Quotes About Fulfillment

It's what's in yourself that makes you happy or unhappy.

What good is money if it can't buy happiness?

Best of an island is once you get there - you can't go any farther...you've come to the end of things...

That's peace - real peace. To come to the end - not to have to go on... Yes, peace.

I'm not often bored,' I assured her. "Life's not long enough for that.

the real tragedy of life was that you got what you wanted...

I had the firm conviction that, if I went about looking for adventure, adventure would meet me halfway. It is a theory of mine that one always gets what one wants.

Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure about themselves by achieving something that the world will notice.

May your moustaches never grow less.

I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming... suddenly you find - at the age of 50, say - that a whole new life has opened before you.

The happiness of one man and woman is the greatest thing in all the world." His

Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes—they have to reassure themselves about themselves by achieving something that the world will notice.

Women are like that nowadays, never happy unless they're dancing or gambling.

But nothing will suit him now but the best! He's got on wonderfully, and naturally he wants something to show for it, but many's the time I wonder where it will end.

I suppose that one can, if one has the determination, always get something out of life.

Once you've passed, say, fifty, comfort is the only thing that matters.

Il guaio, con me, era che avevo voluto sempre troppe cose, e le avevo volute con avidità e senza essere disposto a rinunciare a niente.

Greta avevo capito com'ero fatto fin dal primo momento in cui mi aveva conosciuto. Non avevamo mai nutrito stupide illusioni l'uno sul conto dell'altra. Lei aveva il mio stesso tipo di mentalità, desiderava le stesse cose che desideravo io. Volevamo il Mondo, e non ci saremmo accontentati d'altro. Volevamo tutto ciò che la vita poteva offrirci. Volevamo soddisfare qualunque ambizione. Volevamo avere tutto, non volevamo negarci niente.

The happiness of one man and one woman is the greatest thing in all the world

But no artist, I now realise, can be satisfied with art alone. There is a natural craving for recognition which cannot be gainsaid.

Some people are wise - they never expect to be happy. I did.

The face towels had been excellent value and just what Margaret wanted, the space gun for Robby and the rabbit for Jean were highly satisfactory, and that evening coatee was just the thing she herself needed, warm but dressy. The pullover for Hector, too…her mind dwelt with approval on the soundness of her purchases.

It wasn't the circumstances of life they enjoyed, it was life itself—the zest of existence.

I'd rather a man felt that he was enjoying himself looking after me than that he should feel I was a duty to be attended to