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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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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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:...

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:...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

You have a choice. Choose positive, smiling, laughing. Life is too short for the alternative.

You have a choice. Choose positive, smiling, laughing. Life is too short for the alternative.

Life is too short to waste any amount of time on wondering what other people...

Life is too short to waste any amount of time on wondering what other people...

Life's too short to waste on pessimism, boredom and disillusionment.

Life's too short to waste on pessimism, boredom and disillusionment.