Quotes About Fulfillment

So far, I've only discovered four things that make life worth living for me. My work is one of them." "What are the other three?" Jacob wanted to know. "Music, books, and sex," I said. "Not necessarily in that order." His eyebrows

Life is short and a man should take pride in his work, even if his work makes him feel like a total loser

Jacob, if you want the milk, you have to buy the cow a meal.

And sure, I could've stayed where I was, continued working my nowhere job, living in my nowhere apartment, eventually marry some nowhere man, have a few kids and anesthetize myself with provincial monotony like most of my peers had done, and before I knew it I'd be six feet under. I wanted more.

I was alone. In ways people aren't supposed to be alone. And sure, I could've stayed where I was, continued working my nowhere job, living in my nowhere apartment, eventually marry some nowhere man, have a few kids and anesthetize myself with provincial monotony like most of my peers had done, and before I knew it I'd be six feet under. I wanted more. And I had hope.

Maybe that was the key to getting rid of the loneliness, I thought. Treating love as entertainment, not as salvation.

So far, I've only discovered four things that make life worth living for me. My work is one of them." "What are the other three?" Jacob wanted to know. "Music, books, and sex," I said. "Not necessarily in that order.

A search. We're all searching for something to fill up what I like to call that big, God-shaped hole in our souls. Some people use alcohol, or sex, or their children, or food, or money, or music, or heroin. A lot of people even use the concept of God itself. I could go on and on. I used to know a girl who used shoes. She had over two hundred pairs. But it's all the same thing, really. People, for some stupid reason, think they can escape their sorrows.

And sure, I could've stayed where I was, continued working my nowhere job, living in my nowhere apartment, eventually marry some nowhere man, have a few kids and anesthetize myself with provincial monotony like most of my peers had done, and before I knew it I'd be six feet under. I wanted more.

I get to play golf for a living. What more can you ask for - getting paid for doing what you love.

while money couldn't always buy you happiness, a lack of money always brought anguish.

where you live is just geography. And you can't measure happiness in dollars and cents.

Guitar makes even have a word for these baby-boomers-who-alwyas-wanted-to-be-great-guitarists-and-now-have-the-money-to-indulge-those-dreams: dentists

I am living out my adolescent dream of travel and adventure.

What good does it do to have led in the old pencil when there's nothing to write on?

All too often we think of holiness as giving up the pleasures of sin for some worthy but drab life. But holiness means recognizing that the pleasures of sin are empty and temporary, while God is inviting us to magnificent, true, full, and rich pleasures that last forever.

We may not long for bread, but we long for meaning, intimacy, fulfillment, community, purpose, and joy.

That's all I ask of life, residual laughter/

when you love something with all your heart, it brings many other things.

success was

Do what you love and you'll always be happy.'" "Who said that?" "Charles Manson. No, wait. He said, 'Kill all the people in the house.' Who am I thinking of?

The best life is when your dreams come true. The second best is when they don't, but you never stop chasing.

It's not a question of whether crime pays. It's whether you enjoy your job. That's the key to life.

Hang on to your dreams with everything you got. Because the best life is when your dreams come true. The second-best is when they don't but you never stop chasing them.