Quotes About Purpose

I am inspired beyond my ability to articulate... and now I know what and who I want to be... a soldier for peace.

I have only one life, so I want to make sure it's a good one.

I said, I'm on this TV show and I love doing it, but I don't want to be known always as the silly "Scrubs" guy... So part of me was like, You know what? Life's short. Let's go for it.

There have been times in my life when I have felt I was lonely, but I don't think you want to live your life in order to mitigate against loneliness.

I'm like a fireman. When I go out on a call, I want to put out a big fire, I don't want to put out a fire in a dumpster.

Whether I'm writing about plumbers or psychics or psychic plumbers, I want to find a creative space that imprisons me usefully, so I can deviate with purpose.

From what might appear to you to be small choices, the Lord will lead you to the happiness you want. Through your choices He will be able to bless countless others.

You should not pick an occupation because your think your parents want you to do it, or because you think it's the noble thing to do. You should only pick a job because it turns you on.

My biggest regret is probably that it took me so long to find out what I want to do.

Today I don't want to live for, I want to live.

I'm not a general or a colonel or a builder of cities. I'm just a corpse who wants not to be.

We're like little puppies chasing our tails. We realize we're never getting what we want and then realize we need to do something a bit more profound.

My philosophy: find what it is you want to say, walk in the room, say it, and get the hell out.

The process is only a means to an end-creating the painting I want. It doesn't mean anything itself. It's only a way of creating a result.

I'm realistic. Getting to everybody is not the goal here. The people you can affect in any way - that's who you want to get to.

I think the crucial thing in the writing career is to find what you want to do and how you fit in. What somebody else does is of no concern whatever except as an interesting variation.

In other words, a considerable portion of your extraordinary gift comes from the simple fact that you very much want to do good." -Master George

What is the meaning of life?Whatever you want it to be.

My life is really precious. I don't want to spend it watching ambient TV that just drifts through you. I've got better things to do.

I'm a control freak with regards to certain aspects. I think you just have to be when you're making stuff in the world. You have to have a clear idea what you want.

There's so many people that I feel like as soon as that happens, they can really be and focus on what they want to do.

If you are asking the wrong question, it doesn't matter how good the answer is, you aren't going to get where you want to go.

I love sports. I love animals. I love kids. I want to save the world. So how do I combine all those things? I don't know

I don't remember sitting down and saying, 'This is why I want to be--an actress.' I just knew. It was never a conscious decision or a revelation.