Quotes About Purpose

Tú no eres tonta, Madrigal —dijo Brimstone—. Si hay algo que deseas, persíguelo. La esperanza tiene poder. No la malgastes en cosas sin sentido.

And… it's like all my life I've been this tower standing at the edge of the ocean for some obscure purpose, and only now, almost eighteen years in, has someone thought to flip the switch that reveals that I'm not a tower at all. I'm a lighthouse.

Qué infantil resultaba, considerando dónde se encontraba ahora, haber creído que existía un propósito divino en su amor. Y aun así, qué hermoso había sido. Lo que había compartido con Akiva no podía arrebatárselo la vergüenza.

he had accepted life as a medium for action. Something to wield like a tool. One's own life: an instrument for shaping the world.

Our eyes meet. And…it's like all my life I've been this tower standing at the edge of the ocean for some obscure purpose, and only now, almost eighteen years in, has someone thought to flip the switch that reveals that I'm not a tower at all. I'm a lighthouse. It's like waking up. I am incandescent.

The Greek philosopher Epictetus said, "First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.

Is that all souls are for?" Esmé had asked him earlier. "For when we die?" Mihai could have laughed or cried when she'd asked him that. In all its simplicity her question was like cupped hands holding the meaning of his life. "No," he'd said. "They're for living too.

las personas con destino no deberían hacer planes

People with destinies shouldn't make plans.

You have more to live for than you know

Life won't just happen to you, boy. You have to happen to it. Remember: the spirit grows sluggish when you neglect the passions.

It was the understanding—and burden—that unlike those many dead because of him, he had life, and life wasn't a default state—I am not dead, hence I must be alive—but a medium. For action, for effort. As long as he had life, who deserved it so little, he would use it, wield it, and do whatever he could in its name, even if it was not, was never, enough.

I zapami?taj sobie: duch marnieje, kiedy cz?owiek odrzuca swoje pasje.

Life won't just happen to you, boy." He said. "You have to happen to it. Remember: The spirit grows sluggish when you neglect the passions.

o sonho escolhe o sonhador, e não o contrário

And once upon a time, survival had seemed like an end unto itself. But now... it began to feel like an expedient with no object. Survive for what?

Life won't just happen to you, boy," he said. "You have to happen to it. Remember: The spirit grows sluggish when you neglect the passions." "My spirit is fine." "Then you're going sadly wrong. You're young. Your spirit shouldn't be 'fine.' It should be effervescent.

Some men are born for great things, and others to help great men do great things.

It's like all my life I've been this tower standing on the edge of the ocean for some obscure purpose, and only now ,almost 18 years in, has someone thought to flip the switch and reveal that I am not a tower at all. I am a lighthouse. It's like waking up. I am incandescent. I never knew I could admit heat and light.

Wishes don't just come true. They're only the target you paint around what you want. You still have to hit the bulls-eye yourself.

Debes de ver que hay una diferencia entre estar vivo y tener una vida.

Y otros nacían para ¿qué? ¿pararse en la multitud y no hacer nada, intentar nada y aceptar cada amargo trago de nada como su suerte? No. Simplemente.... no.

Ma è il sogno a scegliere il sognatore, non il contrario

Nosotros somos el principio, escuchó dentro de su cabeza, y lo sintió como una oración. Siempre lo hemos sido. Esta vez, dejemos que sea algo más que un principio.