Quotes About Purpose

Retire? I don't know what that word means. As long as a man is able to work and he's productive out there and he feels good - keep at it.

I've never worked a day in my life. Don't get me wrong. I work at track. If you love what you do, it's not work.

The majority work to make a living; some work to acquire wealth or fame, while a few work because there is something within them which demands expression...Only a few truly love it.

People do not wander around and then find themselves at the top of Mount Everest.

I am fierce for work. Without work I am nothing.

But if you're talking about fine art work, then I think you have to ask yourself some pretty deep questions about why it is you want to take pictures and what it is you want to say.

Successful minds work like a gimlet--to a single point.

The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from the artist is to make him ruin his work.

It's not about working anymore, it's about doing work I can be proud of.

There is no real difference between work and play - it's all living.

I believe no one can afford, endure or can stomach leaving half a life in the parking lot when she or he goes to work. It's a lousy way to live and a lousy way to work.

I felt for a long time that this is what I want to do so I'm happy at this point to just take my time and work on projects that I feel strongly about, and the rest of the time just live my life

Did think you were here to kill time listening to Christian music until you go to heaven? We've got work to do.

What good is it to have a belly if there's no fire in it? Wake up, drink your passion, light a match and get to work.

Work that is pure toil, done solely for the sake of the money it earns, is also sheer drudgery because it is stultifying rather than self improving.

. . .We are here to finish God's labors. . .so that we could be His partners in completing the work of creation.

Fame is a by-product. It's not a goal. What matters is loving your work and loving what you do

God is always at work, though we cannot see it, preparing people he has chosen for leadership. When the crisis comes, God fits His appointee into the place ordained for him.

The key to good decision making is not knowledge... It's whether our work fulfills us.

No one else can tell you what your life's work is, but it's important that you find it. There is a part of you that knows - affirm that part.

A man is a worker. If he is not that he is nothing.

If unwilling to rise in the morning, say to thyself, 'I awake to do the work of a man.'

There is no such thing as unfortunate genius; if a man or woman is fit for work, God appoints the field.

Every person on the face of the earth has a gift. In some this reveals itself spontaneously, others have to work to find it.