Quotes About Fulfillment

Laura knew the price of motherhood to be pain and responsibility; the reward, love and pride.

Standing there in the soddie door, she seemed two personalities. One argued bitterly that it was impossible for love to keep going when there was no hope for the future, suggested that there was no use trying to keep it going. The other said sternly that marriage was not the fulfillment of a passion,—marriage was the fulfillment of love. And love was sometimes pleasure and sometimes duty.

The other said sternly that marriage was not the fulfillment of a passion,—marriage was the fulfillment of love. And love was sometimes pleasure and sometimes duty.

He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much.

But remember that reading provides nourishment for hungers we might not even be aware of. How often have I chosen a book at random and found in it an answer I didn't realize I was seeking.

If there's one thing I'd like most for you, it's that you'll find your calling in life. That's where true happiness and purpose lies. Whether it's taking care of abandoned animals, saving old houses from the wreckin' ball, or reading to the blind, you've got to find your fire, sugar. You'll never be fulfilled if you don't.

Yes. Everyone needs to find the one thing that brings out her passion. It's what we do and share with the world that matters.

Might you soon belong to you?

memoir is the life we have been waiting for.

Food is like sex: when you abstain, even the worst stuff begins to look good.

You cannot amputate your history from your destiny, because that is redemption.

God surpasses our dreams when we reach past our personal plans and agenda to grab the hand of Christ and walk the path he chose for us.  He is obligated to keep us dissatisfied until we come to him and his plan for complete satisfaction.

God hasn't called you to walk in someone else's shoes (purpose). He wants you to walk in the shoes that fit you, for which He made you. You aren't going to succeed walking in another woman's shoes.

Cinderella was made for more than sweeping the floor.

The thing about obsessing about a happy ending is that you forget to enjoy the journey along the way, You forget to appreciate the people alongside you.

God has a lot more to give and to offer than the world has to give.

Life is full of what-ifs. You can't let it hold you back. If you do, you're not really living at all . . . just kind of going through the motions with no meaning.

I've often thought if I didn't make my marriage work, I would have failed at my one true shot at happiness.

My business doesn't keep me warm at night.

That was the trouble with life—it never quite fulfilled its promises.

The real thing was how I felt: like a root groping in darkness for water it knows is there, that it must have. Nall was that water.

No matter how many compromises were made along the way, no matter what happens in the future, a book is a thing to behold.

With the spread of conformity and image-driven superficiality, the allure of an individuated woman in full possession of herself and her powers will prove irresistible. We were born for plenitude and inner fulfillment.

I've always, always wanted to give birth. To kittens. I figure it would hurt less, and when you're done, you'd have kittens!