Quotes from W. Clement Stone

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

What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch?

Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.

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.

Accept the priceless gift - the joy of work. Apply the greatest value in life: love people and serve them. You will attract big and generous portions of success.

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

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.

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

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.

So many fail because they don't get started - they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.

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.

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

Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself.

Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.

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.

Prayer is mans greatest power!

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.

All I want to do is change the world.

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.

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.

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

Success is achieved and maintained by those who TRY, And keep TRYING. Where there is nothing to lose by TRYING, And a great deal to gain if SUCCESSFUL, By all means, TRY. DO IT NOW

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