Fulfilling Quotes

This is the true liberty of Christ, when a free man binds himself in love to duty. Not in shrinking from our distasteful occupations, but in fulfilling them, do we realize our high origin.

There is abundant reason to believe that optimism - big, little, and in between - is useful to a person because positive expectations can be self-fulfilling.

Life is a self-fulfilling prophecy. What you believe about Life will be your experience of Life.

There is no "ruler" in our country. Poland is a democracy. Our Prime Minister leads the government; the President is fulfilling his tasks. But there is a little bit left for the party leader.

It was almost as if I had a right to win. Thinking like that often seems to turn into sort of a self-fulfilling prophecy.

I ask you to forgive me for not fulfilling some hopes of those people who believed that we would be able to jump from the totalitarian past into a bright, rich and civilized future in one go.

The fulfilling life, the distinctive life, the relevant life, is an achievement... To do whatever you do for no reason other than you love it and believe in its importance.

For nothing is more fulfilling than love itself

We have two choices in life: One is to fulfill ourselves. The other is to take the time and energy that we would utilize in fulfilling ourselves and use it to make others happy.

I am willing to release old negative beliefs. They are only thoughts that stand in my way. My new thoughts are positive and fulfilling.

If you're going to let pressure stop you from fulfilling your dreams, you're robbing yourself.

You nourish your soul by fulfilling your destiny.

When the Negro musician or dancer swings the blues, he is fulfilling the same fundamental existential requirement that determines the mission of the poet, the priest and the medicine man.

Because of the flexibility that community colleges afford, many students do not have to choose between an education and fulfilling other responsibilities - they can do both.

Philanthropy is fun and fulfilling.

People who live the most fulfilling lives are the ones who are always rejoicing at what they have.

The concept of boredom entails an inability to use up present moments in a personally fulfilling way.

Pessimism becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy; it reproduces itself by crippling our willingness to act.

A depression is a situation of self-fulfilling pessimism.

I have great faith in optimism as a guiding principle, if only because it offers us the opportunity of creating a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Judgments of others contribute to self-fulfilling prophecies.

I loved my life, but my choices were overloading and overwhelming me. Listening to inner feelings and fulfilling some of these urges when they come along is incredibly important.

Unlike us, cats never outgrow their delight in cat capacities, nor do they settle finally for limitations. Cats, I think, live out their lives fulfilling their expectations.

When you believe it, it becomes self fulfilling.

Modeling, for me, was not fulfilling. I didn't see the point - although I was able to travel a great deal. I lived in Italy, Germany, and Spain, but I wasn't devoted to it.

[Optimism] acts as a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Getting through a workout is just very fulfilling. That 'Ah, I didn't want to do it but I did it and now I feel 10 times better.'

Your needs will be met once you can find a way of projecting energy and fulfilling someone else's need.

Focus on nurturing your healthy relationships so that they are even more loving and fulfilling.

The act of giving expands one's entire life experience because nothing is more fulfilling than one's capacity to give.

When you move toward that which is most fulfilling and life-enhancing, healing follows regardless of what your health is like in that moment.

This (writing) is the love of your life. It's what I want to do when I wake up. Nothing feels so absorbing, so fulfilling.

The reputation you have with yourself - your self-esteem - is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life.

... every entity loses perfection as long as it is not fulfilling its purpose.

Although reading the classics in Latin in school may be not as fulfilling as it would be at a more mature age, few scientists can afford the time for such diversion later in life.

Pessimism is not only unwarranted, it is also a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you think the cause is lost, it will be. No one works hard for a cause they think will lose.

I'm a believer in fate and in fulfilling your destiny. I've always had a kind of inner voice that I have learned to listen to.

Believe in yourself and back yourself to come out on top. A fulfilling career is waiting for those brave enough to find it.

I think that we are starting to get much more conscious about, you know, the importance of the spiritual path, and we are fulfilling it by paying attention to ourselves.

If you don't find a way to do something as work that is fulfilling and enjoyable, then your life is going to be really sad.

The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. When it becomes incapable of performing this duty it must be transformed.

My lowest days as a Christian have been more fulfilling and rewarding than all the days of glory in the White House.

The experience of creating my adventure games was, other than marrying my husband and bringing into the world my two sons, the most fulfilling, wonderful experience I ever had.

Is still fulfilling its social function in supplying the consumers with more, better and cheaper goods.

The religion of Big Data sets itself the goal of fulfilling man's unattainable desires, but for that very reason ignores her attainable needs.

Reading the play at home, however fulfilling, can never be the vivacious experience that Shakespeare intended.

Education provides the fullest opportunities for fulfilling ourselves. It is the access to all that a person has yet to learn.

We all want to have a rich and meaningful work life and a fulfilling life beyond work.

I'm less needy about needing to express myself through acting. I have many different lives outside of this that are extremely fulfilling.

In almost any industry, if you're passionate about doing a great job and making people that buy your product or service as happy as possible, it's really fulfilling.