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W. Clement Stone Quotes

1902–2002 United States

William Clement Stone (4 May 1902 – 3 September 2002) was an American businessman, author, and philanthropist; an advocate of what he called "PMA": Positive Mental Attitude. Beginning with meager material resources he became a multi-millionaire, was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, and lived to be 100.

United States
Businesspeople
Philanthropists

Also known as: Stone, W. Clement, W Clement Stone

Random W. Clement Stone quote

15 quotes

Give hope (the magic ingredient for success) — you will have hope and be made hopeful.

All I want to do is change the world!

Open Question Selling: Unlock Your Customer's Needs to Close the Sale (2007)

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.

Teen Ink : What Matters (2003)

There is very 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.

Give good thoughts (nature’s character builder) — you will be good and the world will have good thoughts for you.

I feel healthy! I feel happy I feel terrific

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.

Give time for a worthy cause (with eagerness) — you will be worthy and richly rewarded.

Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.

Give a kind word (with a kindly thought behind the word) — you will be kind and receive kind words.

Give a pleasant response (the neutralizer of irritants) — you will be pleasant and receive pleasant responses.

Give encouragement (the incentive to action) — you will have courage and be encouraged.

Give a smile to everyone you meet (smile with your eyes) — and you’ll smile and receive smiles...

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

Misattributed

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

Misattributed The Power of Choice (2007)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: W. Clement Stone (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.