W. Clement Stone quotes from Wisdom-of-the-Wise.com

"Big doors swing on little hinges."

"Prayer is mans greatest power!"

"Events tend to recur in cycles..."

"All I want to do is change the world."

"To be happy, make other people happy."

"Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself."

"Thinking will not overcome fear but action will."

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

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

"To every disadvantage there is a corresponding advantage."

"All personal achievement starts in the mind of the individual."

"Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Your most precious, valued possessions and your greatest powers are invisible and intangible."

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

"That's why many fail - because they don't get started - they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin."

"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."

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

"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."

"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."

"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."

"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 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."