W. Clement Stone Quotes

Monetary success is not success. Career success is not success. Life, someone that loves you, giving to others, doing something that makes you feel complete and full. That is success. And it isn't dependent on anyone else.

I want to find that defining moment that you're satisfied and you've done what you want to do in your life.

You might not make it to the top, but if you are doing what you love, there is much more happiness there than being rich or famous.

The ultimate of being successful is the luxury of giving yourself the time to do what you want to do.

I have this amazing life.

I want to live a full life - period.

I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate.

The essential conditions of everything you do must be choice, love, passion.

The goal isn't to be successful; it's to be happy. And so it doesn't matter if I'm doing things in New York or teaching high school or I drop it altogether and sell coffee. The goal is to be happy, and people and relationships are what makes you happy.

My parents always told me, 'Do what you love because that is what you will do well in.' They told me to make sure that you are happy.

Don't worry about writing a book or getting famous or making money. Just lead an interesting life.

Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to do more things one likes to do.

Follow your passion. Nothing - not wealth, success, accolades or fame - is worth spending a lifetime doing things you don't enjoy.

If you can do what you do best and be happy, you're further along in life than most people.

I think I'm happier, not just because of winning Grammys and selling records, but because it's really fulfilling to have all these things happen with something you love to do.

That should be the measure of success for everyone. It's not money, it's not fame, it's not celebrity; my index of success is happiness.

Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you'll be a happy person.

I'm following my dreams and doing what I love as a designer. I did not want to be one of those kids with a famous last name that doesn't do anything. That is very unfulfilling to me and I'm very happy.

As my father used to tell me, the only true sign of success in life is being able to do for a living that which makes you happy.

Real success is not, like, materialistic. It's being where you want to be when you want to be; just living your life how you feel; having an ultimate goal and being able to accomplish it.

I've been very lucky to have achieved a lot of the things that I dreamt of achieving as a young man. But, at the end of the day - and I truly believe this - it is not about achieving great wealth or success. Because they don't bring happiness, ultimately.

I'm happy with everything I chose and happy with the way everything went in my life.

Now, with all my world titles, I am very happy because I can say to all those people that what I chose to do was good for me.

I'm not obsessed with the idea of fame or lots of money or social power. I can actually do want I want to do - I'm free - isn't that the greatest prize?

I always tell everybody that I feel I am living my dream.