Richard Bach Quotes

I embarked on my life - I didn't do anything. I don't have an explanation.

Half my life is an act of revision.

I take ownership of every mistake I've ever made.

Looking inward and understanding where you made mistakes in the past helps you set up for change.

I believe acknowledging our own mistakes is half the problem solved.

We must look for our own blame to find our own personality.

Let me tell you a secret: there is no such thing as an uninteresting life One day you must tell me your full and complete story, unabridged and unexpurgated.We will set aside some time for it, and meet. It's very important. Maneck smiled. 'Why is it important?' It's extremely important because it helps to remind yourself of who you are. Then you can go forward, without fear of losing yourself in this ever-changing world.

No man has a chance to enjoy permanent success until he begins to look in a mirror for the real cause of all his mistakes.

I've always said, rather glibly, that the message of my career has been about individualism, about getting to know yourself and taking responsibility, not just for what you do, but what you think.

Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?

My history is long, and not much of it is good. I can't erase it, but I'm determined not to make another mistake. Not when the stakes are high, not when it comes to you.

To me, at forty-four years old, my book was a search for truth and identity.

I have a unique history. There's no way to ever separate what your life would have been like if you had taken a different path. You have to embrace what is yours, and if you don't like it, you have to decide to change it.

What is a fear of living? It's being preeminently afraid of dying. It is not doing what you came here to do, out of timidity and spinelessness. The antidote is to take full responsibility for yourself - for the time you take up and the space you occupy. If you don't know what you're here to do, then just do some good.

But whenever I look at the question of how to live, the answer's always staring me in the face. I'm already doing it.

It's neat to have finally reached a point where I can accept what I was and what I am.

If I had one quality that really ruined me and at the same time helped me, it was the fact that I never stopped looking, and by that time I was really working at it.

It is better to destroy one's own errors than those of others.

I think life is self-examination. Certainly the voyage that one takes.

Especially on unexpected journeys, you have time; you can figure certain deeper things out, like who you are and what you want. That's why I enjoy journeys.

Find fault with thyself rather than with others.

We all have our paths in life we are supposed to follow to find who we are supposed to be, but it's not always a straight path. There is something inside of us that guides us, and if you are quiet and listen to it, you'll be all right.

Life has brought me work to do on myself these past two years.

The things that keep nagging at you are the ones worth exploring.

You do have to continue, as you grow as a human, checking in and going, 'Is this what I want? Am I giving away things that I don't want? Who am I and what do I want to keep doing?'