More Quotes by W. Clement Stone
You can develop a burning desire to succeed. How? Keep your mind on the things you want and off the things you don't want.
Instead of believing the world is plotting to do you harm, choose to believe the world is plotting to do you good. Instead of seeing every difficult challenging event as a negative, see it for what it could be - something that is meant to enrich you, empower you, or advance your causes.
Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.
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!!!
So many fail because they don't get started - they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.
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. If you're not clear about this, then write it down, and rewrite it until the words express precisely what you are after. Every disadvantage has an equivalent advantage - if you'll take the trouble to find it. Learn to do that and you'll kick the stuffing out of adversity every time.
Meet the most important living person! That person is you.
Regardless of who you are or what you have been, you can be what you want to be.
Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.
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.
