Fulfilling Quotes - Page 17

• Fear is an inhibitor that has kept more people from fulfilling their destiny than any other one emotion.

  Tim LaHaye

  Fear, Destiny, People

  Tim LaHaye (2014). “Spirit-Controlled Temperament”, p.149, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• I was like every other boy in India, with a dream of playing for my country. Yet I could never have imagined a journey so long and so fulfilling. No dream is ever chased alone.

  Rahul Dravid

  Country, Dream, Boys

  "Have Failed at Times, but Never Stopped Trying: Rahul Dravid". archive.indianexpress.com. March 10, 2012.

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• Put your heart aside. Duty comes first. But when fulfilling your duty, put your heart into it. It helps.

  Josemaria Escriva

  Heart, Firsts, Helping

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

  Richard Branson

  Powerful, Believe, Careers

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• When you engage in fulfilling the needs of others, your own needs are fulfilled as a by-product.

  Dalai Lama

  Needs, Fulfilled, Products

  His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1998). “Path To Tranquility”, p.110, Penguin Books India

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• My work at R.E.I. was incredibly fulfilling and rewarding, especially the stewardship elements of it, the ability to connect young people to public lands close to home.

  Sally Jewell

  Home, Land, People

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• The traditional American husband and father had the responsibilities-and the privileges-of playing the role of primary provider. Sharing that role is not easy. To yield exclusive access to the role is to surrender some of the potential for fulfilling the hero fantasy-a fantasy that appeals to us all. The loss is far from trivial.

  Faye J Crosby

  Husband, Father, Hero

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• Nobody has seen the trekking birds take their way towards such warmer spheres as do not exist, or rivers break their course through rocks and plains to run into an ocean which is not to be found. For God does not create a longing or a hope without having a fulfilling reality ready for them. But our longing is our pledge, and blessed are the homesick, for they shall come home.

  Isak Dinesen

  Running, Ocean, Blessed

  Isak Dinesen (2011). “Anecdotes of Destiny and Ehrengard”, p.10, Vintage

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• Friends often think it must be fun to be a painter... When it's going well, it's far more profound than mere fun; when it's not, it's not fun at all. In either event, painting is always deeply fulfilling.

  Steven Whitney

  Fun, Thinking, Profound

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• A depression is a situation of self-fulfilling pessimism.

  Joan Robinson

  Self, Pessimism, Economics

  Joan Robinson (1973). “Economic heresies: some old-fashioned questions in economic theory”

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• Because they are human beings, addicts long for wholeness, for fulfillment, and for the final good that believers call God. Like all idolatries, addiction taps this vital spiritual force and draws off its energies to objects and processes that drain the addict instead of fulfilling him.

  Cornelius Plantinga

  Spiritual, Long, Addiction

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• Dating is not only a wonderful time of life, but also a context for enormous spiritual and personal growth. You learn so much about yourself, others, God, love, spirituality, and life through dating. Done well, it can be fulfilling in and of itself. Done well, it can be one of the most fun and rewarding aspects of your life. Done well, it can lead to a good marriage.

  Henry Cloud

  Spiritual, Fun, Dating

  Henry Cloud (2005). “How to Get a Date Worth Keeping: Be Dating in Six Months Or Your Money Back”, p.30, Zondervan

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• I was fortunate to sell at a time of great sea change in the romance genre; suddenly heroines were allowed to be portrayed as having rich, fulfilling lives. They didn't need a man for security or self-esteem, but having that one very special man in their lives proved the icing on the cake.

  JoAnn Ross

  Self Esteem, Men, Sea

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• A fulfilling sex life is one of the most powerful marital glues a couple can have.

  Kevin Leman

  Sex, Couple, Powerful

  Kevin Leman (2010). “Sheet Music: Uncovering the Secrets of Sexual Intimacy in Marriage”, p.45, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• The real challenge in acting is in comedy. It's easier to get that gasp in a drama. Not easy, because you still have to find that emotional pitch. And when you do something in drama and you hear that sob from the audience it's so fulfilling. But as a comic actor, when the laugh is supposed to come and you punch in that line and nothing happens it is dreadful. It's horrific and you feel like dying right there.

  George Takei

  Real, Drama, Emotional

  "IGN Interview: George Takei". Interview with Travis Fickett, www.ign.com. May 1, 2007.

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• Is the Church fulfilling a purely religious role when by its silence or friendly relationships it lends legitimacy to dictatorial and oppressive government?

  Gustavo Gutiérrez

  Religious, Government, Silence

  Gustavo Gutiérrez (1988). “A theology of liberation: history, politics, and salvation”

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• Redirect federal spending aimed at fulfilling the terms of the increasingly irrelevant Kyoto Protocol.

  Stephen Harper

  Kyoto Protocol, Spending, Term

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• I went to America on holiday when I was 17 and, before I knew it, I'd been signed up by an agency and had these obligations I didn't understand, but which I couldn't say no to. This industry chose me. But I did choose to make it fulfilling.

  Elle Macpherson

  Holiday, America, Agency

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• Without children, men have more liberty to earn less - that is, they are free to pursue more fulfilling and less lucrative careers, like writing or art or teaching social studies.

  Warren Farrell

  Art, Children, Teaching

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• The society will be dominated by an elite of persons free from traditional values who will have no doubt in fulfilling their objectives by means of purged techniques with which they will influence the behavior of people and will control and watch the society in all details. It will become possible to exert a practically permanent watch on each citizen of the world.

  Zbigniew Brzezinski

  Mean, Nwo, People

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• The gospel breathes the spirit of love. Love is the fulfilling of its precepts, the pledge of its joys, and the evidence of its power.

  Gardiner Spring

  Love Is, Joy, Spirit

  Gardiner Spring (1813). “Essays on the distinguishing traits of Christian character”, p.177

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• What we do and what we experience has a direct correlation with our habitual states of consciousness and mental states. The more spiritually aware we are, the more harmonious and fulfilling are our lives.

  Roy Davis

  Experience, Consciousness, States

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• Humanism is an approach to life which encourages ethical and fulfilling living on the basis of reason and humanity, and rejects superstition and religion. The most immediate impact of living as a Humanist is that we believe this life is all there is - so what we do and the choices we make really count.

  Stephen Fry

  Believe, Impact, Choices

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• A deep, wise, and wonderful exploration of the Vedanta path for relationships both with yourself and with others. In this book, Shubhraji provides everything you need to create healthy, fulfilling relationships, using ancient wisdom, beautiful stories, tools, and exercises. This book is a must read for those on a serious spiritual journey.

  Arielle Ford

  Beautiful, Wise, Spiritual

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• I've realised that nobody's going to die if I don't get it right and that there are a number of things out there, beyond acting, that are very interesting and fulfilling.

  Matthew Rhys

  Numbers, Interesting, Acting

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