W. Clement Stone Quotes

It's important to know what motivates you, not what motivates somebody else.

People change when they tell themselves they have to change. People do not change when you tell them they have to change.

If I lose touch with that... the reason why I act... then I'll leave it all. I don't do it for fame or money.

Until we know what motivates the hearts and minds of men we can understand nothing outside ourselves, nor will we ever reach fulfillment as that greatest miracle of all, the human being.

The power of getting to know one another is so immense, eclipsed only by first getting to know ourselves.

It comes from within.

I have no doubts. I know what gets in the way and I know what encourages me to do more work.

We know others to the extent that we know ourselves.

Human understanding is marvellously enlightened by daily conversation with men, for we are, otherwise, compressed and heaped up in ourselves, and have our sight limited to the length of our own noses.

It is far better to know our own weaknesses and failures than to point out those of others.

Maybe my pain was my motivation.

Everything I know, I know because of love.

The biggest mistake we make in creating successful relationships is that we seek to experience who we are through others rather than allowing others to experience who they are through us.

You don't have to tell people what they're doing wrong. They already know. Your job is to love them.

Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.

There will be certain things in a man that have to be won, not forced; inspired, not compelled.

I don't understand why I do what I do. I don't understand why I act anymore. But I do know that I love it, and that I find it really interesting and satisfying to enter into other worlds and explore different ways of thinking.

I'm doing this because I want to do it better.

He who knows himself properly can very soon learn to know all other men. It is all reflection.

I'm sure you get the best out of people if you look for the best in them. People don't need to be told when they've done something wrong - they know it without having to be told.

He who knows himself knows others.

I feel like personally I have more drive now than I did then probably because I care more and also because I've reached the mid-life point.

Motivation is undoubtedly the single greatest influence on how well people perform. Most productivity studies have found that motivation has a stronger influence on productivity than any other factor.

The best motivation is self-motivation.