#fulfillment

I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious. ↗

— Vince Lombardi

#any #battle #believe #cause #dear

Time is not a means to keep or prove your worth in the world, but a means to experience the richness of all that is. ↗

— Elizabeth Grace Saunders

#happiness-life #inspiration #life-balance #self-improvement #self-worth

You will have fewer regrets in life if you start focusing and taking responsiblity for where you are and where you want to be. ↗

— Deborah Day

#fulfillment #happiness #meaning-of-life #purpose #life

This is a perfectly good picture. And if I didn't know you, I would be impressed and charmed. But I do know you." He thought some more, wondering whether he dared say precisely what he felt, for he knew he could never explain exactly why the idea came to him. "It's the painting of a dutiful daughter," he said eventually, looking at her cautiously to see her reaction. "You want to please. You are always aware of what the person looking at this picture will think of it. Because of that you've missed something important. Does that make sense?" She thought, then nodded. "All right," she said grudgingly and with just a touch of despair in her voice. "You win." Julien grunted. "Have another go, then. I shall come back and come back until you figure it out." "And you'll know?" "You'll know. I will merely get the benefit of it. ↗

— Iain Pears

#creativity #daughters #duty #expectation #fulfillment

Don’t give people what they want, give them what they need. ↗

— Joss Whedon

#virtue #wish-fulfillment #writing #virtue

All of us write wish fulfillment. ↗

— Lee Child

#us #wish #write

My experience at the 1992 Winter Olympics was my fulfillment of dreaming the Impossible Dream. ↗

— Kristi Yamaguchi

#dreaming #experience #fulfillment #impossible #olympics

If you look at romantic comedies as pieces of commerce, the audience is looking for wish fulfillment. ↗

— Tom Hanks

#comedies #commerce #fulfillment #look #looking

If a poem is each time new, then it is necessarily an act of discovery, a chance taken, a chance that may lead to fulfillment or disaster. ↗

— A. R. Ammons

#chance #disaster #discovery #each #fulfillment

Our humanity comes to its fullest bloom in giving. We become beautiful people when we give whatever we can give: a smile, a handshake, a kiss, an embrace, a word of love, a present, a part of our life...all of our life. ↗

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

#humanity #love #self-giving #beauty