Quotes About Fulfillment

The man who does not get a certain satisfaction out of his day's work is losing the best part of his pay.

For the day's work is a great thing—a very great thing! It is at the very foundation of the world; it is the basis of our self-respect.

Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied.

but in the sense of all having enough to completely satisfy all physical wants; of all having enough to get such an easy living that we could develop the better part of humanity.

Find a need and fill it

So it has come at last—the Distinguished Thing.

It's time to start living the life you've imagined.

Live all you can - it's a mistake not to. It doesn't so much matter what you do in particular, so long as you have your life. If you haven't had that, what have you had

Money's a horrid thing to follow, but a charming thing to meet.

True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one's self, but the point is not only to get out, you must stay out and to stay out you must have some absorbing errand.

It's time to start living the life you've imagined.

I call people rich when they're able to meet the requirements of their imagination.

Live all you can: it's a mistake not to. It doesn't matter what you do in particular, so long as you have had your life. If you haven't had that, what have you had?

George Bernard Shaw: "There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.

Beer makes you feel the way you ought to feel without beer.

The only excuse for self indulgence is to learn that the objects we crave are overrated and don't satisfy our hunger, which is spiritual.

But it seems to me now that it no longer matters if I never finish. I will try not to wait for the end, but I hope to be ready to leave, booted and spurred, when it comes. It is enough that I am well for a little longer, that I have been lucky to be part of a family – past, present and future – that I can still be useful, that there is still work to be done.

I will be missed after my death, but I will miss nothing.

A man of good will with a little effort and belief in his own powers can enjoy a deep, tranquil, rich life — provided he go his own way.... To live one's own life is still the best way of life, always was, and always will be.

Instead of asking 'How much damage will the work in question bring about?' why not ask 'How much good? How much joy?'

A man of good will with a little effort and belief in his own powers can enjoy a deep, tranquil, rich life -- provided he go his own way. He need not and should not think of making a good living, but rather of creating a good life for himself. To live one's own life is still the best way of life, always was, and always will be.

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.

I have no money, no resources, no hopes. I am the happiest man alive.

If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having.