Spencer Johnson Quotes

I'd forgotten it's an important thing to give thought to your morality and how you intend to live your life.

I'm an advocate of 'it's not what you are, it's who you are.'

I'm not looking at money, percentage points or grosses. This is my life, you know? To me, every day matters.

I'm more interested in life than life-style. Life-style means you have to drive a certain car.

All of us want to live, and that is absolutely natural. However, we should learn from childhood on to choose our best way to die. If we don't do that, we end up spending our days like a dog, only in search of harbour, food and expressing a blind loyalty to his owner in return. That isn't enough to make our lives have a meaning.

I've reached a point in my life where it's the little things that matter... I was always a rebel and probably could have got much farther had I changed my attitude. But when you think about it, I got pretty far without changing attitudes. I'm happier with that.

I'm not pessimistic about people in general, but only about the way they live.

What you believe, what you value, how you live, matters.

People have different concepts of the good life, and any attempt to impose one favored view will be contentious.

The choice is yours: Do you want to exist, or do you want to live?

Values are more important than money.

There are many things that I value, and many of them have nothing to do with my salary.

Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.

Lifestyle is not an amount; it's a practice.

I've always been proud of my character and how I live my life. So my regrets are few, and the ones I do have, I'm glad I have.

Our capacity for production and enjoyment is a function, in the last analysis, of our character, our integrity.

A good life is a main argument.

One's outlook is a part of his virtue.

It’s not ‘What do I want to do?’, it’s ‘What kind of life do I want to have?’

It does not matter how long you live, but how well you do it.

No man's religion ever survives his morals.

Look for players with character and ability. But remember, character comes first.

It is attitude, infinitely more than circumstance, that determines the quality of life. Life is often quite tough, challenging us to choose between seemingly esoteric, intangible ideals and getting goodies or good vibes right now. You have character when you most often choose ideals.

Before you tell your life what you intend to do with it, listen for what it intends to do with you. Before you tell your life what truths and values you have decided to live up to, let your life tell you what truths you embody, what values you represent.

I don't admire how much a person has, I admire what a person does with what they have and I think that defines you most.