Robert Fulghum Quotes

I know who I am and what I do.

I've come to believe that whoever I am didn't start on December 14, 1946, and isn't going to end on whatever that mysterious date is in the future.

For me, life isn't about being recognized or having everyone know who I am. That's not why I'm here. To me, my foundation is the most important thing I do or have ever done. That's what my life is about.

I don't have dreams. How can I say it? I myself am a dream.

If I'm not a successful human being, who I am?

Once you fully apprehend the vacuity of a life without struggle, you are equipped with the basic means of salvation.

I never had time to dream about being anyone else.

Every character is asking: 'What's my place? Why am I here? I don't want the answer to be 'Just because.' You find your own purpose. Each finds the reason to be here and how to contribute.

Ask me not what I have, but what I am.

Man shall find his anchorage in self-recognition.

If you asked me for my New Year Resolution, it would be to find out who I am.

It is very important to know who you are. To make decisions. To show who you are.

I have always felt that I am the sum total of my parts.

All is worthwhile if the soul is not small.

I developed a sense of self before moving to crazy Hollywood, which was really important.

When you forget everything, there only remains yourself - and that is not enough.

Your sole contribution to the sum of things is yourself.

I am who I am: I have my life experiences and my professional experiences.

What do I see when I look in the mirror? One handsome man. No, I see the same person I have seen for the last 27 years: the person I believed I could be when I was a child, the person I have inspired and dreamed to be all my life, and that's the person I have seen, from being that big to as big as the roof - the same guy.

Although men are accused of not knowing their weakness, yet perhaps as few know their strength.

I can't tell you what your purpose is, that's got to come from you.

My whole life has been about figuring out the balance between knowing who I am and being who I am and accepting that people will come to me with all sorts of preconceptions.

I've never thought of myself as just an actor.

I have a great sense of who I am.

I define myself.