Ben Stein

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

Goals Improvement Motivational

I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees Christmas trees. I don't feel threatened. I don't feel discriminated against.

Acceptance Culture Religion

It's really amazing that in the age of unbelief, as a smart man called it, there isn't even more fraud. After all, with no God, there's no one to ever call you to account, and no accounting at all if you can get away with it.

Accountability Beliefs Fraud

Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will.

Beliefs Faith Hope

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.

Defeat Human Perseverance

It doesn't bother me a bit when people say, 'Merry Christmas' to me. I don't think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it.

Culture Religion Tolerance

Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.

Achievements Life Personal Development