Quotes About Fulfillment

I imagined a lot of things. That I would shine. That I'd be good. I'd dwell bareheaded on a summit turning a wheel that would turn the earth undetected, amongst the clouds, I would have some influence; be of some avail.

We sometimes eclipse our own dreams with reality.

I knew if I lived long enough I would be poet laureate of something.

You have misplaced joy, he said without hesitation. Without joy, we are as dead. —How do I find it again? —Find those who have it and bathe in their perfection.

Not all dreams need to be realized. That was what Fred used to say. We accomplished things that no one would ever know.

Nessuno mi stava aspettando. Ma mi aspettava ogni cosa.

You know, the dreams you had for me weren't my dreams," he said. "Maybe those dreamsare meant for you.

I didn't mind the misery of a vocation but I dreaded not being called

I always hated loose ends. Dangling phrases, unopened packages, or a character that inexplicably disappears, like a lone sheet on a clothesline before a vague storm, left to flap in the wind until that same wind carries it away to become the skin of a ghost or a child's tent.

I followed whatever train I wanted. I wrote without writing—of genies and hustlers and mythic travelers, my vagabondia. Then I would walk back home, happily satisfied, and resume my daily tasks.

I'm a worker. I do the work to communicate, and I want people to embrace it, and when they do I'm happy.

We sometimes eclipse our own dreams with reality (p.43)

The only real success is when you've done something well.

that without a doubt we sometimes eclipse our own dreams with reality

Herkes ölür," demi?ti yava? yava? güçlerini kaybeden ellerine bakarak. "Fakat ben bunun böyle olaca??n? önceden tahmin edememi?tim i?te. Ama sorun de?il. Hayat?m? istedi?im gibi ya?ad?m.

I really want to adopt a child... I want to be called 'Mom.' It really is the most beautiful word in the English language.

I never did quite fit the glamour mode. It is life with my husband and family that is my high now.

Too much of a good thing can be wonderful," said West, who was talking about sex, not vitamins.) Second,

Man does not live by GNP alone.

What's the subject of life - to get rich? All of those fellows out there getting rich could be dancing around the real subject of life.

What Salinger found when he examined their world in a fiercely realistic way was an assemblage of unhappy people living unfulfilled lives.

If you're looking to find a career that makes a difference - and work you really love - this book will show you how.

It seems to me that I will always be happy in the place where I am not.

You can't put your feet on the ground until you've touched the sky.