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Quotes About Fulfillment

May I have the courage today To live the life that I would love, To postpone my dream no longer, But do at last what I came here for And waste my heart on fear no more.
~ John O'Donohue
May I have the courage today to live the life that I would love, to postpone my dream no longer but do at last what I cam here for and waste my heart on fear no more.
~ John O'Donohue
And here are we, even if we are old, we still have time, and time is always full of possibility. It would really be a great gift that an old person could give to themselves, the gift of recognizing the possibilities that are in that time, and to use their imagination. The imagination is the gateway to a full life, and people who awaken their imagination come in to a force field of possibility and there are doors opening everywhere. I think it is unknown what you can do if you begin to see it.
~ John O'Donohue
The problem with people, according to Jesus, is not that we are too happy for God's taste, but that we are not happy enough.
~ John Ortberg Jr.
Consider the sense of fulfillment in the leaders of a company that is expanding, achieving its mission, giving vocational opportunities to men and women who yesterday didn't have any. They are watching the miracle
~ John Ortberg Jr.
It will take away a man's usefulness in his generation.
~ John Owen
The soul which can be satisfied without beholding the glory of Christ, is not a soul for whom Christ prays.
~ John Owen
God's work consists in universal obedience;
~ John Owen
People must seek many things to make their lives significant.
~ John Pilger
Pat yourself on the back for what you do get done. Use to-do lists, alarm clocks, and other ways of booby-trapping your environment. Form collaborations that will prevent you from never accomplishing anything. Above all, enjoy life.
~ Unknown
Stop thinking about living in the north and in isolated communities as an unfortunate accident or a punishment or a failure; stop thinking about it in southern urban terms. Start thinking about it as a purpose in and of itself, a necessary and happy purpose covering two-thirds of Canada, with its own reality.
~ John Ralston Saul
It is far better to give work that is above a person, than to educate the person to be above their work.
~ John Ruskin
The highest reward for man's toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it.
~ John Ruskin
We were not sent into this world to do anything into which we cannot put our hearts.
~ John Ruskin
There is no wealth but life. Life, including all its powers of love, of joy, and of admiration.
~ John Ruskin
Why bother to go through life if you can't do interesting shit?
~ John Sandford
you are a journey all of your own, and I hope you enjoy yourself in the rest of it.
~ John Sandford
But we get to live as long as we're useful. And that is a rare privilege.
~ John Scalzi
On the sixth day, Jared and the rest of the 8th finally figured out what that sex thing was all about. On the seventh day, and as a direct consequence of the sixth day, they rested.
~ John Scalzi
You don't have paperwork," Savitri said. "You give it all to me." "Is it done?" I asked. "As far as you know, yes," Savitri said.
~ John Scalzi
I don't discount that in the end, everything I do, say, write and am will amount to a whole lot of not much; I just don't think it's a relevant metric. The relevant metric is: Have I constructed a life that gives me happiness, allows me to give happiness, and allows for this life to have meaning within its admittedly limited context? If I am succeeding in this particular metric, I think I'm doing pretty well.
~ John Scalzi
I'm not a good man, Mark," Holloway said. "But I was the right man. And for this, that was enough.
~ John Scalzi
As well as you can, live the life you want to live and make the work you want to make. After you're gone it'll all be sorted out or not. You won't be around to worry about it. Focus on the parts you're around for.
~ John Scalzi
You don't win by getting through all your life not having done anything.
~ John Scalzi