Randy Newman Quotes

I wasn't put on the Earth only to be an investor. That wasn't my only thing in life. The problem is that as you get good at something and you keep getting better at something, more and more people just know you as that, and they have you in that box.

I wouldn't describe myself as a master of anything.

There is no 'ultimate goal of therapy.' Thinking there is some ultimate or universal goal of therapy is one of the most fundamental errors of our field. To me, that concept is rather arrogant, as if therapists were some kind of spiritual experts who knew what human beings are supposed to be like.

I believe in doing what I am best at.

Man is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become to fulfill his destiny.

You have not found your place until all your faculties are roused, and your whole nature consents and approves of the work you are doing.

The self is just our operation center, our consciousness, our moral compass. So, if we want to act more effectively in the world, we have to get to know ourselves better.

I had a dream, and I'm living it.

You never really get to be good at anything.

When you do any job well, it looks very natural.

I want to be the best I can be and be a complete player.

There are some basic human needs that are the same. Everybody wants to succeed.

Many of us don’t realize that we have a choice about which aspect of ourselves we will use as the foundation upon which we build our lives.

Joy is the effect which comes when we use our powers.

It was never about sort of being famous. I just wanted to be good at what I did.

Unless we do more than simply learn the trade of our time, we are but apprentices, and not yet masters of the art of life.

Faith in oneself unlocks those hidden powers that all of us have, but that so few of us use.

The belief that becomes truth for me... is that which allows me the best use of my strength, the best means of putting my virtues into action.

A third felicity of age is that it has found expression. The youth suffers not only from ungratified desires, but from powers untried, and from a picture in his mind of a career which has as yet no outward reality. He is tormented with the want of correspondence between things and thoughts.

The fact remains that we have an obligation to discover what we really, really, really want to do (which is probably what we do best) and then do it even better... much better.

I have managed to establish an identity that is based on my internal self, and for that I feel tremendously lucky.

Storybook happiness involves every form of pleasant thumb-twiddling; true happiness involves the full use of one's powers and talents.

When you know your not going to die, you have to ask yourself... What's the highest and best use for myself.

The key to life is to become skillful enough to be able to do rewarding things.

You are the only person in existence who can use your potential. It is an awesome responsibility.