Quotes about Fulfillment

Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a man's stature as to his happiness.

And from the death of each day's hope, another hope sprang up to live tomorrow.

Scrooge was better than his word. He did it all, and infinitely more.

Went down into a modest life of usefulness and happiness. Went down to give a mother's care, in the fulness of time, to Fanny's neglected children no less than to their own, and to leave that lady going into Society for ever and a day.

It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; It is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.

The relief of being at last engaged in the execution of the purpose, was so great to me that I felt it difficult to realise the condition in which I had been a few hours before.

When your will is God's will, you will have your will.

...if a man love the labor of any trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him... If you recognize in yourself some such decisive taste, there is no room for hesitation: follow your bent.... soon your every thought will be engrossed in that beloved occupation.

What constitutes a life well spent, anyway? Love and admiration from your fellow men is all that any one can ask.

Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come 90 percent of all your happiness or misery.

Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.

Judge your success by the degree that you're enjoying peace, health, and love.