The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.
-Ben Stein
Quotations
Self - Discovery
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
You might say that we use ourselves to discover ourselves.
-Judith Hanson Lasater
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
No one remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself.
-Thomas Mann
A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.
-George Moore
A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.
-Jean De La Fontaine
And if you find everything as soon as you look for it, you find it in vain; you look for it in vain.
-Antonio Porchia
"Voces (Voices)"
Knowing who you are is the best defense against who they think you are.
-Dodinsky
We catch frightful glimpses of ourselves in the hostile eyes of others.
-Mignon McLaughlin
"The Neurotic's Notebook"
