Jim Sarbh Quotes

We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves.

My 20s was a time for self-exploration and, okay, a little self-indulgence.

But... watching Steven Barnes taught me to treat my life like an art form.

The good life consists in deriving happiness by using your signature strengths every day in the main realms of living. The meaningful life adds one more component: using these same strengths to forward knowledge, power or goodness.

One way or another, we all have to find what best fosters the flowering of our humanity in this contemporary life, and dedicate ourselves to that.

Is my body a temple, or is my life a temple? I'm definitely in the latter category, and I think my life has been better since thinking that way.

Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.

Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another.

Everybody grows in their own way.

I like to be able to present myself in two or three different ways because I've never really wanted to rest on my laurels and be something that people expected.

Style, I think, is panache. Who are you? What did you do today? And what are you worth to me? What do you have to offer the world? How did you spend your time today on this planet? How are you spending your time every second? What are you doing now? Are you alive, or are you somnambulant?

Life itself is the proper binge.

Don't go through life, grow through life.

I say that virtue is really all about enjoying yourself, living fully; but of course it is far from obvious what living fully actually means.

On some level, I think we want our reading self to represent our best self.

I had to focus on some personal areas in my life with the little bit of privacy that I have.

Authenticity is the ability to listen to what nature tells us. Listening isn't the same thing as never making a mistake, but the important thing is to learn.

I think skating helped me find myself.

Life is the most versatile thing under the sun; and in the pursuit of life and character the author who works in a groove works in blinkers.

It only seems that there is something more important for you to do than to just quietly be yourself.

I'm realizing for the first time, your life goes on while you're trying to pursue this career. I saw my career as everything. But you have this life, too. Living your life fully, you come to know yourself better. You'll find the place for it.

I think the more important task for a young person than developing a personal brand is figuring out what she's great at, what she loves to do, and how she can use that to leave an imprint in the world. Those are tough questions, but essential ones. Answer those - and the personal brand follows.

After I finished 'E.R.', I wanted to concentrate on re-examining what kind of actress I am and taking time for real-life things.

I'm not running from any particular problems, I just want to take some time and figure out in my life where I can keep doing what I'm doing but in a way that I can also honor what I want to do for myself.

How you go about moving within the world you live in says so much about who you are.