Fulfillment Quotes

“To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty.”

“The secret to a fulfilled life is not only to do well but also to do good.”

“The desire that is satisfied is not a great desire, nor has the shoulder used all its might that an unbreakable gate has never strained.”

“Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.”

“Working hours are never long enough. Each day is a holiday, and ordinary holidays are grudged as enforced interruptions in an absorbing vocation.”

“This fulfils my ambition. I still have my father's robe as Chancellor. I shall be proud to serve you in this splendid office.”

“The secret to living is giving.”

“Success is not something you achieve, conquer, climb, or complete. Success is a process; it's a way of life.”

“Success is doing what you want to do, when you want, where you want, with whom you want, as much as you want.”

“There's a huge difference between achieving to be happy and happily achieving.”

“If any organism fails to fulfill its potentialities, it becomes sick.”

“The strenuous life tastes better”

“Need and struggle are what excite and inspire us; our hour of triumph is what brings the void.”

“All goal setting must be immediately followed by both the development of a plan, and massive and consistent action toward its fulfillment.”

“Some of the biggest challenges in relationships come from the fact that most people enter a relationship in order to get something: they're trying to find someone who's going to make them feel good. In reality, the only way a relationship will last is if you see your relationship as a place that you go to give, and not a place that you go to take.”

“Success without happiness is failure.”

“I don't have to work another day of my life, thank God, but I'm in a place where I probably work as hard or harder today than I ever have, but I do it because I want to, not because I have to. What is the difference between work and play? I think the difference is purpose. When your vocation becomes your vacation, the old quote, you know that's when you made it.”

“Progress equals happiness.”

“The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is steeped through and through with a profound yet temperate happiness.”

“I have seen business moguls achieve their ultimate goals but still live in frustration, worry, and fear. What's preventing these successful people for being happy? The answer is they have focused only on achievement and not fulfillment. Extraordinary accomplishment does not guarantee extraordinary joy, happiness, love, and a sense of meaning. These two skill sets feed off each other, and make me believe that success without fulfillment is failure.”

“Labor is service and service is life. And when we serve something more than ourselves, we feel alive.”

“I'm certainly not saying that my life is what success is all about. To me, success is the ongoing process of striving to become more.”

“If you look around the world and I can tell you right now that the majority of the planet is focused on certainty and significance. And those two absolutely guarantee unhappiness. Because if you're driven by significance, it doesn't matter what you achieve, it's never enough.”

“Happiness is in the mind, experiences of joy or pleasure should be found in the body; but ongoing joy, pure unadulterated joy, that feeling of bliss for no reason comes when you feel like your life matters because it matters to more than yourself.”

“Lasting fulfillment is attained only through gaining insight into the core of our human nature, unleashing the power to understand, appreciate, and enjoy our lives at the deepest level.”