power, Infinite Intelligence.
—Napoleon Hill

Nature yields her most profound secrets to the person who is determined to uncover them.
—Napoleon Hill
Topics: Nature

Those who reach decisions promptly and definitely, know what they want, and generally get it.
—Napoleon Hill

Ideas… they have the power…
—Napoleon Hill
Topics: Ideas

Anything the mind can conceive, and truly believe, it can achieve.
—Napoleon Hill

Faith is the “eternal elixir” which gives life, power, and action to the impulse of thought!
—Napoleon Hill

One thing we all know, if one does not possess persistence, one does not achieve noteworthy success in any calling.
—Napoleon Hill

No alibi will save you from accepting the responsibility.
—Napoleon Hill
Topics: Responsibility

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
—Napoleon Hill
Topics: Entrepreneurs, Excellence

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.
—Napoleon Hill
Topics: Planning, Goal, Failure

I fully realize that no wealth or position can long endure, unless built upon truth and justice, therefore, I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects.
—Napoleon Hill

Life reflects your own thoughts back to you.
—Napoleon Hill

Don’t wait. The time will never be just right.
—Napoleon Hill
Topics: Procrastination, One liners

We begin to see, therefore, the importance of selecting our environment with the greatest of care, because environment is the mental feeding ground out of which the food that goes into our minds is extracted.
—Napoleon Hill

Every negative event contains within it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.
—Napoleon Hill
Topics: Great

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