Quotes About Completion

All my life, I have taken satisfaction in finishing things in order that I may experience a sense of achievement, regardless of whether the thing was really worth achieving. ... Death, I suspect, will likely be unsatisfying because I will no longer be present to feel the achievement thereof.

Everyone knew the meaning of a thing didn't emerge until there'd been an ending and you could finally see how all the parts worked together.

No book can be really complete in this life; it has to end where the author's time and understanding end. There is always something left unsaid. I look forward to the life to come as the unending last chapter of all the good books I have ever read.

It seemed the architect couldn't stop until he'd incorporated

I determined to consider a piece of music only half done when I completed a manuscript. It was my responsibility to finish it by getting it played.…

Exodia Obliterate!

What I'm not sure about, is if our lives have been so different from the lives of the people we save. We all complete. Maybe none of us really understand what we've lived through, or feel we've had enough time.

What I'm not sure about, is if our lives have been so different from the lives of the people we save. We all complete. Maybe none of us really understand what we've lived through, or feel we've had enough time.

The evening's the best part of the day. You've done your day's work. Now you can put your feet up and enjoy it.

I am discovering that in trying to find God's will and the shape of the Christian life I have begun an adventure so great that its total completion will always be ahead.

Once you start something, finish it. Never give up...

When any new language design project is nearing completion, there is always a mad rush to get new features added before standardization. The rush is mad indeed, because it leads into a trap from which there is no escape. A feature which is omitted can always be added later, when its design and its implications are well understood. A feature which is included before it is fully understood can never be removed later.

man is indispensable for the completion of creation; that, in fact, he himself is the second creator of the world, who alone has given to the world its objective existence

The whole work lies in the solution

Once he finally built those bookshelves, he could showcase an impressive collection. But he never got around to it.

or project has been reviewed and that for each you have confirmed that either (1) you have a plan you trust for its completion, or (2) it's captured in a place where it will be revisited when the time is right.

When you work, work hard. When you're done, be done.

Yet even the brightest of sunrises must come to an end.

Suddenly I realized that it was my job to complete myself through my power of loving me.

I realize it's not just Willem I'm looking for; it's Lulu too.

Maybe this is the point of it all. Maybe this is where the road is meant to end.

I kiss Allyson. I complete the history that came before us, and in doing so, begin one all of our own. Double happiness: I get it now.

WHY DO MEN DELIGHT IN WORK? FUNDAMENTALLY, I SUPPOSE, BECAUSE THERE IS A SENSE OF RELIEF AND PLEASURE IN GETTING SOMETHING DONE—A KIND OF SATISFACTION NOT UNLIKE THAT WHICH A HEN ENJOYS ON LAYING AN EGG. —H. L. Mencken O

A book is never finished; it's abandoned.