Richard Bach
Richard Bach
Richard David Bach is an American writer. Bach is widely known as the author of some hugely popular 1970s best-sellers, including Jonathan Livingston Seagulland Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah. Bach has authored numerous works of fiction and non-fiction, including Oneand Out of My Mind...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth23 June 1936
CountryUnited States of America
winning thinking motivational-sales
Life's battles don't always go to the strongest or fastest; sooner or later those who win are those who think they can.
marriage hope world
I’m here not because I am supposed to be here, or because I’m trapped here, but because I’d rather be with you than anywhere else in the world.
important sometimes daring
Wrong turns are as important as right turns. More important, sometimes.
space overcoming jonathan-livingston-seagull
Overcome space, and all we have left is Here. Overcome time, and all we have left is Now.
evil challenges darkness
Fear not, nor be dismayed at the appearance that is darkness, at the disguise that is evil, at the empty cloak that is death, for you have picked these for your challenges. They are stones on which you choose to whet the keen edge of your spirit.
numbers giving decision
With every decision that anyone makes, the world changes. The decision that we give our consent to is the one that remains in our consciousness, but the one that we didn't make-that alternate world goes on in its own direction. So there's uncountable numbers of alternate "us-es."
goal purpose ongoing
You can achieve a goal; you never really achieve your purpose, because your purpose is ongoing. It never stops.
simple simplicity less-is-more
The simplest things are often the truest.
wall winning shining
Win by losing. Before your outer walls break, as break they must, build an inner place to protect your truth. Protect that you are infinite life, choosing its playground; protect that the world you know exists with your consent and for your own good reasons; protect that your purpose and mission is to shine love in your own playful way, in the moments you decide will be most dramatic.
letting-go way realizing
I had experiences along the way that helped me to realize that letting go was the way that worked for me to find something that I, personally, as a reader, love to read.
life proud-of-me persons
I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it?
happiness spiritual wisdom
There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts.
being-strong believe winning
Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger.
dream compromise
The only thing that shatters dreams is compromise.