May Sarton Quotes

I think I could go away tomorrow. I've already accomplished something. It's such a selfish business that sometimes I get sick of myself.

I've become a lot more relaxed about my career, but maybe that's a part of growing up. I realise there are things I hold dear and value, aside from professional achievements.

Coaching helps you take stock of where you are now in all aspects of your life, and how that compares to where you would like to be.

I have to be self-conscious of what I'm trying to do with my life.

I can't imagine, as a human being, not being able to grow.

You have to have something in your life that's more important than the work. People don't really like to admit that. They say, 'Oh, my work is my most important thing.'

We are our own worst enemies and as a coach you can help people recognise that, raise their self-awareness and then see if they change or do anything about it.

I can see myself now, she said. And I can see what I want to be, ten years from now. But I don't understand how I'm going to get from here to there.

It's a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.

I think once you get it in your head, that you're not going to do anything bigger, you just do things that you enjoy, which has always been my ethos anyway.

I am still a person with a sense of superficiality that I'm trying to challenge.

All my life, I always wanted to be somebody. Now I see that I should have been more specific.

I went to a motivational training course once, a course of self-discovery, and I found out after a week that my fear - it was not a fear of not being accepted - was a very violent fear of failure.

My goal in life is to make decisions that minimize regrets. I don't regret anything I've done.

I started second-guessing myself and was always questioning myself. I have really learned a lot.

I have a lot of success and make a good living, but after while, you start going 'Why? Why are you doing all this?'

I believe that I have such a vanilla life. But maybe I come with a different perspective. I'm always trying to improve myself.

I've always tried to do my very best, and I want to be the very best age, whatever age I am.

Fortunately analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.

There's no point thinking, 'Well, my life's certainly worked out, I've got all the answers.' It would be wrong for me to say that I don't get seduced by certain things. That things don't become tempting.

Any man who selects a goal in life which can be fully achieved has already defined his own limitations.

I never knew what I wanted to do, but I knew the kind of woman I wanted to be.

Everybody wants to be a better version of themselves - everybody. And I hope one day I can lose some weight. Maybe, who knows, I'll hire myself a trainer and a fancy cook. In five years, maybe I'll be an action hero. Then again, maybe I'll just be this guy. Who knows? But the fun part is embracing the human side of that.

I have a lot of growing up to do, or a lot of growing down. I think that's probably more appropriate.

I don't think my life would be significantly poorer if I don't impersonate Nick Clegg. Life is short enough without sitting up night after night listening to tapes of him.