Quotes About Fulfillment

Who is rich? He that rejoices in his portion

What is the recipe for successful achievement? To my mind there are just four essential ingredients: Choose a career you love, give it the best there is in you, seize your opportunities, and be a member of the team.

A cynic once told G. K. Chesterton, the British novelist and essayist, "Blessed is he who expecteth nothing, for he shall not be disappointed." Chesterton's rejoinder? "Blessed is he who expecteth nothing, for he shall enjoy everything.

When a man is no longer anxious to do better than well, he is done for.

Do you want to be really happy? You can begin by being appreciative of who you are and what you've got. Do you want to be really miserable? You can begin by being discontented.

Do you want to be really happy? You can begin by being appreciative of who you are and what you've got.

The honey doesn't taste so good once it is being eaten; the goal doesn't mean so much once it is reached; the reward is not so rewarding once it has been given.

Wil je echt gelukkig zijn? Dan kun je beginnen met te waarderen wie je bent en wat je hebt. Wil je je echt ellendig voelen? Dan kun je beginnen met ontevreden zijn. Zoals Lao-tse schreef: 'Een boom zo dik dat je hem net kunt omspannen begint met een klein zaadje; een reis van duizend kilometer begint met één stap.

In other words, everything has its own place and function. That applies to people, although many don't seem to realize it, stuck as they are in the wrong job, the wrong marriage, or the wrong house. When you know and respect your own Inner Nature, you know where you belong. You also know where you don't belong. One man's food is often another man's poison, and what is glamorous and exciting to some can be a dangerous trap to others.

The honey doesn't taste so good once it is being eaten; the goal doesn't mean so much once it is reached; the reward is no so rewarding once it has been given. If we add up all the rewards in our lives, we won't have very much. But if we add up the spaces *between* the rewards, we'll come up with quite a bit. And if we add up the rewards *and* the spaces, then we'll have everything - every minute of the time that we spent.

Happiness is mostly a by-product of doing what makes us feel fulfilled.

If it doesn't feel like a job and I'm learning something and getting that rush that I get, I don't care if it's behind a camera, on a TV set, or on the moon.

To be sure, only a redeemed mankind receives the fullness of its past -- which is to say, only a redeemed mankind has its past become citable in all its moments. Each moment it has lived becomes a citation à l'ordre du jour -- and that day is Judgement Day.

I have a definition of success. For me, it's very simple. It's not about wealth and fame and power. It's about how many shining eyes I have around me.

Politicians are bound to indicate what they would hope to do if they are elected to parliament, and that is a perfectly legitimate means of securing support--but they are less ready to admit that it may be impossible to fulfil their commitments once elected.

The chances are that you have already come to believe that happiness is unattainable. But men have attained it. And they have attained it by realizing that happiness does not spring from the procuring of physical or mental pleasure, but from the development of reason and the adjustment of conduct to principles.

I think I am missing a gene that most people have to enable them to feel happiness about success and these kind of things.

Success is nice, but it shouldn't be the only reason why you're a musician.

He had a kind of urgent drive to be forever producing something, to get involved in more and more projects, to leave traces. To the people who, like Claire Nancy, rebuked him sometimes for publishing too much, he replied: 'I can't help it. It's my way of fighting against death.

We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing.

Milestones have never really meant a lot. They probably will mean more when I've finished playing and actually reflect on what I have achieved.

Creating time to reflect on your life could be the key to reaching your greatest potential.

Sure, it comes with a lot of bonus rewards, whatever it may be, some of it may be financial. And it is great to have been No 1 in the world, when you get a bit older you can reflect on it. But I was No 1 in the world before I actually was No 1 in the world, in my mind at least.

Nobody has really tried to understand me or my behaviour, which just reflected my decision to enjoy life to the full.