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

Quote by Ben Stein

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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 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.

Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face,...

Jump into the middle of things, get your hands dirty, fall flat on your face,...

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.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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:...

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...

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.