Natalia Tena Quotes

But he who dies in despair has lived his whole life in vain.

There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.

If you ask people what they've always wanted to do, most people haven't done it. That breaks my heart.

The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

I remember feeling that. I couldn't do, nor did I want to do, the kinds of roles I'd been doing.

My dreams have become puny with the reality my life has become.

The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition.

I'd be lying if I claimed that, in spite of our amiable afternoons, I don't have an ache somewhere in my heart that my children will not be playing Carnegie Hall anytime soon.

I don't want to dream anymore, I want my life to be real!

Nothing is sadder than having worldly standards without worldly means.

We secretly believe that if only we achieve some elusive goal - fitting into a pair of skinny jeans, or redoing our kitchen or getting that promotion - that it will make us happy. But the pain of our insecurity is hidden in all that racing around.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.

Every day I realized I would not be a star.

The reveries of youth, in which so much energy is wasted, are the yearnings of a Spirit made for what it has not found but must forever seek as an Ideal.

There's so much left to achieve, there's so much more to do, there's so much that has not been done.

The trouble with most of the things that people want is that they get them.

There are many people in the world who feel that if only they had a bigger car, a nicer house, better vacations, a more understanding boss, or a more interesting partner, then their life would work. We all go through that one. Slowly we wear out most of our 'if onlies.'

Destiny has two ways of crushing us - by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.

If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life - that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment - that would be the perfect state.

Would it be possible that I should not in any degree succeed? I can scarcely think so. Ah delusive hope, how much further wilt thou lead me?

Everyone's a millionaire where promises are concerned.

The truth is, even those who think Dreams only happen to someone else carry a Dream hidden deep in their heart, just hoping it can come true.

I am God's vessel. But my greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform live.

I'd love to have done more film, but you can't have everything.