Richard Bach Quotes

Life flies by, and it's easy to get lost in the blur. In adolescence, it's 'How do I fit in?' In your 20s, it's 'What do I want to do?' In your 30s, 'Is this what I'm meant to do?' I think the trick is living the questions. Not worrying so much about what's ahead but rather sitting in the grey area - being OK with where you are.

I believe BMX has shaped me into who I am today, so if this journey never would have begun, then who knows the person I would be or what I would be doing with my life.

The best path through life is the highway.

My philosophy in life, where I was trying to get, could have been a little bit different.

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?'

Everybody just has different steps in their life that they take to do what they should.

It is more important to know who you are than where you are going, for where you are going will change as the world around you changes.

I never had time to dream about being anyone else.

I have not an ounce of regret. Every link is so valuable in forming the chain that is my life. Who I am today is because of those links, and I wouldn't change any of them.

I think most people struggle over a matter of years to find a satisfying way to live.

You don't reach points in life at which everything is sorted out for us. I believe in endings that should suggest our stories always continue.

I always figure from the cradle to the grave, we all have our individual journeys, and maybe my journey was a positive one and I accomplished certain things without stepping on too many toes.

Learning what you don't want to do is pretty valuable, it may be as valuable as figuring out what it is you do want to do.

Not sure of my place in the world (still up for debate) and not sure what I wanted to do with my life (not really up for debate).

I have reached a place in my life where I need to sit down and say, 'Well, what do I do? What's best for me?' I need to look into options for the future.

I think essentially the meaning of life is probably the journey and not really any one thing or an outcome or a result.

Some ideas, like what you're going to do with your life, take time to form.

I have no advice for anyone on how to live.

I never knew what I wanted to do, but I knew the kind of woman I wanted to be.

Life is a succession of crises and moments when we have to rediscover who we are and what we really want.

I never had the chance to consider what or how I wanted to be.

Sometimes I wake up and think, 'How did I get here?'

It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?

I was not looking for my dreams to interpret my life, but rather for my life to interpret my dreams.

Map out your future - but do it in pencil. The road ahead is as long as you make it. Make it worth the trip.