If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

—Napoleon Hill

About Napoleon Hill

Portrait of Napoleon Hill

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...

More quotations from Napoleon Hill

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

—Napoleon Hill

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

—Napoleon Hill

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

—Napoleon Hill

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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.

—Napoleon Hill

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There are some things you don't learn about yourself until you let someone else into the most intimate places of your heart.

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Finding your passion isn't just about careers and money. It's about finding your authentic self. The one you've buried beneath other people's needs.

—Kristin Hannah in Distant Shores

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Don't ever lose yourself in somebody else. It's hard to remember who you used to be if they disappear.

—S.L. Scott in The Resistance

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All the money in the world won't do a thing if you get up every day and hate yourself.

—Miranda Liasson in This Thing Called Love

You have been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn't worked. Try approving of yourself and see what happens.

—Louise L. Hay in You Can Heal Your Life

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