Acres of Diamonds - Hardcover

Conwell, Russell Herman: - Russell H. Conwell (1843-1925) was an American minister, lawyer, lecturer, journalist, philanthropist, and founder of Temple University. A Civil War veteran and widely travelled public speaker, Conwell became famous for Acres of Diamonds, a lecture he delivered thousands of times to audiences interested in ambition, education, enterprise, opportunity, and self-improvement.Conwell's message joined practical ambition with service and usefulness. He argued that opportunity is often overlooked because it is close, familiar, or ordinary, and that success grows from recognising needs, developing discipline, and acting where one already stands. The popularity of Acres of Diamonds helped make Conwell one of the best-known motivational speakers of his era, and the lecture remains a compact classic of American success literature, business motivation, personal responsibility, and practical self-help.