Sheena Iyengar Quotes

Everything that I decide to do means something, otherwise I don't do them.

If you are going to ask yourself life-changing questions, be sure to do something with the answers.

We can influence who we will be tomorrow, for tomorrow can only be built on today.

There is no other way to change something or someone for the better except to occupy it first. The only person you can occupy is yourself. That is why the only person who can change you for the better is you. Without your decision to change and your commitment to change, you will not change.

I have very strong feelings about how you lead your life. You always look ahead, you never look back.

As I told the students every time I visited a campus, you are the director of your own movie, and if you aren't enjoying what you are doing, change it.

You're writing your life as you go - the question becomes, how do you want to write your life?

People from the most horrendous of childhoods can have good lives, but it comes down to a very seemingly simple word. 'Choice.'

I like playing characters that are true to life, and there's no guarantee that any of us are going to be okay, but we intend to be, and we take the time to try to be. I don't think it's any different for a character.

We only have problems we really want to have.

My life isn't going to be about Jar Jar Binks.

I choose to live, not just exist.

The only things standing between you and the compassionate, wise, and creative person you want to be are matters of choice. Your choice. No one can occupy your generosity except you.

Just lead your life and try to make the best decisions.

I have a unique history. There's no way to ever separate what your life would have been like if you had taken a different path. You have to embrace what is yours, and if you don't like it, you have to decide to change it.

If you really have your own identity you'll keep on doing what you think is really right for you, and you'll also understand the next step you want to take.

You hold the keys of change within you. You be the change you want to see.

When you talk about 'doing the work', that's the work I'm interested in. What can I contribute as a human being?

I don't give advice. 90% of the time nobody takes it anyway. I will give encouragement and if asked a question as to how, or why I did certain things and if I think this will help whomever is asking the question I will do this.

Your joy comes from how you think, the choices that we make in life.

I know the kind of street I'm going down. I know my own strengths and weaknesses.

You must have an opinion about yourself, some kind of meaning to yourself, a purpose, if you are really going to learn anything or develop into that which you desire to be.

If you're a good choice maker, you can choose the best emotional responses and choose the best new life paths, forward and upward.

Sometimes in life, you have to make a selfish decision and do what's best for you.

There comes a time when you have to grow up and start thinking for yourself.