W. Clement Stone

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

“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.”

“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 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.”

“You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.”

“To every disadvantage there is a corresponding advantage.”

“What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch?”

“To be happy, make other people happy.”

“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.”

“Thinking will not overcome fear but action will.”

“Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.”

“Prayer is man's greatest power!”

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

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

“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.”

“Like success, failure is many things to many people. With a 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.”

“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.”

“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.”