Quotes from Richard Bach

It's like, at the end, there's this surprise quiz: am I proud of me? I gave my life to become the person I am right now! Was it worth what I paid?

Argue for your limitations and, sure enough, they're yours.

Why fly? Simple. I'm not happy unless there's some room between me and the ground.

Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.

I don't want to do business with those who don't make a profit, because they can't give the best service.

There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn whatever steps we take, they're necessary to reach the places we've chosen to go.

The questions are diamonds you hold in the light. Study a lifetime and you see different colors from the same jewel. The same questions, asked again, bring you just the answers you need just the minute you need them.

A cloud does not know why it moves in just such a direction and at such a speed, it feels an impulsion... .this is the place to go now. But the sky knows the reason and the patterns behind all clouds, and you will know, too, when you lift yourself high enough to see beyond horizons.

An idea is never given to you without you being given the power to make it reality. You must, nevertheless, suffer for it.

Can miles truly separate us from friends? If we want to be with someone we love, aren't we already there?

Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again after a moment or lifetime is certain for those who are friends.

Every person, all the events of your life are drawn there because you have them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you.

Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you are alive, it isn't.

Humanity is not a gift of nature, it is a spiritual achievement to be earned.

Learning is finding out what you already know, Doing is demonstrating that you know it, Teaching is reminding others that they know it as well as you do. We are all learners, doers, and teachers.

Sometimes when learning comes before experience it doesn't make sense right away.

The bonds that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each others life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof.

Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but that mark of a fake messiah.

Can miles truly separate you from friends... If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there?

The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. Rarely do members of one family grow up under the same roof.

Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.

Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding. Find out what you already know and you will see the way to fly.

You're never given a dream without also being given the power to make it true.

I'm here not because I am supposed to be here, or because I'm trapped here, but because I'd rather be with you than anywhere else in the world.