Bobby Bowden Quotes

An unused life is an early death.

He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them.

A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.

One's real life is so often the life that one does not lead.

The amount of death terror experienced is closely related to the amount of life unlived.

I almost get annoyed at the fact that I'm not going to use all that I got.

We've pitched and even begun development on a number of fantasy worlds that have never seen the light of day. All of those worlds... It's soul-crushing to see them sputter out, one by one. Lost. Like tears. In rain.

I look around at people who had success so early and then didn't know what to do with themselves.

My 20s were a lost decade. I didn't do much of anything.

Men are often capable of greater things than they perform - They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.

It's the great tragedy - people employed in ways that don't fully tap everything they do best in life.

The tragedy of life is what dies inside a man while he lives.

Every day, people settle for less than they deserve. They are only partially living or at best living a partial life. Every human being has the potential for greatness.

History is nothing if not an epic tale of missed opportunities.

Behind me the branches of a wasted and sterile existence are cracking.

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

It sounds ideal, a sort of beach childhood. But it wasn't really. I didn't use the beach very much at all.

Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out.

I'm the first to admit that I never achieved my potential as an actress.

To be used in a part without depth is a frustrating feeling, when you know you have something to give.

Between 1972 and 1976, I really didn't do much.

For me, the saddest thing in the world is always lost potential. That is always the most heartbreaking thing, when there's something left to be mined from a situation or a person that goes unexplored; that's a tragedy to me.

To do nothing but grumble and not to act - that is throwing away one's life.

If you want to live a fulfilling life, then you have to do something that motivates you and also earns you a living.

I feel ashamed if my hands are too clean and untouched. It's a measure of how much time I've spent travelling and poncing around.