William Fichtner Quotes

What makes you tick? Why do you care about the things you care about?

We try to stick pretty close to what our goals are and what we believe and what we enjoy doing in life - just simple things.

I'm not driven by money and I'm not driven by career.

I was concerned about filling my life up with something important to me. To me, it was just necessary.

I do think it's perfectly natural and human to want to invest belief in something. It's just a facet of who we are. What do I believe in? I believe in the obvious things. The people I'm close to and my work - it's not complicated.

Our deep desires define us, really.

If I lose touch with that... the reason why I act... then I'll leave it all. I don't do it for fame or money.

You figure out what you value in this life, and then you go for it. For me, it was freedom.

I know what really matters in my life.

You have a deeper purpose that drives you. You have to talk to yourself about what that purpose is. If you run through like a hamster to chase fame or money, you might end up wasting your life away. You find what drives you and gives you energy.

Popularity comes and goes. You need to know who you are, what you stand for, and why you're here.

I've come to know that what we want in life is the greatest indication of who we really are (p. 331).

When I was younger I didn't want to hang around with anyone. But now I feel so comfortable. I convey my thoughts, my emotions, I can communicate better, I have a better understanding of the world. Now I have a sense of purpose. It makes me think a lot more about things.

In life, you find things that hold value to you. You find things to fight for.

Define your priorities, know your values and believe in your purpose. Only then can you effectively share yourself with others.

To be mature you have to realize what you value most... Not to arrive at a clear understanding of one's own values is a tragic waste. You have missed the whole point of what life is for.

You have to identify what you care about and why you care about it. It has to be personal. It has to be something that fires you up or means something to you, or it's not going to drive you.

What's more important that spiritual life? It seems to me it's the bedrock of everything essential about being human.

Find the center of what you believe matters most to you in life ,and act on it today! The moment is now!

You don't chose your passion, your passion choses you

We cannot discuss the state of our minorities until we first have some sense of what we are, who we are, what our goals are, and what we take life to be. The question is not what we can do now for the hypothetical Mexican, the hypothetical Negro. The question is what we really want out of life, for ourselves, what we think is real.

My father told me once that the most important thing every man should know is what he would die for.

A man's got to have a code, a creed to live by, no matter his job.

One of the goals of life is to try and be in touch with one's most personal themes-the values, the ideas, styles, colors that are the touchstones of one's own individual life, its real texture and substance.

Always define WHAT you want to do with your life and WHAT you have to offer to the world, in terms of your favorite talents/gifts/skills-not in terms of a job-title.