33 Inspirational W. Clement Stone Quotes (BEST)

Top 10 Most Famous W. Clement Stone Quotes (BEST)

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

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

I think there is something, more important than believing Action! — I think there is something, more important than believing: **Action**!

The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision. — The world is full of dreamers, there aren’t enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their **vision**.

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

You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective.

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

Thinking will not overcome fear but action will. — Thinking will not overcome **fear** but **action** will.

Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement. — Definiteness of **purpose** is the starting point of all achievement.

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

12 Inspirational W. Clement Stone Quotes About Life (ATTITUDE)

“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.”
W. Clement Stone

Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success - or are they holding you back? — Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward **success** – or are they holding you back?

Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. — Have the **courage** to say no. Have the courage to face the **truth**. Do the right thing because it is right.

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 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.

All personal achievement starts in the mind of the individual... The first step is to know exactly what your problem, goal or desire is. — All personal achievement starts in the mind of the individual… The first step is to know exactly what your problem, goal or desire is.

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

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.

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

You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.

Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself.

11 W. Clement Stone Quotes on Giving and Business (SUCCESS)

“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.”
W. Clement Stone

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

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. — 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.

“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.”
W. Clement Stone

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

Success is achieved and maintained by those who try, and keep trying, for there is nothing to lose by trying and a great deal to gain if successful. — **Success** is achieved and maintained by those who try, and keep trying, for there is nothing to lose by trying and a great deal to gain if successful.

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

If you always do what you have always done, you will always be where you are right now.

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

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

“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.”
W. Clement Stone

William Clement Stone Short Biography

Born on 4 May 1902 in Chicago, Illinois, United States, William Clement Stone was a philanthropist and author.

In 1908, Stone sold newspapers on the streets of Chicago, he then started selling his newspapers at restaurants. Despite being discouraged by restaurant managers, he won them over with his politeness. By 1915, Stone owned his own newsstand.

In 1918, Stone moved to Detroit, here he began to sell casualty insurance. A year later, Stone established Combined Insurance Company of America.

He published his first book in 1960, entitled Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude, Stone was inspired by the motto of his mentor Napoleon Hill.

Stone was also supportive of Richard Nixon’s presidential campaigns and donated sizable amounts to Nixon’s 1968 and 1972 campaigns.

By 1979, Combined Insurance Company of America had over $1 Billion in assets.

Stone died in 2002, he lived to 100 years old.

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