W. Clement Stone Quotes

Sometimes the bad things that happen in our lives put us directly on the path to the best things that will ever happen to us.

I have been given eyes to see and a mind to think, and now I know a great secret of life, for I perceive, at last, that all my problems, discouragements , and heartaches are, in truth, great opportunities in disguise.

Each experience through which we pass operates ultimately for our good. This is a correct attitude to adopt and we must be able to see it in that light.

I've come to understand that there's always something positive, even in a negative situation.

And at the time, it is funny how you can look at something and say, for example with my shoulder injury, when it first happened I said this is the worst thing that could happen to me. Why me, why now? Now I look back and say it was probably the best thing that happened to me.

A lot of life is about trying to turn bad experiences into something good. Usually if you work at it, you can figure out a way to do it. Even our worst misfortunes are gifts.

Every time something bad happens to me, I don't ask the question, 'Why did it happen to me?' The question I ask is, 'Why did it happen for me?'

Having challenges in your life open doors for you.

Life is all about how things rough up against you and how you see them and the vantage point you have from them.

Obstacles are Opportunities in disguise.

Your problems are not there to defeat you, they are there to increase you.

Some souls are ennobled and elevated by seeming misfortunes, which then become blessings in disguise.

Even challenges are beautiful opportunities in disguise.

I've passed along some advice that Oprah [Winfrey] gave to me: When something bad is happening, it's not happening to you; it's happening for you.

Every day is amazing, even when it's awful, because everything is for a reason. I know that this horrible thing that's happening today is going to bring something so amazing.

The mere fact that you have obstacles to overcome is in your favor.

Every positive thing in your life represents a single unique blessing. Every negative thing in your life has the opportunity to become a double blessing. For when you turn a negative into a positive, you gain twice. You are no longer burdened with the negative situation, and in addition to that you are strengthened by a new positive force.

Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.

The question is not, will there be difficulties and threats to our existence, but how will we deal with them and what can we learn from them. How can they become blessings to society, as a life threatening disease is to an individual, by teaching us about the meaning of our life and existence?

I've learned at the book signings that everyone has obstacles.

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

You have to think there's a reason for everything. When a door closes another door opens.

I've learned that many of the worst things lead to the best things, that no great thing is achieved without a couple of bad, bad things on the way to them, and that the bad things that happen to you bring, in some cases, the good things.

Karma is not just about the troubles, but also about surmounting them.

I am not a person who can really sit around and think about regrets because with every bad experience that you have, there is weirdly something good that comes from it.