Quotes About Purpose

I wake up in the morning, and I look in a mirror, and I go, 'Is this really all I got? Is this all the universe has given me?'

I'd be in the wrong job if I had to stand in front of the mirror and push myself to go to work every day.

My purpose is to keep people busy and out of mischief - to create good and interesting jobs for them that help families stay together.

But if you don't enjoy doing something, you'll be miserable no matter how much money you make.

There are so many miserable people out there who have not fulfilled their dreams. I believe you should do something that you love.

I feel like a lot of people have a hard time finding what they do, or they have a job or career and not a passion. That's miserable for me. Just find your purpose; understand that you have one life to live.

There's a lot of jobs that you can do that you can be miserable at. Making movies should not be one of them.

I think when you are older, you should be slowing down, but I wouldn't like not to work as I would get rather miserable.

You are going to lead a miserable life if you only do it for the money. You are never going to be happy.

If you don't love what you are doing, it could be misery.

I think quite a misguided literary culture has grown up in the 20th century that says a book has to have a seriousness of purpose and a seriousness of language.

You have games when you miss shots and when you make shots. But knowing you're here for a reason and you're an NBA basketballer helps.

If I'm honest I don't think the world would miss me if I never acted again.

I don't miss acting at all.

You can get caught up in making and missing shots, but the game is so much more.

What's missing from the world is a sense of direction.

When you take a break from something you love doing, you just feel like it's time to get back into it; you feel like you've been missing out on something.

Everyone has their own mission in life and what they've got to do. You can't knock them for it. There's always a lot going in people's lives.

I always felt that I had a mission in life. I thought I was born to play sports. Even now, I still feel that must have been my mission because I came through so many close calls where my life could very easily have been ended.

I took on cancer like I take on everything - like a mission and a job to accomplish.

If I'm a leader, I have a mission.

I have a mission, and that's to help people. That's what I want my music to do.

You have to be very careful. If you over-commercialize a social mission, it completely loses its soul.

I was called to start a mission, not a church. There is a difference.