"Once a person says, "This is who..." - Quote by David Viscott
Once a person says, "This is who I really am, what I am all about, what I was really meant to do," it is easier to decide how to spend one's time.
More by David Viscott
“To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To think it will be any other way, no matter what you do, is to invite yourself to be hurt and to limit your enthusiasm for trying again.”
“Just imagine that you are the person you want to be.”
“In the end, the only people who fail are those who do not try.”
More on Self Discovery
“Your calling isn’t something that somebody can tell you about. It’s what you feel. It is the thing that gives you juice. The thing that you are supposed to do. And nobody can tell you what that is. You know it inside yourself.”
“I learned what it is to live in the open air, and I learned that our lives are domestic in more sense than we think.”
“The real truths of life are never entirely new to you or to anybody because there is a level deep down within you where you already know all the things, all those spiritual truths that you read or hear, and then recognize them. I say 'recognize' because you're not... it's not new.”
More on Purpose
“Everyone who enjoys supposes that the tree was concerned with the fruit, but it was really concerned with the seed. -In this lies the difference between all those who create and those who enjoy.”
“I believe that basically you write for two people; yourself to try to make it absolutely perfect; or if not that then wonderful. Then you write for who you love whether she can read or write or not and whether she is alive or dead.”
“Never has man reached his destination by persistence in deviation from the straight path.”