5 Quotes & Sayings By Thomas J Stanley

Thomas J. Stanley was born in London, England. He is the author of The Millionaire Next Door, The Ultimate Secret for Wealth and Happiness, and The Millionaire Mind. He is also the editor of several successful titles including The Millionaire Mind and Work Less Work More Read more

Thomas J. Stanley graduated from the University of Cambridge with an honors degree in business administration. He has written for magazines such as Forbes, Business Week, and Barron's.

Stanley has appeared on CNN, Fox News Channel, PBS's Dateline, and many other networks to discuss his theories on wealth and happiness.

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How do you judge the professionals you patronize? Too many people judge them by display factors. Extra points are given to those who wear expensive clothes, drive luxury automobiles, and live in exclusive neighborhoods. They assume a professional is likely to be mediocre, even incompetent, if he lives in a modest home and drives a three-year-old Ford Crown Victoria. Very, very few people judge the quality of the professionals they use by net worth criteria. Many professionals have told us they must look successful to convince their customers/clients that they are. Thomas J. Stanley
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Operate your household like a productive business. Thomas J. Stanley
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Before you can become a millionaire, you must learn to think like one. You must learn how to motivate yourself to counter fear with courage. Making critical decisions about your career, business, investments and other resources conjures up fear, fear that is part of the process of becoming a financial success. Thomas J. Stanley
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Grades don't measure tenacity, courage, leadership, guts or whatever you want to call it. Teachers or any other persons in a position of authority should never tell anybody they will not succeed because they did not get all A's in school. Thomas J. Stanley