Quotes About Fulfillment

We had these sudden revelations that employment, the daily nine-to-five, was driving us far from our better selves.

The funny thing about work itself, it was so bearable. The dreariest task was perfectly bearable. It presented challenges to overcome, the distraction provided by a sense of urgency, and the things made work utterly, even harmoniously bearable.

The Pottery Barn and Rubber Soul had gotten old, but my ability to order more than the chicken fingers with honey mustard from T.G.I. Friday's would always provide me with a sense of accomplishment.

First we must understand that all of the world's deceptions flow from the belief that love is primarily for the fulfillment and comfort of the self. The world poisons love by focusing first and foremost on meeting one's own needs. Christ taught that love is not for the fulfillment of the self but for the Glory of God and the food of others. True love is selfless. It gives; it sacrifices; it dies to its own needs.

In the past, the starting point of my relationships was what I wanted instead of what God wanted. I looked out for my needs and fit others into my agenda. Did I find fulfillment? No, I found only compromise and heartache. I not only hurt others; I also hurt myself, and most seriously, I sinned against God.

The joy of intimacy is the reward of commitment.

When we define our happiness by some point in the future, it will never arrive. We'll keep waiting until tomorrow. If we allow impatience to govern us, we will miss the gift of the moment. We'll arrive at that point in time we expected to provide fulfillment and find it lacking.

Probably. Parents are engineered to be proud.

I'm always looking for cool stuff to do because that's what we're supposed to do, ya know?

This approach is not about acquiring more self-discipline or willpower. It's about personally discovering what nourishes you, what feeds you, and ultimately what makes your life extraordinary.

The person who does not know how to live while they are making a living is a poorer person after their wealth is won than when they started.

Dreams come a size too big so that we may grow into them.

Ele começou a reconhecer que, mais difícil do que viver, é saber encerrar harmoniosamente a vida, sem azedumes nem resmungos, em paz com o mundo que ficaria para trás

Happiness is making your dreams come true.

Happiness is a choice. It's up to you to create your own joy and fulfillment.

Shooting felt good. Joy consists in this, after all, the increase of one's power.

And if, with some effort, they could recall the affairs that had been consummated, the roads taken, the languages mastered, the queer meals eaten in foreign lands, of what lasting consequence was that? This had been the destination all the while. Having been a good householder, having run a tight ship, having fought the good fight, whatever, it mattered not at all.

Loneliness is like starvation: you don't realize how hungry you are until you begin to eat.

Keeing busy" is the remedy for all the ills in America. It's also the means by which the creative impulse is destroyed.

The best revenge is living well without you.

There is no such thing as the pursuit of happiness, but there is the discovery of joy.

If you want to have sustained joy, you have to not only make sure that you think right, but you also have to make decisions now that are going to guarantee some joy in the future.

It is not as important how we start (our past), but how we finish.

Too many of us consent, or are forced, to spend time doing things for which we have no heartfelt reason. If we were asked, "Why are you doing this?" we would not know how to answer. —Parker Palmer