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Quotes About Fulfillment

I'm glad that I am not young in so thoroughly finished a world.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We are all pilgrims who seek Italy.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A human being needs only a small plot of ground on which to be happy, and even less to lie beneath.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Oh, I envy you!" he cried. "You are still nourished by yesterday's alms, but yesterday's happiness no longer nourishes me.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Todo nos hace falta cuando nos faltamos a nosotros mismos
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
do they know when we are well and happy? do they know when we recall their memories with the fondest love? In the silent hour of evening the shade of my mother hovers around me; when seated in the midst of my children, I see them assembled near me, as they used to assemble near her; and then I raise my anxious eyes to heaven, and wish she could look down upon us, and witness how I fulfil the promise I made to her in her last moments, to be a mother to her children.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Willst du immer weiterschweifen? Sieh, das Gute liegt so nah. Lerne nur das Glück ergreifen, denn das Glück ist immer nah.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
In the same way, the most restless of travellers ends up pining for his homeland once again, and discovers in his cottage, in the arms of his wife and amidst his children, and in the labours that are necessary to support them, that joy he sought in vain in the wide world.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The word career is a divisive word. It's a word that divides the normal life from business or professional life.
~ Grace Paley
Flying dreams mean that you're doing the right thing with your life.
~ Douglas Coupland
You know, one of my biggest dreams in life is to play a Disney princess.
~ Ginnifer Goodwin
A fulfilling life is different to each person. You have to acknowledge your dreams, and not just wait for life to happen, and opportunities to come knocking at your door.
~ Joan Lunden
Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
Work may be your dominant thought, and joy an afterthought. But joy is your true purpose, and work the afterthought.
~ Alan Cohen
The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires exertion, and does not consist in amusement.
~ Aristotle
...because a life without meaning, without drive or focus, without dreams or goals, isn't a life worth living.
~ Chris Colfer
The purpose of life is to be happy.
~ Dalai Lama
I have a very good life, a high quality of life. I have both money and time. No one has that.
~ Dave Chappelle
The secret to a happy life is to recognize that no matter what the situation, there's a creative opportunity in it. Also, finding meaning and purpose in your life to make a contribution.
~ Deepak Chopra
Once you learn what life is about, there is no way to erase that knowledge. If you try to do something else with your life, you will always sense that you are missing something
~ James Redfield
Our goal should be that we're going to live life to the fullest, pursuing our passions and dreams, and when it comes our time to go, we will have used as much of our potential as possible.
~ Joel Osteen
Your Day Is Your Life
~ John Spence
The great thing about getting older is living life.
~ Jon Hamm
If you follow your bliss you will find a path laid out before you that has been waiting for you all along and you will begin to live the life you ought to be living.
~ Joseph Campbell