Quotes About Meaning

This is not primarily the place we have to be, it is the place where we are. It is not our prison, but our home. It is the road we must walk, and the walking of it is called life. Because we walk it only once, then how important is it that we should walk it with some purpose that we can call our own.

Obscurity and competence: That is the life that is worth living.

It is not what we get, but who we become. What we contribute. That gives meaning to our lives.

Maybe it's not about the happy ending, maybe it's about the story.

Life can be painful, you often have to search your soul to find the meaning in sorrow, so you can be free to live again.

Life without God is like an un-sharpened pencil; there is no point.

There's more to life then getting laid and partying.

Sometimes happiness doesnt come from money or fame or power. Sometimes happiness comes from good friends and family and the quiet nobility of leading a good life.

If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.

To know the value of life, one must live it first.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

You should not confuse your career with your life.

There is not love of life without despair about life.

What is the meaning of life? To be happy and useful.

This is the true joy of life, the being used up for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one.

Life is not measured by the breaths you take, but by its breathtaking moments.

Nothing else matters much; not wealth, nor learning, nor even health...without this gift: the spiritual capacity to keep zest in living. This is the creed of creeds, the final deposit and distillation of all important faiths: that you should be able to believe in life.

The ultimate meaning of the active life is to make possible the happiness of contemplation.

The life you have left is a gift. Cherish it. Enjoy it now, to the fullest. Do what matters, now.

No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they'd die for.

This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish clod of grievance complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.

I feel like I'm just gonna spend my life working and then I'm just gonna die......how boring.

Nothing is likely to help a person overcome or endure troubles than the consciousness of having a task in life.

I hope life isn't a joke, because I don't get it.