Quotes About Purpose

One of the advantages of being a 'reasonable creature' is that one can find a reason for whatever one wants to do.

A meaningful life is composed of a series of meaningful moments. If this is what we want, then the ability to infuse each moment with meaning would seem to be a skill worth practicing.

We're all so busy. We race and race. Life is a sprint. We want to get 'there' so badly. But I wonder if we even know what to do when we actually get 'there'.

It's not about the goal, it's about how you want to feel when you get there.

True freedom is not about being able to do whatever we feel like doing; rather, it is about being able to do what we truly want to do, in spite of what we feel like doing at the moment.

It's more important what you leave to people on this planet. I want my legacy to exist now, currently, not after I'm gone.

If God simply handed us everything we want, He'd be taking from us our greatest prize - the job of accomplishment

Why I wake up in the morning is that I'm still alive, and I want to figure out whatever I can before it's over.

A great song is the reason you want to jump out of your bed in the morning.

The first step in getting what you want from life-decide what you want.

I think we have a choice every single day in how we want to live our life. You wake up and you make your choice of what you want to do with your day that's going to help you achieve your dream.

There's nothing wrong with knowing what you want and going after it.

Be who you really are, do what you want to do, in order to have what you really want.

Whatever God wants to do through you, He will do in you first. You've got to be what you want to see.

To mobilize yourself, decide what you want, determine what will get you what you want, then act - do what will get you what you want most to achieve.

Knowing where you have come from is important in forming an idea of where you want to go.

If I could, I want to take a page from the George Clooney-like actors of the world. They do things that are relevant, things that don't necessarily have huge box office appeal, but they matter.

Every day in America, about 25,000 people buy a quarter-inch drill. But nobody in America wants a quarter-inch drill. What they want are holes.

You dont have control of the car, but you can drive it. Life takes you where it wants you to go and where you need to go.

I felt that it was my duty not to senselessly waste my time. And since I didn't want to waste my time, I tried to accomplish as much as possible.

Norfolk is not on the way to anywhere, you don't stop off on the way somewhere else - it's an end in itself. You have to want to go there; it's an effort.

Music is what I want to do for the rest of my life.

If somebody is doing more and more to make other people's lives better, have them make all they can, if that's what drives them, because that's what we want.

If you're going to hold on tight to your life, better make sure it's exactly the way you want it