Before success comes in any man’s life, he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat, and, perhaps, some failure. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and most logical thing to do is to quit. That is exactly what the majority of men do. More than five hundred of the most successful men this country has ever known told the author their greatest success came just one step beyond the point at which defeat had overtaken them.

Maxwell's A Lifetime "Must Read" Books List. He later used his earnings as a reporter to enter law school but soon he had to withdraw for financial reasons. Impressed with Hill Carnegie asked him if he was up to the task of putting together this information to interview or analyze over 500 successful men and women many of them millionaires in order to discover and publish this formula for success.

How achievement actually occurs and a formula for it that puts success in reach of the average person were the focal points of Hill's books. Roosevelt from 1933 to 1936.