"To be thoroughly and abidingly happy is not only to get what we all instinctively desire, but to fulfill the purpose of our nature."

-- George Hodges (theologian)

#Desire Quotes #Purpose Quotes #Fulfillment Quotes

“Almost any dog thinks almost any human is the Great Spirit, the Primal Creator, and the Universal Force Behind the Sun and Tides. What human can resist?”
“Simplest of blossoms! To mine eye Thou bring'st the summer's painted sky; The May-thorn greening in the nook; The minnows sporting in the brook; The bleat of flocks; the breath of flowers; The song of birds amid the bowers; The crystal of the azure seas; The music of the southern breeze; And, over all, the blessed sun, Telling of halcyon days begun.”

Source : David Macbeth Moir (1852). “The Poetical Works of David Macbeth Moir”, p.149
“Comedians don't have hits. You have to have a whole brand-new hour. You have no hits to rely on.”
“I confess, I do not believe in time.”
“Yeah, except that when I write pop songs I have pretty strict constraints that I impose on myself. 69 Love Songs is a constraint. That the titles have to begin with "I'"s is a relatively strict constraint. Charm of the Highway Strip is all travel songs. And I am free to change the plot slightly to accommodate something that happens to rhyme conveniently.”
“Only the footsteps of the blind are short, but their thoughts are long.”
“What the people want is very simple - they want an America as good as its promise.”

Source : Barbara Jordan, Shelby Hearon (1979). “Barbara Jordan, a self-portrait”, Doubleday Books
“Well the truth is, Santino didn't beat me, because I beat myself.”

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