Quotes About Fulfillment

Seeing New York in the movies is what made me want to live in Manhattan one day. I eventually got my wish, and the city has never disappointed me.

I'm disappointed that success hasn't been a Himalayan feeling.

I know that when I'm watching a drama that I love, I'm disappointed when it's over at the end of an hour.

I am never disappointed in life in not getting any awards: it is the movies which keep me going, not the awards.

I would love to have the biggest band that I can have. I'd love to put on a massive show and just give people their money's worth, then just come away from it thinking, 'That was a good show', because it's kind of disappointing sometimes when you go and see someone and you can see they're not that bothered.

I give and give, even when I get nothing back - and that sets me up for disappointment.

All my life, I never gave up on music and though there was a lot of disappointment for some that the commercial thing never happened, it has never been a disappointment for me.

I don't want to write because I have to; I want to write because I want to. Sometimes, when writers write because they have to, the results are disastrous.

Craft and art and discipline in what you do will make you happy.

I'm happy I found discipline, something I love, and I also found God.

What you come to discover is, it isn't how you get there, it's that you get there. If that's what it took to get me where I'm at today, so be it.

Discover your passion and do it to the best of your ability.

It's funny the way life works. Sometimes you go around in a weird path to find out exactly what it is that you love to do, and I'm happy that I've sort of discovered something that makes me really happy.

I've discovered, I guess, that it's fun to work.

It took me several years to figure out who I am and a few more to accept what I discovered. Now, I'm in the enjoyment stage of that process and it's a happy place.

Before I discovered moviemaking, I hadn't found anything where I could kind of galvanize or meld all of the things that I wanted to do.

Once I discovered how important writing music was to me and just what a huge weight it lifted off of me, I knew that it was going to be the biggest part of my life, the biggest love of my life, the biggest thing in my life.

I think music has always been what I always wanted to do, but I didn't know how or when I was going to get discovered.

People who have discovered a purpose feel better, like themselves more, age more subtly, and live longer.

Being in your 30s is about discovering yourself and your body and enjoying who you are.

If we do everything right, the best we can do is live out our potential with as little age-related disease and disability as possible.

Executives don't burn out and leave when they feel deep satisfaction. They don't create the human detritus that disgruntled managers do.

I never was disillusioned with acting because I love acting.

You don't have to have an eating disorder to be happy or successful.