Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face, and then reach for the stars.

Quote by Ben Stein

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Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over gain, and you...

Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over gain, and you...

The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide...

The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide...

The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy.

The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy.

You can do what you think you can do and you cannot do what you...

You can do what you think you can do and you cannot do what you...

I don't like the sound of all the lists he's making.

I don't like the sound of all the lists he's making.

Nothing happens by itself... it all will come your way, once you understand that you...

Nothing happens by itself... it all will come your way, once you understand that you...

It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.

It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.

Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will.

Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will.

Sometimes when a man recalls the good old days, he's really thinking of his bad...

Sometimes when a man recalls the good old days, he's really thinking of his bad...

If you can't stand the heat, don't go to Cancun in the summer.

If you can't stand the heat, don't go to Cancun in the summer.

The successful people of this world take life as it comes. They just go out...

The successful people of this world take life as it comes. They just go out...

The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this:...

The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this:...

A corporation's responsibility is to the shareholders, not its retirees and employees. Companies are doing...

A corporation's responsibility is to the shareholders, not its retirees and employees. Companies are doing...

The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this:...

The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this:...

Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in...

Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in...

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human...

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human...

Somewhere there is a map of how it can be done.

Somewhere there is a map of how it can be done.

You cannot win if you're not at the table. You have to be where the...

You cannot win if you're not at the table. You have to be where the...