Quotes About Fulfillment

There has to be a balance, Vin," Elend said. "Somehow, we'll find it. The balance between whom we wish to be and whom we need to be." He sighed. "But for now," he said, nodding to the side, "we simply have to be satisfied with who we are.

A man is what he has passion about," Breeze said. "I've found that if you give up what you want most for what you think you should want more, you'll just end up miserable.

No one ever accomplished anything by being content with who they were, Shallan," Adolin said. "We accomplish great things by reaching toward who we could become." "As long as it's what you want to become. Not what someone else thinks you should become.

You've got passion to kill but you need to find passion to live.

Joy was more than just an absence of discomfort.

Life was so much harder, but potentially so much more fulfilling, when you found the courage to choose.

In all the history of mankind, has any conqueror decided they had enough? Has any man just said, 'This is good. This is what I wanted,' and gone home?

Those who take lightly promises they make to those they love are people who find little lasting satisfaction in life.

To be of use in even a single burst of flame and sound is worth more than a lifetime of achieving nothing.

If the journey itself is indeed the most important piece, rather than the destination itself, then I traveled not to avoid duty—but to seek it.

That night, it rained on the other dogs, who slept outside in the cold barn, which leaked. But the little dog snuggled into a warm bed beside the fire, hugged by the farmer's children, his belly full. And as he did, the dog sadly thought to himself, 'I could not become a dragon. I am an utter and complete failure.' The end.

The day had finally arrived, a day I'd been awaiting for ten years. A glorious day, a momentous day, a day of import and distinction. It was time to buy a hot dog.

Failure is the mark of a life well lived. In turn, the only way to live without failure is to be of no use to anyone. Trust me, I've practiced.

At times, it seems to me that to be human is to want that which we cannot have. For some, this is power. For me, it is peace.

When has any man ever been content with what he has? When has any tyrant said to himself, 'This is enough'?

A man is what he has passion about. If you give up what you want most for what you think you should want more, you'll end up miserable.

A good officer was one who accepted orders and fulfilled them, even when he disagreed. But the mark of a great officer was that he also tried to innovate and offer appropriate suggestions.

I've found that if you give up what you want most for what you think you should want more, you'll just end up miserable.

The only point in creating something is to watch it die. Like a story that must come to a climax, what I have done will not be fulfilled until the end has arrived.

To Szeth's people, a dying request was sacred.

Some of you have been waiting for years to read this, the final volume of my autobiography.

A man doesn't have to like his duty. He just has to do it." She

Vin was coming to realize that her old goal in life - simply staying alive - was uninspired. There was so much more she could be doing.

I am a stick,' he said. He sounded satisfied.