W. Clement Stone Quotes (43 Quotes)


    We have a problem. 'Congratulations.' But it's a tough problem. 'Then double congratulations.'

    To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you...don't need to know all the answers in advance. But you must have a clear idea of the problem or the goal you want to reach.


    Regardless of who you are or what you have been, you can be what you want to be.



    Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.

    Keep your mind on your objective, and persist until you succeed. Study, think and plan.


    You, too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims and destination.


    Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solves each problem as they came to it. They helped themselves. And they were helped through powers known and unknown to them at the time they set out on their voyage. They keep going regardless of the obstacles they met.

    If there is something to gain and nothing to lose by asking, by all means ask.

    You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success - or are they holding you back?

    Your most precious, valued possessions and your greatest powers are invisible and intangible. No one can take them. You, and you alone, can give them. You will receive abundance for your giving.

    Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.


    No matter how carefully you plan your goals they will never be more that pipe dreams unless you pursue them with gusto.


    Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again.

    When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.

    The natural law of inertia Matter will remain at rest or continue in uniform motion in the same straight line unless acted upon by some external force.

    What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch?

    There's a great joy in my giving. It's thrilling. It's exhilarating. It's important to be a part of sharing. It is my love. It is my joy.

    You always do what you want to do. This is true with every act. You may say that you had to do something, or that you were forced to, but actually, whatever you do, you do by choice. Only you have the power to choose for yourself.


    Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.

    Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.




    Tell everyone what you want to do and someone will want to help you do it.

    Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman - not the attitude of the prospect.

    Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.

    Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.

    Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.

    I think there is something, more important than believing Action The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.

    When you do the wrong thing, knowing it is wrong, you do so because you haven't developed the habit of effectively controlling or neutralizing strong inner urges that tempt you, or because you have established the wrong habit and don't know how to eliminate them effectively.

    Bondage is - subjection to external influences and internal negative thoughts and attitudes.

    If you employed study, thinking, and planning time daily, you could develop and use the power that can change the course of your destiny.

    All personal achievement starts in the mind of the individual. Your personal achievement starts in your mind. The first step is to know exactly what your problem, goal or desire is.



    When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.


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