To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.

Quote by Robert Louis Stevenson

Topics: Fulfillment Quotes

To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.

To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life.

There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By...

There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By...

It's a pleasant thing to be young, and have ten toes.

It's a pleasant thing to be young, and have ten toes.

Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by...

Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by...

Every one lives by selling something.

Every one lives by selling something.

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has...

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has...

The world has no room for cowards.

The world has no room for cowards.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect.

To be rich in admiration and free from envy, to rejoice greatly in the good...

To be rich in admiration and free from envy, to rejoice greatly in the good...

The correction of silence is what kills; when you know you have transgressed, and your...

The correction of silence is what kills; when you know you have transgressed, and your...

Marriage is one long conversation, checkered by disputes.

Marriage is one long conversation, checkered by disputes.

The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant...

The web, then, or the pattern, a web at once sensuous and logical, an elegant...

Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man.

Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man.

The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.

The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.

I've a grand memory for forgetting.

I've a grand memory for forgetting.

It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.

It is one thing to mortify curiosity, another to conquer it.

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

The cruelest lies are often told in silence.

To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells...

To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells...

You can kill the body but not the spirit.

You can kill the body but not the spirit.