Richard Bach Quotes

I wouldn't change my life for anything. I am exactly where I want to be and have no plans to ever retire.

Happiness in the ordinary sense is not what one needs in life, though one is right to aim at it. The true satisfaction is to come through, and see those whom one lives come through.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

Now, I've changed my life to make sure I work only on what I love.

Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours.

The secret of happiness is: Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.

Life's too short to be spending all your waking hours doing something you're not excited about. And when people are that excited, you can see it in the work.

The purpose of life is living. Men and women should get the most they can out of their lives.

To be truly happy, you need a clear sense of meaning and purpose in life.

Everything is worth it. The hard work, the times when you're tired, the times where you're a bit sad... In the end, it's all worth it because it really makes me happy. There's nothing better than loving what you do.

Are You Living or Just Existing?" -Tyler Perry The Family That Preys

To actually feel like you've done something good with your life and you're useful to others is what I was always wanting, and was always looking for.

I didn't expect it was going to be easy. But hard work is a lot easier to tolerate when it's something you want to do instead of something you have no choice about.

The happiest people are the ones who follow their own dreams most closely.

Success makes life easier. It doesn't make living easier.

Success is the ability to live your life, the way you want to live it, doing what you enjoy most, surrounded by people you admire and respect.

When you are doing what you love to do, you become resilient.

Life comes from physical survival; but the good life comes from what we care about.

When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win.

I always said life consists of love and work. I tried to balance it 50-50. And, of course, now I'm so happy I did.

Once you've wrestled, everything else in life is easy.

Real success is finding you lifework in the work that you love.

The soul's joy lies in doing.

The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done.

I learned from a very young age that if I pursued the things that truly excited me, that they would reward in more important ways, like happiness.