Robyn Davidson Quotes

Inner-life questions are the kind everyone asks, with or without benefit of God-talk: 'Does my life have meaning and purpose?' 'Do I have gifts that the world wants and needs?' 'Whom and what shall I serve?' 'Whom and what can I trust?' 'How can I rise above my fears?'

I have the wherewithal to challenge myself for my entire life. That's a great gift.

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

I choose to live, not just exist.

Each of us must become impassioned, finding meaning and self-fulfillment in our own life's journey.

The good life consists in deriving happiness by using your signature strengths every day in the main realms of living. The meaningful life adds one more component: using these same strengths to forward knowledge, power or goodness.

Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.

Real life is the life that's in you, not your circumstances, like where you live or what job you have or who you're in relationship with.

I can't tell you what your purpose is, that's got to come from you.

I know who I am, and I know what my future holds.

The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.

I just think my own ambition would not allow me to sit on the gifts that my creator had given me. And so that's when I realized that I could actually go away.

Things don't weigh me down any more. I confront things, and I move on. I don't dwell on things; I don't let things simmer under the surface. I am where it starts and where it ends. I have the power in my life to be happy.

If you accept that your only job is to be the keeper of your life force, you will make powerful choices.

Every character is asking: 'What's my place? Why am I here? I don't want the answer to be 'Just because.' You find your own purpose. Each finds the reason to be here and how to contribute.

Sometimes you have to find the passion. It comes from the inside... Everyone has to find it for themselves.

She made the decision that her existence had lost its meaning. And you cannot judge that.

If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.

My life is proof that I don't need you to do what I do. If there's no one to see it, I'll watch it.

I want to see, that's all. This is my life. I want to see.

You just decide what your values are in life and what you are going to do, and then you feel like you count, and that makes life worth living. It makes my life meaningful.

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.

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

Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you.

I was concerned about filling my life up with something important to me. To me, it was just necessary.