Chuck Palahniuk Quotes

I would like to learn, or remember, how to live.

It's only when we are able to see our own behavior that we are able to wake up and start making conscious choices.

My goal is not necessarily to be an inspiration. I think, if anything, I want to continue to be inspired and to continue to grow as a person.

I try to spend as little time thinking about myself as possible. I find that's not a constructive way to live.

Gaze Upward, Look Inward, Reach Outward, Press Forward.

Writing in a journal reminds you of your goals and of your learning in life. It offers a place where you can hold a deliberate, thoughtful conversation with yourself.

I think and that is all that I am.

Although none of the rules for becoming more alive is valid, it is healthy to keep on formulating them.

Sometimes you have to find the passion. It comes from the inside... Everyone has to find it for themselves.

Begin to be now what you will be hereafter.

I think of myself as a catalyst of action and a messenger of hope, turning people onto themselves and turning people onto their dreams.

It's not to late to... ask yourself if you really are the person you want to be, and if not, who you do want to be.

We never completely comprehend ourselves, but we can do far more than comprehend.

As a teenager, rather than setting myself on a course to pursue fame (quite common growing up in L.A., the entertainment capital of the world), happiness, fulfillment, and spiritual enlightenment (also quite common), I skipped right on to trying to be successful. 'Let's just get on with it,' I felt. 'Onward' became my motto.

Your glass will not do you half so much service as a serious reflection on your own minds.

I dislike the word 'self-help.' Self-awareness, yes, but not self-help.

It's not an epitaph. I felt I could look back at my life and get a good story out of it. It's a picture of somebody trying to figure things out. I'm not trying to create some impression about myself. That doesn't interest me.

If you asked me for my New Year Resolution, it would be to find out who I am.

Definitely, I think I'm a life coach for real. The lessons I give are lessons you can take to the bank.

What makes a person is the ability to look at themselves and deal with their own lives.

It only seems that there is something more important for you to do than to just quietly be yourself.

I needed to be pushed as an artist and as a person.

I like to read my diary occasionally to remind myself what a miserable, alienated old sod I used to be.

One of the reasons I'm an interesting person to be married to is my intensely late-blooming self-awareness.

My goal is to get quieter as I get older.