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Also known as Oliver Napoleon Hill

American author (1883-1970)

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Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) was an American writer, essayist, journalist, and professor. Born in Pound and deceased in Greenville, he worked in English from 1928 until his death. His literary output included non-fiction, how-to guides, treatises, and self-help literature.

Hill is noted for the work *Think and Grow Rich*. Other associated titles include *Napoleon Hill's Keys to Positive Thinking*, *Think and Grow Through Art and Music*, *The Napoleon Hill Mastery Course*, and *Napoleon Hill's Your Millionaire Mindset*. He died of natural causes.

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Person · Open Library

Works
13

Top works

  • Piensa y seras rico
  • Napoleon Hill's Keys to Positive Thinking
  • Think and Grow Through Art and Music
  • The Napoleon Hill Mastery Course
  • Napoleon Hill's Your Millionaire Mindset

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1883
Active to
1970
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Napoleon Hill (October 26, 1883–November 8, 1970) was an American author who was one of the earliest producers of the modern genre of personal-success literature. His most famous work, Think and Grow Rich, is one of the best-selling books of all time. In America, Hill stated in his writings, people are free to believe what they want to believe, and this is what sets the United States apart from all other countries in the world. Hill's works examined the power of personal beliefs, and the role th

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Quotes

  • Every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.
  • Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. Thoughts are things! And powerful things at that, when mixed with definiteness of purpose, and burning desire, can be translated into riches. Use auto-suggestion, have faith, imagination and overcome fear and time is your opposite player as in checkerboard.
  • Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe it can achieve.
  • The greatest achievements of men, were at first, nothing but dreams of the minds of men who knew that dreams are the seedlings of all achievements. A burning desire, to be and to do, is the starting point, from which the dreamer must take off
  • Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought. p. 54
  • I know that I have the ability to achieve the object of my Definite Purpose in life, therefore, I demand of myself persistent, continuous action toward its attainment, and I here and now promise to render such action. p. 54

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Encyclopedic overview

Oliver Napoleon Hill (October 26, 1883 – November 8, 1970) was an American self-help author and con man who is best known for his book Think and Grow Rich (1937), which is among the best-selling self-help books of all time. Hill's works insisted that fervid expectations are essential to improving one's life. Most of his books are promoted as expounding principles to achieve "success".

Hill is a controversial figure. Having had a history of criminal charges and fraud accusations, historians also doubt many of his claims, such as that he met Andrew Carnegie and that he was an attorney.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Napoleon Hill” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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