Quotes About Fulfillment

It's possible for someone to act sacrificially and selflessly in the best interests of others while enjoying the fruit: feeling good about having done well and receiving God's approval and reward.

Both psychological research and Scripture demonstrate that those who give generously and serve others are happy people.

Jewel the Unicorn] cried.- I have come home at last! This is my real country! I belong here. This is the land I have been looking for all my life, though I never knew it till now. The reason why we loved the old Narnia is that it sometimes looked a little like this.... Come further up, come further in!

God cannot give us happiness apart from Himself, because there is no such thing." —C. S. Lewis

Once we've been reconciled to God, we can do something more about our happiness by doing what happy people do. Happiness doesn't precede giving and serving; it accompanies and follows it.

But earth is not heaven." "And those who expect it to be," Dani said, "can never know Joy.

La dicha,debo añadir,no es la felicidad. La felicidad depende de factores externos mientras que la dicha procede del interior de cada uno, sin que nada la provoque.

You needed your whole self; and so you went and broke yourself, out of its grip, in pieces,painfully, because your need was great.

I am absolutely convinced that meaninglessness does not come form being weary of pain; meaninglessness comes from being weary of pleasure.

sexuality is sacred, and using it for amusement brings diminishing returns.

In the early days of marriage, joy precedes the act. Tragically, as the years go by joy can be severed from the act until finally, the act itself is no more. This ought not to be. Over time it is the companionship that brings joy, and service is the natural outworking of the joy of commitment. Failure to act kills it.

The purpose of prayer and of God's call in your life is not to make you number one in the world's eyes, but to make him number one in your life. His calling is perfect, and he has a specific place for each one. Every member of the body has a particular role, and we find our fulfillment in filling that role.

Oameni fiind, ne închipuim c? speranÈ›ele È™i visurile exist? pentru noi È™i c? noi exist?m pentru ele.

If you do not believe that God is in control and has formed you for a purpose, then you will flounder on the high seas of purposelessness, drowning in the currents and drifting further into nothingness.

Dar pentru creÈ™tin, la moarte orice dorin?? care înainte era limitat? la carne va fi împlinit? în duh. Atingerea dup? care a tânjit în exterior va fi atunci interioar?. CredinÈ›a care înainte privea spre viitor va g?si atunci eternitatea.

a solemn reminder not to make our goal in life one of sheer material pursuit. The allurement is great, and the disappointments are proportionate.

Making it to number one really means knowing where God wants you to be and serving him there with your best efforts. The goal, then, is to find the threads God has in place for you and to follow his plan for you with excellence.

Los triunfos y el estrellato no necesariamente conducen a la felicidad. Ser el mejor en realidad significa saber qué es lo que Dios quiere para nuestra vida y servirle en ese lugar para dar lo mejor de uno. La meta entonces es descubrir los hilos que Dios tiene preparados para nosotros y seguir su plan para nuestra vida con excelencia

We became less than what we were meant to be.

monotony finds no relief in adding variety or changing our attitude about it. Activity does not create meaning; it is the other way around.

pleasure brings no lasting fulfillment.

Nunca podremos ser como Dios, pero sí podemos concluir la tarea que nos ha asignado.

Nunca podremos ser como Dios, pero sí podemos concluir la tarea que nos ha asignado. Por eso, Jesús demostró que la mejor manera de cumplir el propósito de Dios es obedecer siempre la voluntad del Padre, aun cuando él parezca distante.

The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your love, O LORD, endures forever—do not abandon the works of your hands. Psalm 138:8