Richard Schiff Quotes

The quality of my life has changed dramatically - not the events - but the way I handle them and my priorities and my sense of drama.

I respond very easily to outside events. One's life is a matter of chance. Nothing that you've arranged for yourself works out.

You don't know how you'll react to things until you live through them.

Terrible things happen all of the time, and they can happen in a second. The best thing is to be prepared to react. If you try to control every little thing, you're going to end up miserable - and you're going to fail.

Anything can happen. Anything happens all the time.

The way we react to adversity can be a major factor in how happy and successful we can be in life.

The world is becoming much more volatile. We all have to learn to take a deep breath and count to 10.

You never know what is going to happen in your life.

When you can't cope with change, you feel overwhelmed, and you look for a simple solution.

You never know what is going to happen to you in life.

Somebody asked me at one stage, 'Are you depressed?' And I said, 'Are you kidding me? I'm not depressed.' But you know what? I was. I was, but I just didn't realize it, because all these things happen, and you just don't know how to deal with emotions.

Some things happen without you putting an effort, while some others things do not happen despite we wanting it to happen.

In our personal and professional lives, we are constantly hit with one adversity after the other, most of which we have no control over. But the four things we have total control over is how we react, how we adapt, how we breathe, and how we take action.

The danger is you never know if people are actually saying what they mean. I've learned you never know how someone will react.

I don't think I get that upset over things.

No one knows how they would react to a horrible situation until it happens to them.

Anger is an unnecessary emotion. Loads of stuff in life can trigger it, but what matters is how you react. I choose not to react.

Maybe there is something wrong with me as I don't feel any pressure or fear.

We're only human beings and cannot always be in control of our lives.

Everybody reacts to very difficult circumstances differently, we have to accept that.

You realize there are things you can't control. You can't control a lot of the stuff that happens in your life.

Sometimes I get emotional. I let my emotions get the best of me.

Things happen, but things happen and you follow... your heart is too dramatic, but you follow.

Anxiety is the rust of life, destroying its brightness and weakening its power. A childlike and abiding trust in Providence is its best preventive and remedy.

As Estha stirred the thick jam he thought Two Thoughts and the Two Thoughts he thought were these: a) Anything can happen to anyone. and b) It is best to be prepared.