Quotes About Purpose

The first duty of a human being is to assume the right relationship to society -- more briefly, to find your real job, and do it.

To attain happiness in another world we need only to believe something, while to secure it in this world we must do something.

I want to do it as quickly as I can, for reasons," answered Diantha.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

This is the only world where I belong, the only place I fit in, the only thing I'm good at... why couldn't it all just stay perfect?

A clear path to anything is more helpful than one that is not!

This edition of The Motorcycle Diaries, the notes describing a journey made without hesitation, aboard the noisy motorcycle La Poderosa II (which gave out halfway, but only after transmitting to the adventure a joyous impulse we, too, receive), free as the wind, with the sole purpose of getting to know the world, is dedicated to people whose youth is not merely sequential, but wholehearted and spiritual.

Philosophers seek to understand the world; the point, however, is to change it.

Life didn't chose you, you chose life

If Life Is a Game, These Are the Rules If Life is a Game, Play it for Real!

When you say "Yes!" to your dream and do what you truly love to do, you are also transforming the world for the better.

It is vitally important to discern your true heart's desire. Your heart's desire is different from fleeting wants or insatiable cravings. Your heart's desire is positive, life-enhancing, and beneficial to you and others.

He knows the day, the hour, the minute that something in particular needs to happen in our lives. He may not be early, but He's never late.

God, why don't you just hang a sign on my head that reads 'never the choice'?

If you choose to surrender your pen to God, you will probably face the odd looks and stares from your friends or family members who won't understand your choices. They may think you're not doing enough to "make this happen" on your own.

I have to face that my singleness right now is God's choice,

There are some people, I realize, who may not be called to marriage. I can't say with certainty that every person who wants to be married will be. Only God knows what He intends for each of us.

Goals, conflict, and motivation should be so specific that you can write them down in a few words.

And the fuck is yours too, WTF. That question does not apply 'to everything every day.' If it does, you're wasting your life. If it does, you're a lazy coward and you are not a lazy coward. Ask better questions, sweet pea. The fuck is your life. Answer it.

It's folly to measure your success in money or fame. Success is measured only by your ability to say yes to these two questions: Did I do the work I needed to do? Did I give it everything I had?

To love and be loved. That is the meaning of life.

Ask yourself: What is the best I can do? And then do that.

Uncertain as I was as I pushed forward, I felt right in my pushing, as if the effort itself meant something.

Jump high and hard with intention and heart.