Alan Arkin Quotes

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.

What matters to me is learning and growing, and getting to do what I love to do. As long as I can do that, I'm happy.

I hope each week I grow and impress you guys and make you happy.

All you wanna do in life is do what you do well. That's when you're happiest.

Today, I'm very happy about myself, because I realized my dreams. I learned how to understand what people want.

Do you want my one-word secret of happiness -- It's growth -- mental, financial, you name it.

My target is enjoying and proving to myself that I am progressing.

Every person can reach a full life.

I'm trying to show people that you can have any kind of life you want.

As far as I am getting good roles I am the happiest person.

I like my life. I like competing, but it's not just because of the money.

You can accomplish virtually any goal you set for yourself, as long as the goal is clear and you persist long enough.

Happiness and self-confidence come naturally when you feel yourself moving and progressing toward becoming the very best person you can possibly be.

Take responsibility for making your own life beautiful.

My teacher says that everything that you want in the world is one step away, you just have to figure out which direction to step in.

Living your best life is your most important journey in life.

The 2 master skills of life are: The Science of Achievement and The Art of Fulfillment.

Are you disappointed, discouraged and discontented with your present level of success? Are you secretly dissatisfied with your present status? Do you want to become a better and more beautiful person than you are today? Would you like to be able to really learn how to be proud of yourself and still not lose genuine humility? Then start dreaming! It's possible! You can become the person you have always wanted to be!

People are happiest when they're trying to achieve goals that are difficult but not out of reach.

Your success and happiness start with you.

The only person who succeeds is the person who is progressively realizing a worthy ideal. That's the person who says, 'I'm going to become this' and then begins to work toward that goal

Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality.

The key ingredient to any kind of happiness or success is to never give less than your best

The only reason we really pursue goals is to cause ourselves to expand and grow. Achieving goals by themselves will never make us happy in the long term; it's who you become, as you overcome the obstacles necessary to achieve your goals, that can give you the deepest and most long-lasting sense of fulfillment.

I know i can, be what i wanna be, if i work hard at it, I'll be where i wanna be