Quotes About Fulfillment

For, so long as there are interesting books to read, it seems to me that neither I nor anyone else, for that matter, need be unhappy.

Where there is a lack of other connections, of meaningful moments, in our lives, music can often full the gap.

Where there is a lack of other connections, of meaningful moments, in our lives, music can often fill the gap.

Do the best you can . . . enjoy the present . . . rest satisfied with what you have.

Sadness usually results from one of the following causes either when a man does not succeed, or is ashamed of his success

There's one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude -- confidence in self.

Life, if well lived, is long enough.

Joy is the whole game, not just the end game

The world knows me as someone who puts so much time and hard work into my game and through it all I've realized you have to find the joys that make the journey worth it.

Makes sense," the young woman remarked. "Down here you live life to the fullest, while up there your life is empty, worthless. You need a lot of real time to buy just a minute of dreams.

I think that focusing on the money, on the business, is not enough.

What can I do? I have no talents. I refuse to cripple myself for ninety roubles... Well, all right, so I'll eat two thousand hamburgers in my lifetime. Wear out twenty-five dark-grey suits. Leaf through seven hundred issues of the local newspaper. And die without scratching the earth's surface. Is that it? ... I'd rather live only a minute, but live it right! (Fred Kolesnikov)

I had never felt such happiness, not with one man or two or three, never felt this feeling before...this feeling of...completeness? Yes, that was it, completeness! I simply didn't need anyone else.

I get the same buzz cleaning up the yard as Leo Tolstoy did from scything hay.

He enjoyed life for its own sake, not for material possessions. Life was the exact opposite of money, which in itself meant nothing.

I wanted to do something as badly as a genie who's been let out of his bottle for the first time in a thousand years. Anything at all: Raise up castles, lay waste cities, program in Basic, or embroider in cross-stitch.

I would like to see anyone be able to achieve their dreams, and that's what this organization does.

You always hear the phrase, money doesn't buy you happiness. But I always in the back of my mind figured a lot of money will buy you a little bit of happiness. But it's not really true. I got a new car because the old one's lease expired.

Yo amaba aquella secuencia de llegar a casa, besar a mi hijo y dormir abrazado a una mujer que había dado pruebas más que suficientes de que, de ser por ella, estará a mi lado el resto de su vida. ¿Es posible que un milagro como ese resulte tan poco excitante —quizá porque uno pone al deseo en la cima, cuando sabe que en la cima no está el deseo sino el terror?

qué momento empezó a tener sentido haber nacido, para que uno sienta el deseo de hacer nacer?).

Los viajes siempre son dobles, tienen reverso, se completan cuando uno regresa al punto de partida;

To receive man's recognition, you will have to abide by man's rules. And man's recognition might lead you to success, but it will never lead you to satisfaction. Satisfaction comes only from being recognized by God.

Je ne me vois pas en train de travailler quelque part, rien que pour travailler. Pour quoi faire ? Si c'est pour gagner de l'argent, n'importe quel travail est bon.

The Curse of Restlessness that can lead from one trip to the next, one job to the next, or one relationship to the next, can be transformed by a sense of contentment. An abiding peace can grow — a peace that comes from living your calling in the world.