Quotes About Purpose

Involuntary organizations ought to be tolerant, but voluntary organizations, so far as the fundamental purpose of their existence is concerned, must be intolerant or else cease to exist.

Life was meant to be lived full measure, flat out, pedal to the metal. Don't live the rest of your life like a Porsche that never leaves the garage because somebody's afraid to scratch it.

Instead, someone decided to create little moments of beauty to do the simplest, smallest job in the world, because why shouldn't that be beautiful?

Life was meant to be lived full measure, flat out, pedal to the metal

It's easy to find something worth dying for. Do you have anything worth living for?

Seeking happiness is as much a part of being human as having a soul.

Why do sheep need a station? Are they catching trains? Where are they going? Why do they have to go there?

Yeah, but if you're not excited about your work, life's crap.

Out of the dark, out of the delicate mist, the lady rose up. Torch held high, face serene and somehow kind. Lights glowed in her, around her, charging her with brilliance, with purpose. And how many, Eve thought, had seen that welcome, that promise, when they'd crossed an ocean to a new world? A new life? How

it came to me with great force that I was wasting my life, that I was wasting it by living from day to day in a state of waiting, that I had in effect given myself up as a prisoner to this war.

Why has he taken this job?... For the sake of the dogs? But the dogs are dead; and what do dogs know of honour and dishonour anyway? For himself then. For his idea of the world, a world in which men do not use shovels to beat corpses into a more convenient shape for processing.

I remember asking John, after Dusklands, what new project he had on the go. His answer was vague. 'There is always something or the other I am working on', he said. 'If I yield to the seduction of not working, what would I do with myself? What would there be to live for? I would have to shoot myself.

La gente que duda de sí misma no tiene alma. Yo estoy haciendo lo que puedo para fabricarme un alma, aunque sea al final de la vida.

Trotzdem konnte er sich nicht vorstellen, sein Leben damit zu verbringen, Grenzpfähle in die Erde zu treiben, Zäune zu errichten, das Land aufzuteilen. Er sah sich nicht als etwas Schweres, das Spuren hinterließ, sondern allenfalls als einen winzigen Fleck auf der Oberfläche der Erde, die zu fest schlief, um das Kratzen eines Ameisenfußes, das Raspeln von Schmetterlingszähnen, das Taumeln von Staub zu bemerken.

También quiere que ella le diga qué hacer consigo mismo: si ha de seguir saliendo todas las mañanas a hacer el reparto y tumbarse por las tardes en la cama a descansar y escuchar la radio y (cada vez más a menudo) beber, y luego quedarse dormido y dormir el sueño de los muertos durante ocho, nueve o hasta diez horas; o bien si ha de salir al mundo y hacer algo del todo distinto.

Tenemos hambre pero no de pan (eso nos dan de comer todos los benditos días, pan con frijoles en salsa de tomate) sino de la palabra, la palabra flamígera que nos revele por qué estamos aquí.

El niño ha sido entregado a su madre. Como uno de esos grises insectos macho cuya única función es transmitir su semilla a la hembra, podría marchitarse y morir. No le queda nada en lo que basar su vida.

Che cosa ci facciamo qui? Era quella, da sempre, la domanda non pronunciata. Lui lo sapeva e lo sapeva anche lei. La sua lettera, per quanto vilmente, aveva almeno accennato a quella domanda: Che ci facciamo in questa sterile parte del mondo? Perché passiamo la vita ammazzandoci così di lavoro se questo posto non era fatto perché ci vivesse la gente, se tutto il progetto di umanizzare questa terra era sbagliato fin dall'inizio?

so serene, so fun of common purpose; I should have been a man, I·would. not have grown up so· sour, I would have spent my days in the sun doing whatever it. is that men do, digging holes, building fence.s, counting sheep. ·What is there for me in the. kitchen?

Hoy está usted de mal humor! No hace falta ningún designio elevado que justifique la vida. La vida es buena en sí misma;

Pero tal vez no haya un porqué. Tal vez sea como preguntar por qué un pollo es un pollo, o por qué existe un universo y no un agujero enorme en el cielo. Las cosas son como son.

Pero su hijo no le está pidiendo que analice oraciones gramaticalmente; le pregunta por qué está aquí. Para qué. Con qué fin. Pide una respuesta al gran misterio que todos, hasta el microbio más humilde, tenemos que encarar.

perché siamo qui? - Non so cosa dire. Siamo qui per lo stesso motivo per cui ci sono tutti gli altri. Abbiamo avuto la possibilità di vivere e l'abbiamo accettata. È una gran cosa vivere. La più grande di tutte.

Be a main character, otherwise what is life for?