W Clement Stone Quotes

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

There is very little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Like success, failure is many things to many people. With a 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.

Be generous. Give to those you love; give to those who love you, give to the fortunate, give to the unfortunate — yes, give especially to those you don’t want to give. You will receive abundance for your giving. The more you give, the more you will have.

What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch?

Keep your mind off the things you don't want by keeping it on the things you do want.

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 always do what you have always done, you will always be where you are right now" ~W. Clement Stone

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

Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement

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

Give hope (the magic ingredient for success) — you will have hope and be made hopeful.

if there is something to win and nothing to lose from asking a question then ask whatever it takes

Decisions without actions are worthless Failure can be good for you Don't let mental walls block you in Direct your thoughts, control your emotions, ordain your destiny

Whatever the mind … can conceive it can achieve.” W. Clement Stone (1902–2002)

God is always a good God; right is right; and with every disadvantage there is a greater advantage, if one seeks and finds it.

four basic causes of failure: sex, alcohol, deception, and stealing.

Universal laws always follow a pattern. Everything that moves or grows has a cycle and trend.

Whatever the mind can conceive...it can achieve

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

To solve a problem or to reach a goal, you, like Karl Eller, 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.

E. E. Bauermeister, supervisor of education and correctional counselor at California Institution for Men, Chino, California, who told the authors: “I always tell the men in our self-adjustment class that too often what we read and profess becomes a part of our libraries and our vocabularies, instead of becoming a part of our lives.

An insect may not be able to avoid being caught in the spider's web. And when once trapped, it is unable to free itself. There is one thing, however, over which each person has absolute, inherent control, and that is his mental attitude. We can avoid mental cobwebs. We can clear them. And we can sweep them away as they begin to develop. We can free ourselves when once enmeshed. And we can remain free.

Sometimes we have undesirable habits and we want to correct them. And there are times when we are strongly tempted to do wrong. Then, like an insect caught in a spider's web, we struggle to get free. Our conscious will is in conflict with our imagination and the will of our subconscious mind. The more we struggle, the more we become entrapped.

The Richest Man in Babylon:

When W. Clement Stone, an insurance magnate and philanthropist, gave $2 million to Richard M. Nixon’s 1972 campaign, it caused public outrage and contributed to a movement that produced the post-Watergate reforms in campaign financing.” Accounting for inflation, Balz estimated that Stone’s $2 million might be worth about $11 million in today’s dollars. In contrast, for the 2016 election, the political war chest accumulated by the Kochs and their small circle of friends was projected to be $889 million, completely dwarfing the scale of money that was considered deeply corrupt during the Watergate days.

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