Ben Stein Quotes

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

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated... it is finished when it surrenders.

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

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

Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over gain, and you will grow stronger until have accomplished a purpose - not the one you began with perhaps, but one you'll be glad to remember.

Nothing happens by itself... it all will come your way, once you understand that you have to make it come your way, by your own exertions.

So many fail because they don't get started - they don't go. They don't overcome inertia. They don't begin.

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

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

There is no sudden leap into the stratosphere... There is only advancing step by step, slowly and tortuously, up the pyramid towards your goals...

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