Quotations from W. Clement Stone



Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.

All I want to do is change the world.

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.

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

Be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.

Big doors swing on little hinges.

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

Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.

Events tend to recur in cycles.

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.

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.

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.

If you are really thankful, what do you do? You share.

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.

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

Prayer is mans greatest power!

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

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

Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself.

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

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

There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.

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.

Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.

To be happy, make other people happy.

To every disadvantage there is a corresponding advantage.

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

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

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

What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch?

Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

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

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.

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.

You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.

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.

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.