Napoleon Hill Quotes


Worry is a state of mind based upon fear. It works slowly, but persistently. It is insidious and subtle. Step by step it “digs itself in” until it paralyzes ones reasoning faculty, destroys self-confidence and initiative. Worry is a form of sustained fear caused by indecision therefore it is a state of mind which can be controlled.


Citations

Hill, Napoleon. Think and Grow Rich. The Ralston Society, 1937, p. 362.

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Napoleon Hill
Napoleon Hill
  • Born: October 26, 1883
  • Died: November 8, 1970
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Writer

Oliver Napoleon Hill was an American self-help author. He is known best for his book Think and Grow Rich (1937) which is among the 10 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 were promoted as expounding principles to achieve "success".