Quotes About Fulfillment

There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means - either may do - the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier.

What we call happiness in the strictest sense comes from the (preferably sudden) satisfaction of needs which have been dammed up to a high degree.

Success is doing what you love and loving people while you do it.

Whatever you do, have fun while doing it. That's important for me.

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it.

I want to be something that the listeners might not know that they needed but that I fill a lane and that they enjoy it for a while.

I'm realizing for the first time, your life goes on while you're trying to pursue this career. I saw my career as everything. But you have this life, too. Living your life fully, you come to know yourself better. You'll find the place for it.

Ultimately, my greatest achievement is maintaining my career while sustaining a happy marriage and kids.

Everyone wants to be happy - people find happiness in different ways. While you want to pursue your career 100 percent, I think it is very hard to give 100 percent in something else. It's important to find this balance, and priorities change throughout life.

While living I want to live well.

The universe can take quite a while to deliver.

I love working; I don't take things for granted, so I just love to do what I do whilst it lasts.

I want to stretch myself as much as I can whilst I can, just work and try all different things and have a good time.

Whilst I've got these opportunities, and whilst I still love doing it, acting is something I can see myself continuing forever until I get bored of it.

It really was total heaven to be a writer. As a model or actor you are employed on someone's whim. As a writer, you are in control.

After a hard day's work on the sets, I can't imagine allotting time to pander to the whims of a husband.

I think that there are a lot of things that come along with being a musician, but I don't want to whine about them. I don't want to complain about my job.

Life has been a really big whirlwind, but it's been a lot of fun. I travel so much, and I'm constantly doing things that I love, but it's just me.

When the whole 'Saw' thing died down, I feel like I had praise withdrawals. I had never been congratulated so much on something in my life. So, it was a really amazing whirlwind when 'Saw' came out.

If I hadn't got into comedy, I wouldn't have met Abbey, my wife, and I wouldn't have my two girls, and the whole thing unravels. That's the thing about being basically - whisper it quietly - happy, is that you don't really want to change anything, because once you start changing stuff, then what you've got all disappears.

I'll always love the time I spent making 'Black and White.'

It's all kind of a big illusion: the white picket fence and the perfect marriage and the kids. Check that box off, check that box off, and move forward.

Playing drums feels like coming home for me. Even during the White Stripes I thought: 'I'll do this for now, but I'm really a drummer.' That's what I'll put on my passport application.

My mom bought me a white Strat, but that wasn't what I wanted, so I went to a guitar store in Cleveland and - the guy told me it was a really good deal - made an even swap for a blue Teisco Del Ray. I loved that guitar and used it a bunch.