When you do the wrong thing, knowing it is wrong, you do so because you haven't developed the habit of effectively controlling or neutralizing strong inner urges that tempt you, or because you have established the wrong habit and don't know how to eliminate them effectively.

He eventually received a diploma from the Young Men's Christian Association Central High School in Chicago. Stone celebrated his 100th birthday with a gift of $100000 to the University of Illinois at Chicago.

William Clement Stone (May 4 1902 – September 3 2002) was a businessman philanthropist and New Thought self-help book author.