Napoleon Hill

Author

1883-10-26 – 1970-11-08

American self-help author best known for Think and Grow Rich. His work is associated with early 20th-century personal development and success literature. He wrote widely on achievement, motivation, and applied philosophy.

Books by Napoleon Hill

Think and Grow Rich
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The Law of Success
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The Master-Key to Riches
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Quotes by Napoleon Hill

Face the facts squarely. Ask yourself definite questions and demand direct replies.
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Desire is the starting point of all achievement.
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Meet struggle and master it, says nature, and you shall have strength and wisdom sufficient for all your needs.
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Strength, both physical and spiritual, is the product of struggle!
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Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.
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The emotion of sex brings into being a state of mind.
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It is your responsibility to make sure that positive emotions constitute the dominating influence of your mind.
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Definiteness of decision always requires courage, sometimes very great courage. The fifty-six men who signed the Declaration of Independence staked their lives on the decision to affix their signatures to that document.
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When your desires are strong enough, you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve.
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The desire for sexual expression is inborn and natural. The desire cannot, and should not be submerged or eliminated. But it should be given an outlet through forms of expression which enrich the body, mind, and spirit of man.
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You have a brain and mind of your own. Use it, and reach your own decisions.
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Disappointment over love affairs generally has the effect of driving men to drink, and women to ruin; and this, because most people never learn the art of transmuting their strongest emotions into dreams of a constructive nature.
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If you are ready for the secret, you already possess one half of it,therefore, you will readily recognize the other half the moment it reaches your mind.
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There is a difference between WISHING for a thing and being READY to receive it. No one is ready for a thing, until he believes he can acquire it. The state of mind must be BELIEF, not mere hope or wish. Open-mindedness is essential for belief.
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Tell the world what you intend to do but first show it.
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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.
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war grows out of desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man.
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Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.
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Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
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Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire, and begin at once, whether you're ready or not, to put it into action.
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