Quotes About Purpose

Neither man or nation can exist without a sublime idea.

The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.

The man who is happy is fulfilling the purpose of existence.

Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad.

The secret of man's being is not only to live but to have something to live for.

The purpose of the God-breathed Scripture is not at all to provide a scientific gnosis in order to convey and increase human knowledge and wisdom, but to witness of the salvation of God unto faith.

There is nothing that I can do particularly well. I do what I do because it came my way. I really never had a chance of doing anything else.' And this apology too I accept as conclusive. It is quite true that most people can do nothing well. If so, it matters very little what career they choose, and there is really nothing more to say about it. It is a conclusive reply, but hardly one likely to be made by a man with any pride; and I may assume that none of us would be content with it.

It is not enough to know what we are against. We must also know what we are for.

Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up.

Simcha, Rabbi Tatz said, is "the experience of the soul that comes when you are doing what you should be doing.

When you got nobody to love and nothing to live for, you can always make money.

A MAN who sets out to justify his existence and his activities has to distinguish two different questions. The first is whether the work which he does is worth doing; and the second is why he does it, whatever its value may be.

A man who is always asking 'Is what I do worthwhile?' and 'Am I the right person to do it?' will always be ineffective himself and a discouragement to others.

Common aim is stronger than blood.

To love work for work's sake and not for its gain.

We are actors on life's stage. Our challenge is to find the real play, and our true roles.

No one travels without purpose. Those who are lost wish to be lost.

How long does a dream have to last before it's just life?

We must fill our infinite days with something.

It has meaning to me. And the longer I do this (bookselling, yes, of course, but also living if that isn't too awfully sentimental), the more I believe that this is what the point of it all is. To connect, my dear little nerd. Only connect.

On Earth, Liz was constantly occupied with studying and finding a college and a career and all those other things that the adults in her life deemed terribly important. Since she had died, everything she was doing on Earth had seemed entirely meaningless. From Liz's point of view, the question of what her life would be was now definitively answered. The story of her life is short and pointless: There once was a girl who got hit by a car and died. The end.

There's a difference between being alive and living.

Sadie," he said. "Do you know why I want to make a game?" "Of course. Because you foolishly think it will make you rich and famous." "No. It's very simple. I want to make something that will make people happy.

Real love' is not just instinct, but intent.