George Eastman Quotes

We're all trying to figure out on a daily basis what kind of person to be, aren't we? I am, at least.

In interviews I gave early on in my career, I was quoted as saying it was possible to have it all: a dynamic job, marriage, and children. In some respects, I was a social adolescent.

Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time.

I'm a really boring bloke, actually. My business is my hobby.

I need more personal time and, given my extensive work in health care, I want to pursue that interest further.

I didn't want to be the kind of man that my father was. So I've tried, my entire life, to be the complete and utter opposite of that. And it has served not only the art well, but I think the audience well.

I feel it's important to show that one thing that you do doesn't define you as a human being. It doesn't mean there aren't ramifications or you shouldn't pay for that but its not who you are.

One creates oneself.

You come to a point where you realize your work doesn't save you.

The fact is prosperity has a purpose. It’s to allow us to pursue "the better angels," to give us time to think and grow.

I tried to really look at what's best for my career, what's best for my life, what's best for my family, for me.

You should never be defined by what you do, by the things you have; you've got to define yourself by who you are and who you impact and how you impact people. And that's the thing I try to get across to my players.

As I learn more about myself, I think people learn more about me as well. It seems to correlate that way. I learn how to represent myself more as it goes on.

I don't have any ambitions. I am looking forward to retiring, or at least having more time. When I was young I wanted more stuff, now I am older, I want more time.

Every decision you make - every decision that you make every second - is not a decision about what to do, it is a decision about who you are. Every act is an act of self-definition.

Every decision you make, from what you eat to what you do with your time tonight, turns you into who you are tomorrow and the day after that.

Your commitments can develop you or destroy you, but either way, they will define you.

Men regret their life has been ill-spent, but this does not always induce them to make a better use of the time they have yet to live.

By making time to read, like making time to love, we expand our time for living.

My future's about trying to be a better man.

I think that you always have something left, that you take something of the character with you.

I think my life is a movie and your life reflects your work.

When we see persons of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see persons of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.

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

I've never been into what am I going to do next, trying to reinvent myself.