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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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:...

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 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 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...

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.

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 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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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,...

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

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

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...

There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in...

There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in...

He who trusts all things to chance, makes a lottery of his life

He who trusts all things to chance, makes a lottery of his life

Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.

Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.