Quotes About Purpose

Most religions assume that you find purpose through some agent that sits above or outside the world and imbues it with purpose.

A lot of people who are religious, I think they get lost. They go to church just to go to church.

I'm not religious, but I believe that what I have is a gift, and I respect it and live up to it.

I certainly saw science as a kind of calling, and one with as much legitimacy as a religious calling.

I do have a memo all the time because I need to be guided by something in my life. I'm not religious and I don't have idols, so something has to drive me.

Religious people are happier.

I felt reluctant accepting the very lucrative and easy life Hollywood had offered me. All of it planted a seed: If I could do something about the conditions of the world, I could probably justify my position as an actor.

Science began as one of the noblest expressions of man's reason. It will continue to serve humanity so long as it never forgets that human beings remain the heart of its purpose.

It's important in any project to remain focused.

Things change when you get to 40. I'm embarrassed even that I'm going through it. In a very morbid way, at 40 you become aware of how long you've been on Earth and you start to question what you're going to use the remaining time doing.

Think nothing done while aught remains to do.

I believe being president of a private institution is a remarkable experience, but at Ohio State, it's a calling.

Football players should always remember there's a whole lot more to life.

I don't want people to remember me going through the motions.

I'm learning the process of changing things. I'm not really sure where this is going to take me. But I know what I want before my career is over: I want people to remember me as someone other than a guy who just tackled people.

If I die and you remember me as an athlete, I failed at life.

I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.

If all I'm remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I've done a bad job with the rest of my life.

I don't think I've done any profound work yet... People ask me, 'How would you want to be remembered?' I tell them I don't want to be remembered! I'm not here to become a Madhubala or receive a Lifetime Achievement Award. I'm not that kind of a person. And I'm not brash about it; it's just the way I am.

At some point in your life, you need to sit down and say, 'What do I want to do? How do I want to be remembered? What's my legacy? And what's important to me?'

When you start out doing something, you never wonder how big is this going to be, or how will I be remembered, or will people even care for me.

I think you play this game to be remembered, to win championships.

One of my biggest goals is to not be remembered as just a footballer.

Activate yourself to duty by remembering your position, who you are, and what you have obliged yourself to be.