“What enormous potential for intermittent happiness the world offered.”

“Youth offers the promise of happiness, but life offers the realities of grief.”

Nicholas Sparks book The Rescue

“If you want to love what you do, abandon the passion mindset (“what can the world offer me?”) and instead adopt the craftsman mindset (“what can I offer the world?”).”

Cal Newport (1982) American computer scientist

“Sometimes, we just have to be happy with what people can offer us. Even if it's not what we want, at least it's something.”

Sarah Dessen (1970) American writer

“I find that many men and women are troubled by the thought that they are too small and inconsequential in the scheme of things. But that is not our real trouble—we are actually too big and too complex, for God made us in His image and we are too big to be satisfied with what the world offers us! … Man is bored, because he is too big to be happy with that which sin is giving him. God has made him too great, his potential is too mighty.”

Aiden Wilson Tozer (1897–1963) American missionary

“Who knows what the potential of our world is, but we all need to help each other.”

AnnaSophia Robb (1993) American actress, singer, and model

“Disclosure and realization of potential are not only the basis of human happiness but also a duty to conscience and society.”

Zafar Mirzo (1972)

“If you want the best the world has to offer, offer the world your best.”

Neale Donald Walsch (1943) American writer

“To crave for happiness in this world is simply to be possessed by a spirit of revolt. What right have we to happiness?”

Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906) Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet

“Lacy was just as happy alone as with company. When she was alone, she was potential; with others she was realized.”

Steve Martin (1945) American actor, comedian, musician, author, playwright, and producer