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Wikipedia Summary for W. Clement Stone
William Clement Stone (May 4, 1902 – September 3, 2002) was a businessman, philanthropist and New Thought self-help book author.
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.
You will receive abundance for your giving. The more you give -- the more you will have!
Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you.
For every disadvantage there is a corresponding advantage.
All I want to do is change the world. W.
Thinking will not overcome fear but action will. W.
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. W.
Thinking will not overcome fear, but action will.
The reason so few people are successful is no one has yet found a way for someone to sit down and slide uphill.
Bondage is subjection to external influences and internal negative thoughts and attitudes.
You too can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aim and destination.
Everyone who achieves success in a great venture solves each problem as they came. 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 meet.
Give time for a worthy cause with eagerness and you will be worthy and richly rewarded.
You too, can determine what you want. You can decide on your major objectives, targets, aims, and destinations.
Be careful the friends you choose -
for you will become like them.
You will receive abundance for your giving. The more you give, the more you will have!
Develop inspirational dissatisfaction. Rearrange your attitudes and convert a failure of one day into success on another.
Give hope (the magic ingredient for success) -- you will have hope and be made hopeful.
I feel healthy! I feel happy! I feel terrific!
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.
All I want to do is change the world.
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.
When our attitude towards ourselves is big, and our attitude toward others is generous and merciful, we attract big and generous portions of success.
Read the Bible and inspirational books for a purpose. Ask for divine guidance. Search for the light.
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.
Most of us are inclined to look upon success as coming in some mysterious way through advantages that we do not have. Perhaps because we do have them, we don't see them. The obvious is often unseen.
You can profit by disappointment -- if it is turned into inspirational dissatisfaction with a positive mental attitude.
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.
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.
Those who believe they can't repel the positive; they use the negative side of their talisman. Those who believe they can repel the negative; they use the positive side.
Your mind is your invisible talisman. The letters PMA (positive mental attitude) are emblazoned on one side, and NMA (negative mental attitude) on the other. These are powerful forces.
Success is achieved and maintained by those who keep trying with positive mental attitude. What you try for is up to you.
You attract the good and desirable with positive mental attitude. You repel them with negative mental attitude.
PMA is the right mental attitude for each specific occasion. It has the power to attract the good and the beautiful. NMA repels them. It is a negative mental attitude that robs you of all that makes life worth living.
Never underestimate the repellent power of a negative mental attitude. It can prevent life's lucky breaks from benefiting you.
It is interesting to note that life never leaves us stranded. If life hands us a problem, it hands us also the abilities with which to meet the problem.
Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself.
Have the courage to face the truth.
There is very little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude.
We have a problem. 'Congratulations.' But it's a tough problem. 'Then double congratulations.'
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.
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.
When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
Tell everyone what you want to do and someone will want to help you do it.
What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch?
Regardless of who you are or what you have been, you can be what you want to be.
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?
Success is achieved and maintained by those who try and keep trying.
Longer Version:
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. By all means TRY! Do it NOW!!!