Words matter. These are the best Richard Bach Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
The simplest things are often the truest.
Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you.
Listen to what you know instead of what you fear.
Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life.
I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody who feels the same way about me.
Bad things are not the worst things that can happen to us. Nothing is the worst thing that can happen to us!
Learning is finding out what you already know.
If it’s never our fault, we can’t take responsibility for it. If we can’t take responsibility for it, we’ll always be its victim.
If you will practice being fictional for a while, you will understand that fictional characters are sometimes more real than people with bodies and heartbeats.
The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder.
Jonathan is that brilliant little fire that burns within us all, that lives only for those moments when we reach perfection.
Same with anyone who’s been flying for years and loves it still… we’re part of a world we deeply love. Just as musicians feel about scores and melodies, dancers about the steps and flow of music, so we’re one with the principle of flight, the magic of being aloft in the wind!
Don’t be dismayed by 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’ve owned 41 airplanes. A few of them would talk with me. This little seaplane, though, we’ve had long conversations in flight. There’s a spirit in anything, I think, into which we weave our soul. Not many pilots talk about it, but they think about it in the quiet dark of a night flight.
You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it come true. You may have to work for it, however.
Not being known doesn’t stop the truth from being true.
In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice.
Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness.
Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you’re alive, it isn’t.
In order to win, you must expect to win.
Civilization… wrecks the planet from seafloor to stratosphere.
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 the mark of a fake messiah.
The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.
Allow the world to live as it chooses, and allow yourself to live as you choose.
A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit.
The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls the butterfly.
Some choices we live not only once but a thousand times over, remembering them for the rest of our lives.
The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.
The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.
I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it?
Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness. Listen to it carefully.
Get this in mind early: We never grow up.
Happiness is the reward we get for living to the highest right we know.
Ask yourself the secret of your success. Listen to your answer, and practice it.
What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly.
Can miles truly separate you from friends… If you want to be with someone you love, aren’t you already there?
To fly as fast as thought, you must begin by knowing that you have already arrived.
Avoid problems, and you’ll never be the one who overcame them.
Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger.
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.
