W. Clement Stone Quotes

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Do not wait; the time will never be 'just right.' Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

A lot of people have dreams and never do anything about them. When you have ideas and dreams, you do something about it.

Dream Big. Start small. Act now.

It's not the dreaming, it's the doing.

Many people have the right aim in life, they just never get around to pulling the trigger. The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps -- we must step up the stairs.

Most people never pick up the phone and call. Most people never ask, and that’s what separates the people who do things from the people who just dream about them.

If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.

My dreams are worthless, my plans are dust, my goals are impossible. All are of no value unless they are followed by action.

Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.

Everyone has ideas. They may be too busy or lack the confidence or technical ability to carry them out. But I want to carry them out. It is a matter of getting up and doing it.

In order to succeed... you have to put a stake in the ground.

The future starts today, not tomorrow.

The secret of getting things done is to act!

You will never win if you never begin.

Action is a great restorer and builder of confidence. Inaction is not only the result, but the cause, of fear. Perhaps the action you take will be successful; perhaps different action or adjustments will have to follow. But any action is better than no action at all.

A dream will not become an innovation if there is no realization.

The world is full of people who say, 'But I had that idea first,' but did they do anything about it? Nope, they sat on their bum dreaming.

When you feel as though you can't do something, the simple antidote is action: Begin doing it. Start the process, even if it's just a simple step, and don't stop at the beginning.

The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do.

Forget about where you want to be and go out and build stuff. Dodgeball came from being bored at work... things happen because you make them happen. Stop sketching, and start building.

Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.