Quotes About Fulfillment

THERE IS NO JOY EXCEPT IN HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS' — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (p.16).

The only real death that ever occurs is when a dream we cherish dies

The safest plan, and the one most sure of success for the young man starting in life, is to select the vocation which is most congenial to his tastes.

I want to do to you what spring does with the cherry trees.

I want To do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.

My mother said to me, "If you become a soldier, you'll be a general, if you become a monk you'll end up as the pope." Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.

I'm gonna see an old lady with white hair, like the old ladies inna park, little bundles inna black shawl, waiting for the coffin. I'm fifty-six years old. What am I to do with myself? I have strength in my hands. I wanna cook. I wanna clean. I wanna make dinner for my children. I wanna be of use to somebody. Am I an old dog to lie in fronta the fire till my eyes close? These are terrible years, Theresa! Terrible years!

Can you imagine doing something in your life that will be fully satisfying and redeeming for your having tried to do it, whether you succeeded in it or failed, and that, correspondingly, would be fully shameful had you not tried to do it?

we eat for our stomachs, but we hunger with our hearts.

But now I was home. In my home, home home, once and for all. I had had various apartments before in quite a few cities over the course of my life, but this was the first one I owned, and it felt good. A roof over my head and a place to be private, to cry, to laugh, to gorge, to hope, to dream, to wallow, and to pray for things was a salve to my soul.

I once asked her if she was happy. "That depends on what I am able to get done today," she said, laughing.

I once asked her if she was happy. "That depends on what I am able to get done

This is what you learned in college: A man desires the satisfaction of his desire; a woman desires the condition of desiring.

There is something so pleasingly pure about having a task to be accomplished and then accomplishing it. It is the exact opposite of writing, and pretty close to the opposite of teaching. In both writing and teaching, nothing is ever finished, only finished enough to let go.

Create a story of which you will be proud.

I don't. We each have free will. There may be higher purpose, but the actual path each of us takes to get there, and whether we choose to accept it at all, is up to us." She turns to me. "If you can't let go of that fear of making the wrong decision, you will never be able to take the chances you must take to live life fully.

If you can't let go of that fear of making the wrong decision, you will never be able to take the chances you must take to live life fully.

Don't get me wrong. I'm happy to be your morning lollipop, but I need to eat, too.

We are all born with a gift, and part of the journey is finding out what that is and learning how to share it

When I tell her about the expression "MILF" ("Mom I'd like to Fuck"), she thinks it's hilarious. There's no French-language equivalent. In France, there's no a priori reason why a woman wouldn't be sexy just because she happens to have children. It's not uncommon to hear a Frenchman say that being a mother gives a woman an appealing air of plentitude (happiness and fulness of spirit).

It's not enough for French mothers to have pleasures and interests apart from their children. They also want their kids to know about these things. They believe it's burdensome for a child to feel that she's the sole source of her mother's happiness and satisfaction. (A Parisian mother I know told me she was going back to work partly for her daughter's sake.)

Get over your fear of finishing. Being able to complete tasks doesn't just matter in kindergarten; it's a key skill for grown-ups.

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We're at—or approaching—our lifetime peak in earnings, but Botox now seems like a reasonable idea. We're reaching the height of our careers, but we can now see how they will probably end.