W. Clement Stone Quotes
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Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman - not the attitude of the prospect.
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Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
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Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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Bondage is - subjection to external influences and internal negative thoughts and attitudes.
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Be generous! Give to those whom you love; give to those who love you; give to the fortunate; give to the unfortunate; yes - give especially to those to whom you don’t want to give.
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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.
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'I feel healthy! I feel happy I feel terrific
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Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Big doors swing on little hinges.
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Events tend to recur in cycles.
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When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
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Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
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What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch?
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We have a problem. 'Congratulations.' But it's a tough problem. 'Then double congratulations.'
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To every disadvantage there is a corresponding advantage.
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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.
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Give time for a worthy cause (with eagerness) - you will be worthy and richly rewarded.