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Napoleon Hill

American author (1883-1970)

  • Audience3.4K
  • Fame69.6
  • Momentum0.5
Source-basedFalling
3.4K youtube followers
  • Audience3.4K
  • Fame69.6
  • Momentum0.5
  • Wikipedia33K
Lived 1883–1970, aged 87United States
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  • Biggest on YouTube
    3.4K
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  • Wikipedia
    48 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1883–1970
    Aged 87
Summary
Updated 2026-06-21

His book promised millions that thought alone could unlock riches — and it sold like wildfire. What Napoleon Hill left out: the fraud charges, the invented credentials, and the fact that historians can't confirm he ever met Andrew Carnegie, the man he claimed launched his entire philosophy.

Biography

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Oliver Napoleon Hill was born October 26, 1883, and spent decades pitching a seductive idea: that intense belief could reshape reality and deliver wealth. In 1937 he published Think and Grow Rich, which became one of the best-selling self-help books ever printed. The principles he sold — fervid expectations, relentless focus on success — found an audience hungry for a formula. But Hill's biography was shakier than his doctrine: criminal charges and fraud accusations followed him, and his claim that Andrew Carnegie had personally commissioned him to study success couldn't be verified. He kept w…

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Sourced, dated quotes from Napoleon Hill

Napoleon Hill
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Every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.
— A maxim of Hill's, specifically cited as such, in Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude (1960), co-authored with W. Clement Stone, Ch.
Napoleon Hill
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This secret was extensively used by President Woodrow Wilson, during the World War.
— Think and Grow Rich (1938)
Napoleon Hill
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Psychologists have correctly said that when one is truly ready for a thing, it puts in its appearance.
— Think and Grow Rich (1938)
Napoleon Hill
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All achievement, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea! p.18
— Think and Grow Rich (1938)
Napoleon Hill
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Remember, no more effort is required to aim high in life, to demand abundance and prosperity, than is required to accept misery and poverty. p. 38
— Think and Grow Rich (1938)
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Fame
Falling
69.6
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Momentum0.5
Historical25.2
Now attention14.8
Source confidence70.0
Completeness80.0
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  • Wikidata
    wikidata · wikidata.org
    High confidence
  • Wikipedia
    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
    High confidence
  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
    High confidence