Dan Jenkins Quotes

I believe we are built to have thriving personal lives, and I think we're built to have thriving professional lives. Where the error occurs is when one becomes secondary to the other.

Because I was successful over the years, I never had the opportunity to do the stuff I really wanted.

My goal in life is to make decisions that minimize regrets. I don't regret anything I've done.

By the age of 50, I would like to know that I'm not dead - that there's some continuity to my life.

I definitely connected to the fact that life gets out of control and you end up doing things and wishing you were doing other things instead.

I try to live my life where I end up at a point where I have no regrets. So I try to choose the road that I have the most passion on because then you can never really blame yourself for making the wrong choices. You can always say you're following your passion.

Frankly, we actresses are so much in a hurry. We feel we have very few years to shine in our career, so we neglect our personal life. But for me, both aspects are equally important. I don't want to grow old and have regrets.

Most of us wake up every day and make decision that will make us happy, and generally decisions that will make us happy right then in the moment or that day. We are not really on a truth quest.

I had a great tennis career. I have no regrets. But to find peace with yourself, and to finally be with your family - I'm probably the happiest guy in the world.

Coaching helps you take stock of where you are now in all aspects of your life, and how that compares to where you would like to be.

Anytime I have communicated with college-going people, fresh out of college, looking for a job - money is very important, that is just so important. What is not important is how do you plan to live your life or the larger picture. Not that I had such philosophical intentions when I was 18, but I think there was lesser importance for money.

Do Not Waste Your Life Lightly

I don't have regrets. I've never sat here and thought, 'Gee, if only I'd done 'The Man Who Came to Dinner' on Broadway, I would have been happier.'

I sleep good because I have a great family and stuff like that, a great life, but career-wise, I have some things I need to accomplish.

I think the last thing you want in life is to live with regret.

I'm very happy with where I arrived, both personally and professionally. I can say more so personally, because my career will have to end eventually. I do not know how long it will be, but eventually it will end, and the personal will continue.

Probably the hardest question I get asked is, 'How do I choose between passion and practicality?' I can't answer that. I had to do both. I was passionate about pursuing a career in financial services. But I was also passionate about feeding my child.

I wouldn't want to change anything about my career.

We stipulate about where we need to be in life: By this age you should be married, by this age you should have kids. But it's not that you can only do this or only do that. It's really about creating a holistic life: about planning ahead and being efficient with your time and really listening to yourself.

I wish I'd a got married sooner. I wish I'd a had kids sooner. I wish I'd a figured all that out sooner.

You have to know what you want out of your work or out of your life.

You are a long time retired. I don't want to sit there when that happens and think, 'Oh, I wish I had done that better'. I just think everything I can do, that is always the way that I have been. I don't want to have any regrets.

Most of us don't work out what we want. And most of us end up with lopsided lives as a result.

To be sure your life will be full and abundant, you must plan your life.

Sacrifice always seems to imply a bitterness attached to it. But I don't feel bitter about the choices I've made. Yes, I sacrifice a job because I made certain family decisions, but I don't regret it.