Barbara Park Quotes

I never had time to dream about being anyone else.

It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.

Poet, never chase the dream. Laugh yourself and turn away. Mask your hunger, let it seem Small matter if he come or stay; But when he nestles in your hand at last, Close up your fingers tight and hold him fast.

I have no regrets, none whatsoever.

It's good to be comfortable with who you are and what you do.

This life that I've led has been really well suited for me.

I do not have the angst and the anxiety of my youth. I've gotten to a place where I'm very comfortable with who I am.

I have no problem being 53. Why would I want to be 35 again? I want to discover who I am in my 50s. And if I tried too hard to look younger, it would seem that I was uncomfortable with who I am, wouldn't it?

You can run, run, run away from a lot of things in life, but you can't run away from yourself. And the key to happiness is to understand and accept who you are.

It is right to be contented with what we have, never with what we are.

Learn to... be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not.

When ambition ends, happiness begins.

At this particular time, I probably am more comfortable with myself. Just now I'm having a lovely time.

The greatest thing about where my life is right now is it's very relaxed and chill. I'm just hanging out, being myself and doing my work.

I've fully embraced who I am. I stopped fighting with people and just come to realize, 'This is me. This is all of me.'

I'm not anxious to be anywhere other than where I am right now.

The hardest thing is for me to let the work go and let myself just live. Every actor is different; they each have their own strengths and weaknesses; trust and ease are mine.

I don't have any regrets at all.

As you recognize that you already own the wholeness you seek, and no one outside you can give you more than you already are, dysfunctional situations will evaporate like bad dreams exposed to the morning sun.

Finally I am coming to the conclusion that my highest ambition is to be what I already am. That I will never fulfill my obligation to surpass myself unless I first accept myself, and if I accept myself fully in the right way, I will already have surpassed myself.

Let go of who you think you're supposed to be and embrace who you are.

Look long enough, out or in, and you’ll be glad you are who you are.

How to find joy? Let your ambition disappear; ambition is the barrier. Ambition means an ego trip: "I want to be this, I want to be that - more money, more power, more prestige."

I am what I wanted and I want what I am.

I spend a lot of time saying to myself, "Well, is that really what I like to do? Is that really something that makes me happy?" and letting go of the things that don't make me happy.