Richard Bach Quotes

We define our success internally.

The purpose of life is to explore one's own life to its fullest, to explore all dimensions.

Make yourself a priority. Fill yourself up so that you can give more to others.

Would the boy you were be proud of the man you are?

I try to be self-analytical, both to outline the mistakes I made in my life and try to explain why I did, and the things that on balance I did pretty well on.

I do not care for socially recognizable success. I only value that success which I can feel within me, which satisfies me, and which basically stems from self-knowledge.

You're only as good as you are now - not as good as you were before.

I realised success as an actor alone wouldn't make me happy. I needed to explore my spiritual side in more depth.

My life is my argument.

Songwriting is like going to church. I'm connecting to something, and it's rewarding in really important ways. I don't need to share it with anyone to feel good about it.

We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves.

The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.

I just turned 30 so I got really introspective as you do, questioning my life. And when I stopped and sort of looked back at the past decade, I realized I had done more work than I thought I had done.

You just decide what your values are in life and what you are going to do, and then you feel like you count, and that makes life worth living. It makes my life meaningful.

But now that I've matured, I've realized that - at the end of the day - what's really important is the work, not what people think of me.

I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it?

I'm not running from any particular problems, I just want to take some time and figure out in my life where I can keep doing what I'm doing but in a way that I can also honor what I want to do for myself.

I don't want to be overly philosophical, but I think there are things you earn for yourself as you go.

I've watched my family grow, I've traveled around the world and I've had a chance to contribute some, I think.

I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.

When I write my autobiography after 20-25 years, I want 2014 to be the weakest year of my life.

In order to see truly where I am and where I want to go, I need to remember where I once was.

Everything you do tends to make you accomplish another step on the road to complete yourself.

As you get older, it's always a process of self-love, learning how to really do that for yourself instead of trying to find it outside yourself.

Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice.