Quote by W. Clement Stone

Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.

Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achieve

Summary

This quote emphasizes the importance of having a clear and specific goal in order to achieve success. It suggests that having a definite purpose provides the foundation and direction for all accomplishments. Without a clear vision or objective, it is easy to lose focus and become uncertain about what actions need to be taken. By having a definite purpose in mind, individuals can stay motivated, make effective decisions, and align their efforts towards achieving their desired outcome. This quote underscores the significance of setting and pursuing specific goals as a fundamental step towards accomplishing success.

Topics

By W. Clement Stone

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

One of the great privileges of being a part of the Senate, i

One of the great privileges of being a part of the Senate, it being the greatest deliberative body in the world, is out of the discussions of ideas, hopefully truth can ultimately be achieved.

I shall content myself with merely declaring my firm convict

I shall content myself with merely declaring my firm conviction that, for the seeker who would live in fear of God and who would see Him face to face, restraint in diet both as to quantity and quality is as essential as restraint in thought and speech.

Mahatma Gandhi, Te Story of My E

The ordinary man is an anarchist. He wants to do as he likes

The ordinary man is an anarchist. He wants to do as he likes. He may want his neighbor to be governed, but he himself doesn't want to be governed. He is mortally afraid of government officials and policemen.

George Bernard Shaw

Arguments out of a pretty mouth are unanswerable.

Arguments out of a pretty mouth are unanswerable.

Argument & Debate

Affectation hides three times as many virtues as charity doe

Affectation hides three times as many virtues as charity does sins.

The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it

The proud man can learn humility, but he will be proud of it.

Mignon McLaughlin

The present age prefers the sign to the thing signified, the

The present age prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, fancy to reality, the appearance to the essence for in these days illusion only is sacred, truth profane.

Ludwig Feuerbach

I've never stabbed, hurt, killed, stolen, anything, but I we

I've never stabbed, hurt, killed, stolen, anything, but I went to jail for a year. What is that? My pastor said to me the fact that I'm not living under a bridge as a crazy woman, talking to myself, is amazing.

By virtue of some of the ways the game is played, in terms o

By virtue of some of the ways the game is played, in terms of message discipline, in terms of access for reporters, and especially in the way that sources and subjects, especially famous subjects, treat the media, almost by default there's more news that's falling into books.

The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are prese

The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be quite commonplace.

Johann von Goethe

The soldier's heart, the soldier's spirit, the soldier's sou

The soldier's heart, the soldier's spirit, the soldier's soul, are everything. Unless the soldier's soul sustains him he cannot be relied on and will fail himself and his commander and his country in the end.

General George Catlett Marshall,

It's amazing how easy the truth is to accept...No matter how

It's amazing how easy the truth is to accept...No matter how strange.