Eric Liddell Quotes

There's nothing in the world so sad as talking to a man who never knew his life was his for making.

To not pursue the thing one wants would be a waste of one's life.

Youth is not enough. And love is not enough. And success is not enough. And, if we could achieve it, enough would not be enough.

I should have been smart enough to stay happy. But my ambition ruled my life.

If I had known what it would be like to have it all - I might have been willing to settle for less.

The idea of regretting not doing this seemed insane to me. Sitting in the corner at a bar at age 60, saying: 'I could've been Bond. Buy me a drink.' That's the saddest place I could be. At least now at 60 I can say: 'I was Bond. Now buy me a drink.'

You take people as far as they will go, not as far as you would like them to go.

All my life, I just felt that I should have finished my education.

I would hate to look back on my life and go, 'You know, I wanted to do a rock n' roll album. I should have, and I never did.'

I was never going to be the best player the world has ever seen but one thing I can be proud of is that I genuinely believe I have become the best player that I could have become.

You should aspire to a level of personal excellence - to be the best you can be. You should aspire to have the richest life you can get in terms of fulfillment, happiness and peace.

Surely every one realizes, at some point along the way, that he is capable of living a far better life than the one he has chosen.

I don't want things that I regret in life, and things that I have not done - and I don't want to at 80 years wake up, and tell myself: 'Oh I was on top of my shape and skills and I didn't do it.'

You are what you settle for.

I have a lot of regrets, of course I do. I should have taken that part; I should have maybe married that one, I don't know, but I didn't. So I am what I am and I'm pretty confident that I can break in. I think what I have to offer on film and on television is honest.

You were born not to be just fine

Your dreams should never be better than your real life

Success is man's god.

Dreams fulfilled are imperfect.

Every form of happiness if one, every desire is driven by the same motor--by our love for a single value, for the highest potentiality of our own existence--and every achievement is an expression of it.

I want more from life than that and I have more to give.

What I will no longer accept is the mediocre life of a modest little gentleman.

I want us all to fulfill our greatest potential. To find our calling, and summon the courage to live it.

People have an obligation to live up to their potential.

I am sure I'd have made a better all-around man if I hadn't lost so much time just making a living.