Quotes About Purpose

In other words, the celebrity gets out of hand, and if youre not careful, you will forget what you are about - and that is you are about making music that people want to hear.

If there is something you choose to experience in your life, do not "want" it-choose it.

Of all the unhappy people in the world, the unhappiest are those who have not found something they want to do.

Not becoming 'something' scares me the most. I just want to be remembered for something great.

I have my life on a track that I want it on, and I don't want to get off.

Nobody wants to die feeling that they have not sung their song.

Every day, have a little bird on your shoulder that asks, 'Is today the day? Am I ready? Am I doing all I need to do? Am I being the person i want to be? Is today the day I die?

When you scratch the surface, every one of us has something that we deeply want to contribute to the world. All we have to do is step up and do it.

The joy in life is to be used for a purpose. I want to be used up when I die.

At retirement, switching from "I must" to "I want" leaves me puzzled and uneasy.

A man in pursuit of greatness feels no little wants.

The only reason I would have liked to have gone to university is because I like cricket. Not a very good reason to want to go, but as good as any, I suppose.

Life is what you put into it and how much you take out of it. You put in more than is expected, and you take out less than you want.

Seize the day, take hold of it, and make it whatever you want.

Communication always has a purpose. Before speaking, the first law is: you must know why you are talking. You must know what you are communicating for. What do you want?

Somebody, somewhere Wants me and needs me And that's very wonderful to know.

If democracy is a means rather than an end, its limits must be determined in the light of the purpose we want it to serve.

I knew out of high school I didn't want to go to college. I knew what whatever I did wouldn't have anything to do with college.

People might say, 'Jimmy Cliff, you've done a lot, achieved a lot. What more can you want?

The world behaves differently when I take action to go after what I want.

Why am I trying to become what I don't want to be … when all I want is out there, waiting for me the minute I say I know who I am.

Sometimes it's hard for us to believe, really believe, that God cares and wants good things for us and doesn't just want us to go off and give everything up and become missionaries in Burundi.

A mission could be defined as an image of a desired state that you want to get to. Once fully seen, it will inspire you to act, fuel your imagination and determine your behavior.

Mission starts with determining what you really care about and want to accomplish and committing yourself to it. You can always develop expertise. First, discover your preference.