Quotes About Fulfillment

It's true that if you love what you do, it rarely feels like work.

Very rarely is there any confusion as to when a painting or a song is finished. You just know when it's done.

When we are caught up in the nature of our work and are asked to take on another job or position, rarely do we step back and ask ourselves, 'What do I really want to do? What is it at this point in my career and life that is important to me?'

I've been extremely lucky in that I've been a very successful model for a long time. So now I'm an actress and a mother. I'm a theatre rat, which I always wanted to be - I've wanted to act since I was 14 - and I never get bored, ever, and I have four beautiful children. I am, in fact, so darn lucky.

I don't want to be in any rat race.

I am no longer interested in the rat race and I want to be around in a meaningful way.

I never felt the need to be in the rat race.

I am not in a hurry to be number one. I don't want to be in the rat race in that sense.

Forgiveness gives you a chance to be fulfilled rather than be eaten up with anger.

I try to feed my hunger rather than my appetite.

I love my job, but I'd really love my job if I didn't have to live and die by ratings every day.

I think ratings are something that shouldn't bother you. At the end of it, you should be happy with what you are doing.

I loved Ray from 'The Princess and the Frog.' He was my guy. There was no Ray before me, so there's a level of satisfaction there.

I would like to be able to do a song with Ray Charles, before we both get too old.

My dad, Billy Ray, he had a huge hit in the '90s with 'Achy Breaky Heart.' And, you know, as a kid I always said I wanted to be just like my dad. And it's crazy - just be careful what you wish for because I had the same thing he had, which was a huge hit off his first album.

Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.

I set goals, and I like to reach them and accomplish new things.

Why should you be content with so little? Why shouldn't you reach out for something big?

I could do exploration in this particular career field, and it was a goal that, even if I didn't reach it, it was so high it seemed almost impossible, but even if I didn't reach it, I would still have a good time and a very satisfying career.

What's important about me is that I really have, in ways I never could have foreseen when I was young, a writing career that's reached a lot of different places.

I always planned to retire when I was at the top and at Manchester United I have reached the pinnacle of my career.

My favorite thing is to be working with people I enjoy working with. I've reached the point where, emotionally, I don't need to act any more. Financially, I do. But emotionally, it wouldn't matter to me if I never acted again.

I reached all the accomplishments that I planned out to reach in Canada.

I've reached most my goals and when my career is over I will have many other things to do.