Quotes About Purpose

I've never really cared if I was famous for my music. It was just something I had to do.

What humans want is not just happiness. They want justice; they want meaning.

There's no need to make any film. The word 'need' is pretty strong. But if there's a purpose behind making the film, there can be a justification for it.

If the ends don't justify the means, what does?

My work has always been the thing that justifies my life.

The ends must justify the means.

The end doesn't justify anything, because all we ever live with is the means.

I always need a reason to do something on stage, for me. I am not judging anyone: there is not a good way; there is not a bad way. You just have to justify everything.

The day I stop making music would be the day I keel over, really.

I've always felt that I'm successful for a reason - so I can help, whether that's one individual or a group of people. That's why I keep going with football. I love the game and I'll keep playing as long as I can, but ultimately there's a different purpose.

What keeps me going is goals.

I'm against retiring. The thing that keeps a man alive is having something to do.

Everyone keeps asking me, What are you doing? I say, Why do I need to do anything? I'm rich.

I had moved back to Kenya after undergrad, and I went through this crisis of, 'What is my life going to be about?'

I was actually looking for answers where I kept asking myself - what am I doing?

I think everybody has a bent, and the key is to follow that bent. So much human wastage comes from people who are doing things with their lives that they really aren't happy with.

Having an aim is the key to achieving your best.

Yeah, I'm financially good for the rest of my life - great. But I'm not trying to come here, get my butt kicked for 10 years, and go home to a lavish lifestyle. That's not fun for me.

A lot of my kicks are unique to MMA and the fight game in general. I wouldn't say that it's on purpose, but more because I've had success doing them and using them. I just use them more often.

People in tennis, they've been in a certain bubble for so long they don't even know who they are, because obviously it's just been tennis, tennis, tennis. And let it be just tennis, tennis, tennis. Be locked into that. But when tennis is done, then what? It's kinda like: Let's enjoy being great at the sport.

There's a lot of times when I feel nihilistic, and lose hope, like I'm just lost in the world. But there's a lot of times when I can kinda be in control of destiny.

Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom.

I'm not even a just a kitchen cook - everything we do has a purpose, and there's meaning to it.

I knew I had to make a sacrifice to do what I've always wanted to do.