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

It is the mark of a modest man to accept his friendly circle ready-made from...

It is the mark of a modest man to accept his friendly circle ready-made from...

The existence of a man is so small a thing to take, so mighty a...

The existence of a man is so small a thing to take, so mighty a...

I've a grand memory for forgetting.

I've a grand memory for forgetting.

We are all travellers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can...

We are all travellers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can...

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean

No man is useless while he has a friend.

No man is useless while he has a friend.

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 heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it...

Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it...

Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like...

Some people swallow the universe like a pill; they travel on through the world, like...

It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a...

It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a...

It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible...

It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible...

Well, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and...

Well, well, Henry James is pretty good, though he is of the nineteenth century, and...

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.

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...

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

We live in an ascending scale when we live happily, one thing leading to another...

We live in an ascending scale when we live happily, one thing leading to another...

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.

Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.

The finest kind of friendship is between people who expect a great deal of each...

The finest kind of friendship is between people who expect a great deal of each...

The time to make friends is before you need them.

The time to make friends is before you need them.