W. Clement Stone

You always do what you want to do. This is true with every act. You may say that you had to do something, or that you were forced to, but actually, whatever you do, you do by choice. Only you have the power to choose for yourself.

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.

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.

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.

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.

If man had created man, he would be ashamed of his performance.

I hate mankind, for I think of myself as one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.

The eagle has ceased to scream, but the parrots will now begin to chatter. The war of the giants is over and the pigmies will now start to squabble.

Speech is often barren; but silence also does not necessarily brood over a full nest. Your still fowl, blinking at you without remark, may all the while be sitting on one addled egg…

Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.

Life too near paralyses art.

You are perfect. An exquisitely fine work of art, labor of love, suspended in silence. Bejeweled, trembling, kissed by a breeze, mesmerized by your beauty. You await in silence, beckoning me to a silken-wrapped slumber.

Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.

There is nothing to fear except fear it’s self.

Why harass with eternal purposes a mind to weak to grasp them?

When you are present, you can allow the mind to be as it is without getting entangled in it.

We are all alike, on the inside.

When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.