Quotes About Purpose

I'm very task-oriented. The idea of constantly pursuing something with purpose helps me to stay focused.

I stay true to myself, my daughter. I just remember where I came from - I remember what I'm coming from - and then I remember why I do what I do.

Make it clear up front what the aim of the company is. Stay true to your authentic vision.

Your fundamental responsibility is to stay true to the deepest nature and intention of the materials.

A lot of these artists are out here don't stay true to why they started doing this in the first place.

If I stayed in this game for individual achievements, I don't think I'd still be playing.

I really believe God called on me to coach, and that is the reason I stayed in it for so long.

I didn't do it for the money. I know a lot of people say that, but if I'd wanted to be rich, I'd have stayed working as a city lawyer. I gave that up eight years ago and took a massive drop in salary, and I didn't mind because I was doing what I loved. There's plenty of material for the other five books.

Like everybody, I've stayed up at night regretting things - Why did I do that, say that - but at the end of the day, I really do believe everything happens for a reason.

What's the point of staying sober?

Success, for me, is staying true to who you are and not deviating off a path.

Whether it's writing a monologue or writing standup or writing a screenplay or writing a play, I think staying involved in the creation of your own work empowers you in a way, even if you don't ever do it. It gives you a sense of ownership and a sense of purpose, which I think as an actor is really important.

I'm staying focused and clear about what I want in life, and I'm going to get it, man.

You have to know what you're doing to help people and have an important stance in life. You can only do that by staying focused, and I can't lose focus for a second.

When I had no place to live and I had no place to sleep - and I did sleep in the Metro - I held steadfast to the fact that I had a dream, a reason why I'm doing this... that it was bigger than this moment.

Simple honesty of purpose in a man goes a long way in life, if founded on a just estimate of himself and a steady obedience to the rule he knows and feels to be right.

God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without gas.

The will is never free - it is always attached to an object, a purpose. It is simply the engine in the car - it can't steer.

The biggest thing is the heart. If you find the heart in what you do, if it's stage work, set work, modeling, you find the heart of it, that's where the truth actually stems from. Our true personality shines from within.

Logotherapy sees the human patient in all his humanness. I step up to the core of the patient's being. And that is a being in search of meaning, a being that is transcending himself, a being capable of acting in love for others.

I really believe in fate and that everything happens for a reason. There's always a plan. Even things that happen to you that feel like an obstacle or a disaster in the moment will pave the way for your next step.

The first step is clearly defining what it is you're after, because without knowing that, you'll never get it.

Just one step. Just one mile. Just one dollar. Just one kiss. Just one person. When we look at life through the lens of 'one,' everything becomes that much more attainable.

You have to live life to the fullest. I don't want to slow down. I want the giving to be stepped up. So the older I get, the less I will be involved in the business side, the more in the philanthropic side.