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. Clement Stone More Quotes by W. Clement Stone More Quotes From W. Clement Stone All personal achievement starts in the mind of the individual. W. Clement Stone individual achievement mind 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. W. Clement Stone powerful mind attitude When you become successful and a depression or any other unfavorable circumstance arises which causes you a loss or defeat, act on the self-motivator: Success is achieved by those who try and maintained by those who keep trying with a positive mental attitude. This is the way to avoid being crushed. W. Clement Stone successful loss attitude You have everything to gain and nothing to lose by trying. W. Clement Stone nothing-to-lose gains trying When thinking won't cure fear, action will. W. Clement Stone fear-of-failure action thinking 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. W. Clement Stone lines matter law 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. W. Clement Stone unseen looks way Sometimes the things that seem to be adversities turn out to be opportunities in disguise. W. Clement Stone adversity opportunity sometimes 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. W. Clement Stone attitude beautiful negative Never underestimate the repellent power of a negative mental attitude. It can prevent life's lucky breaks from benefiting you. W. Clement Stone lucky attitude negative You attract the good and desirable with positive mental attitude. You repel them with negative mental attitude. W. Clement Stone desirable attitude negative We translate into reality thoughts of poverty just as quickly as we do thoughts of riches. But when our attitude toward ourselves is big, and our attitude toward others is generous and merciful, we attract big and generous portions of success. W. Clement Stone riches attitude reality We are masters, first, of our attitudes. Our attitudes shape our future. This is a universal law. W. Clement Stone shapes law attitude 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. W. Clement Stone use believe negative Not everyone would choose to pay the costly price of being a great artist. To many, the riches of life are quite different. A skill in day-to-day living which adds up to a happy, love-filled life is success. You can have this and other riches, too. The choice is yours. W. Clement Stone skills choices artist 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. W. Clement Stone love-life joy people Man's greatest power lies in the power of prayer. W. Clement Stone prayer men lying Develop inspirational dissatisfaction. Rearrange your attitudes and convert a failure of one day into success on another. W. Clement Stone dissatisfaction one-day attitude To be energetic, act energetic. W. Clement Stone energetic energy Success is achieved and maintained by those who TRY, And keep TRYING. Where there is nothing to lose by TRYING, And a great deal to gain if SUCCESSFUL, By all means, TRY. DO IT NOW W. Clement Stone