Richard Bach Quotes

We all go through stages. Concerns about appearances, making good impressions, being popular, comparing yourself to others, having unbridled ambition, wanting to make money, striving to be recognized and noticed and trying to establish yourself, all fade as your responsibilities and character grow.

That is why success and fruitfulness depend as much upon focusing on the "who" you are as much as the "what" of the work you do. Invest in your character, and it will give you the returns that you are looking for by only investing in the work itself. You can't do the latter without the former.

I feel like I'm getting closer and closer to myself with time, not only in terms of my career choices, but the choices I make within one role or performance. I used to compose characters that were farther from me, but I find now that I like to craft a subtle composition, a subtle change in your essence.

It's a real luxury to be able to develop with your character.

Life is shaped from the inside out.

What happens outwardly in your life is not as important as what happens inside you. Your circumstances are temporary, but your character will last forever.

The real preparation for education is a study of one's self. The training of the teacher...is something far more than a learning of ideas. It includes the training of character; it is a preparation of the spirit.

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

It is important for you to know who you are and who you may become. It is more important than what you do, even as vital as your work is and will be.

We all have our paths in life we are supposed to follow to find who we are supposed to be, but it's not always a straight path. There is something inside of us that guides us, and if you are quiet and listen to it, you'll be all right.

I did find my direction at an early age.

I know the person I am, and I know the person I can be.

Starting with the values that feel authentic to who you are can serve as a compass to find more meaningful, fulfilling work.

The holidays are a time of reflection, and I think it becomes really clear in people's minds around this time of year what they want to get out of life, who they want to spend their life with, and what kind of person they want to be.

Leadership is not a basket of tricks or strategies or skills that you pull out. Leadership begins with the quality of the person.

There isn't anything except your own life that can be used as ground for your spiritual practice. Spiritual practice is your life, twenty-four hours a day.

Many of us don’t realize that we have a choice about which aspect of ourselves we will use as the foundation upon which we build our lives.

I have always been a martial artist by choice, an actor by profession, but above all, am actualising myself to be an artist of life.

You cannot build up a character in a solitude; you need a formed character to stand a solitude.

Do what you know and perception is converted into character.

There is nothing more beautiful than finding your course as you believe you bob aimlessly in the current. And wouldn't you know that your path was there all along, waiting for you to knock, waiting for you to become. This path does not belong to your parents, your teachers, your leaders, or your lovers. Your path is your character defining itself more and more every day.

Before you tell your life what you intend to do with it, listen for what it intends to do with you.

Be really, really true to yourself. That to me, has been key to me in understanding how I want to live the second half of my life.

Creating and integrating an empowering personal mission statement is one of the most important investments we can make.

Throughout life, we get clues that remind us of the direction we are supposed to be headed if you stay focused, then you learn your lessons.