Quotes About Fulfillment

Chris says it's all in the doing, but to tell you the truth, there's a lot to be said for the having.

Inside of you, God plants His dream for your life. It is up to you to seek it, find it, and fulfill it. Don't cheat yourself out of His best for you life by allowing your daily routines to overcome His great purpose for you. It will take courage to pursue His calling. It will stretch you beyond reason. Reflect on the feeling that will wash over you when you finally arrive at the destination you have always dreamed about but hardly dared hope for.

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be." —Ralph Waldo Emerson (attrib.)

And some more shocking news: your ship's not coming—it's already here. Docked and waiting. You already have the money. You already have the time. You already have the skill, the confidence. You already have everything you need to achieve everything you want.

Remember: success does not lead to happiness—it's the other way around.

two critical areas of life, everyday happiness and long-term impact,

You are either going for your dreams or giving up your dreams. Stretching for what you could be, or settling for what you are.

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be." —Ralph Waldo Emerson

One of the most compelling, universal human drives is the desire to feel that we make a difference—that because we were here, the world is a better place. Human beings are social animals, and there's something hardwired into us that needs to know that we've had an impact on the world.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success." The

Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.

Be happy, and the reason will appear.

The more success we have, the more greatness we step into and the more abundance we experience, the more responsibility we have to the world around us.

I believe we are here to learn and grow, and to become so abundant in belief in ourselves that we finally tap into the full potential of the greatness that is within us and share that greatness with the world.

let's frame our definition of success as: life (health), liberty (financial freedom), and the realization of happiness.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success." —Albert Schweitzer

Life is doing. If you aren't doing, you're dying.

the author supplies you with a satisfying ending in the last ten pages. This is nonfiction, which means it's about real life—which means the ending hasn't been written yet. And the only one who can write it is you. So, let me ask you: How does it end?

I want the world to be better because I was here. I want my life, my work, my family to mean something. If you are not making someone else's life better you are wasting your time. Your life will only become better by helping make other lives better.

We are all either building our own dreams or building somebody else's. To put a sharper point on it, we're either building our own dreams - or building our nightmares.

She looked at me like I was stupid and said to me one last time with an air of finality, "They're requirements." It was at that moment that I learned that the word requirements actually means shut up. For a great many people, that's exactly what requirements do. They stop conversations about people and the problems we're solving. The truth is, if you build a fraction of what's required you can still make people very happy.

Fear is the number one reason why people never live up to their potential.

There's an amazing opportunity that so few people ever have in their lives to fulfill a wish for somebody. It's so rare that such a simple act, like playing a song someone loves, can make someone so happy. If you have that opportunity—the power to do that for anyone—that's an incredible gift.

The creative state is the most important part. None of it means anything if you're not excited by the discovery of what you're making.