Quotes About Purpose

But only in youth does coincidence seem the same as fate. Later, we know that the real course of our lives is decided within us; our paths may seem to diverge from our wishes in a confused and pointless way, but in the end the way always leads us to our invisible destination.

no estoy cansado. Sólo hay una cosa que cansa a los hombres: la vacilación, la incertidumbre. Cualquier acción libera nuestro ánimo, incluso la peor resulta mejor que la inacción.

Once a man has found himself, there is nothing in this world that he can lose.

Destiny always knows how to find the way to a man whom it needs for its secret purposes, even if he desires to hide himself.

nothing that one has ever done with devotion is done in vain.

L'arte raggiunge sempre la sua vetta là dove diviene ragione di vita per tutto un popolo.

Sentii sulle labbra un gusto amaro, il gusto della caducità: a che scopo vivere, quando il vento che ci sospinge spazza via anche l'ultima traccia del passo appena compiuto?

The very resolve to help and from now on to be of use to others inspired me with a kind of enthusiasm. In my elation I felt like singing, like doing something quite crazy. It is never until one realizes that one means something to others that one feels there is any point or purpose in one's own existence.

nur in ersten Jugendjahren scheint Zufall noch mit Schicksal identisch. Später weiß man, dass die eigentliche Bahn des Lebens von innen bestimmt war; wie kraus und sinnlos unser Weg von unseren Wünschen abzuweichen scheint, immer führt er uns doch schließlich zu unserem unsichtbaren Ziel.

not that I ought to grumble. I have money of my own, a luxurious home in excruciating taste, and all the clothes I want. All that is lacking is liberty, an aim to work for, and the conviction that my life is worth living. I am a most fortunate young woman.

The goal had been important only for the sake of finding the path to it.

Love has always been the most important business in my life, I should say the only one.

Therefore I cannot but see and feel that time is passing, and I with it, and yet I would not like to go without performing some great action to serve as a monument to my name. What is lost today will not be found tomorrow and I have done nothing so far to cover myself with glory.

The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.

Why are you here, Audrey? Because you feel picked on by God, and you want to pick on someone, too? "Anyway,

Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use." —Earl Nightingale

It is our job to follow the impulse, or vision, placed in our hearts at birth and then to release that impulse into the unseen hand of the Beloved for manifestation.

Like Arjuna, we too are enough, as we have a unique part to play in the Divine plan. And, like Arjuna, we are nothing when—in those glorious moments—we take refuge in our God, crying out in sweet surrender, "Thy will be done!" And, in an instant, we are free. Welcome Home.

In truth it matters less what we do... than how we do it and why.

Humans enter this world and awaken to a simple truth: We must find our story with this great epic of being.

You cannot be happy unless you are serving the truth of your being, however that service looks.

If you're not passionate about what you're doing, you need to stop doing it. You aren't living your truth.

Art for art's sake is an empty phrase. Art for the sake of truth, art for the sake of the good and the beautiful, that is the faith I am searching for.

Seek Unity and you will find neither Unity nor Truth.Seek the light of truth, and you will find Unity and Truth.