Napoleon Hill
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"Napoleon Hill" was an American author in the area of the new thought movement who was one of the earliest producers of the modern genre of personal-success literature. 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/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. "Anything the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can be achieved," 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.

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You give before you get.

It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.

Don't wait. The time will never be just right.

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

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.

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.

First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.

The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.

Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you are ready or not, to put this plan into action.

Before success 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.

Edison failed 10, 000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.

Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.

Within every adversity is an equal or greater opportunity.

Self-disciplined begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don't control what you think, you can't control what you do. Simply, self-discipline enables you to think first and act afterward.

Any ideas, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought.

No one is ready for a thing until he believes he can acquire it.

If your imagination leads you to understand how quickly people grant your requests when those requests appeal to their self-interest, you can have practically anything you go after.