Richard Bach Quotes

Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.
Richard Bach

Fly free and happy beyond birthdays and across forever, and we’ll meet now and then when we wish, in the midst of the one celebration that never can end.
Richard Bach

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.
Richard Bach

Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is not true.
Richard Bach

The simplest questions are the most profound.
Where were you born? Where is your home?
Where are you going? What are you doing?
Think about these once in a while and watch your answers change.
Richard Bach

I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it?
Richard Bach

An idea is never given to you without you being given the power to make it reality.
Richard Bach

In order to win, you must expect to win.
Richard Bach

You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past.
Richard Bach

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.
Richard Bach

The more I want to get something done, the less I call it work.
Richard Bach

Here is a test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished:
If you're alive, it isn't.
Richard Bach

If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem.
Richard Bach

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.
Richard Bach

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.
Richard Bach

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

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

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.
Richard Bach

Avoid problems, and you'll never be the one who overcame them.”
Richard Bach

Real love stories never have endings.
Richard Bach

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.
Richard Bach

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'll see the way to fly.
Richard Bach

Our soulmate is someone who shares our deepest longings, our sense of direction. When we're two balloons, and together our direction is up, chances are we've found the right person.
Richard Bach

Bad things are not the worst things that can happen to us. 'Nothing' is the worst thing that can happen to us!
Richard Bach

If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours; if they don't they never were.
Richard Bach (in our Best Love Sayings collection)