Daniel Milstein > Quotes

“You don’t get what you wish for; you get what you work for.”
― Daniel Milstein, Rule #1 Don't Be #2

“You should have goals so big that you are uncomfortable telling your friends about them.”
― Daniel Milstein, 17 Cents and a Dream

“desperation either breaks you or makes you stronger. It amplifies the person you really are inside, and only time would tell what it would do for each of us.”
― Daniel Milstein, 17 Cents & a Dream: My Incredible Journey from the USSR to Living the American Dream

“You must always remember,” he said to me, “that you only have two things in this world: your name and your reputation. Also know that you can be anything or anybody you want to be. But don’t expect that anyone is going to do this for you. Not your parents, not me. You will become exactly who you yourself work to become – nothing more and nothing less.”
― Daniel Milstein, 17 Cents & a Dream: My Incredible Journey from the USSR to Living the American Dream