Ben Stein

"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. "

"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. "

"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. "