"All great human deeds both consume and transform……" — Lois McMaster Bujold

"All great human deeds both consume and transform their doers. Consider an athlete, a scientist, an artist, or an entrepreneur. In service of their goals, they lay down time, energy and many other choices and pleasures; in return, they become most truly themselves. A false destiny may be spotted by the fact that it consumes without transforming, without giving back the enlarged self."

— Lois McMaster Bujold

All Quotes Artist Quotes Athlete Quotes Back Quotes Become Quotes Both Quotes Choices Quotes Consider Quotes Consume Quotes Consumes Quotes Consumes Without Quotes Deeds Quotes Deeds Both Quotes Destiny Quotes Doers Quotes Down Quotes Energy Quotes Enlarged Quotes Entrepreneur Quotes Fact Quotes Facts Quotes False Quotes Giving Quotes Giving Back Quotes Goal Quotes Goals Quotes Great Quotes Great Human Quotes Human Quotes Human Deeds Quotes Humans Quotes Lay Quotes Many Quotes May Quotes Most Quotes Other Quotes Other Choices Quotes Pleasure Quotes Pleasures Quotes Return Quotes Scientist Quotes Self Quotes Service Quotes Spotted Quotes Their Goals Quotes They Become Quotes They Lay Quotes Time Quotes Time Energy Quotes Transform Quotes Transforming Quotes Truly Quotes Without Giving Quotes Without Transforming Quotes

139 Quotes by Lois McMaster Bujold

Lois McMaster Bujold has 139 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

See all 139 quotes by Lois McMaster Bujold »

More All Quotes

This quote is filed under All Quotes, one of 128,558 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally… — Hannah Arendt
No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our… — Hannah Arendt
The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all… — Hannah Arendt
The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes… — Hannah Arendt
Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of… — Hannah Arendt
We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and… — Hannah Arendt
I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is… — Pietro Aretino
We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
A friend to all is a friend to none. — Aristotle

See all 128,558 All Quotes »