Darkness Quote by Tom Johnson

I was always so engrossed with being successful that that was my worth and my identity. And then when things weren't going well, I…

— Justin Kan

I felt like a failure, like somehow my self-worth was tied to my ability to procreate. I didn't feel like I could talk about…

— Virginia Williams

The feeling it gave me was an odd combination of weightless self-pity and excitement. I understood my life was meaningless, and this knowledge freed…

— Matt de la Pena

I had lost a clear sense of the vision and values instilled in me as a child and was no longer driven by any…

— Robin S. Sharma

I had turned personal validation into my primary source of meaning and value, so that without it I was miserable and depressed.

— Tullian Tchividjian

When I was writing or competing in individual sports, it felt unfulfilling and lonely. When I was able to find a group of people…

— Theo Epstein

For a long time, I felt like I failed myself, my career, and my record company.

— Shawn Colvin

I foresaw my life unfolding as an interminable stretch of nothingness and so I spent my years on Tinos floundering, feeling like a stand-in…

— Khaled Hosseini

I felt that I had worked hard my entire life and deserved to enjoy all the temptations around me. I felt I was entitled,…

— Tiger Woods

Appreciation of my own mortality stifled every ambition I ever had.

— Steve Fowler

I stood in front of a mountain and was overwhelmed by the beauty and energy; I had goosebumps. I thought, if I could record…

— Vicky Krieps

What it felt to me was like the dissolution of my idea of myself. I felt like separateness evaporated. I felt this tremendous sense…

— Russell Brand