The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.
-Ben Stein
Quotations
Self - Discovery
A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
-Jean De La Fontaine
There are chapters in every life which are seldom read and certainly not aloud.
-Carol Shields
Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to hope for when they throw a penny in a fountain.
-Barbara Kingsolver
We catch frightful glimpses of ourselves in the hostile eyes of others.
-Mignon McLaughlin
"The Neurotic's Notebook"
No one remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself.
-Anonymous
Man can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can starve from a lack of bread.
-Richard Wright
"Native Son"
The simplest questions are the most profound. Where were you born? Where is your home? Where are you going? What are you doing? Think about these once in a while and watch your answers change.
-Richard Bach
Knowing who you are is the best defense against who they think you are.
-Dodinsky
Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor.
-Alexis Carrel
