Quotes About Purpose

He was very pleased with the position he was now in. But he was as ready to leave this job, if it came to that. He always enjoyed himself no matter what he was doing because he did everything, even the smallest things, for the love of God.

The answers were never about money. They were always about happiness, relationships, following dreams, and meaning.

Narcotized by technology, we sacrifice long-term purpose and fulfillment for the short-term dopamine-driven feedback loops created by Facebook and Twitter and Instagram. This is not healthy. As with the pace of change, I don't see a horizon where this societal problem slows down because a majority of us suddenly stop using social media's irresistible tools. Only we can control how profoundly we allow vicarious living to infect our life, one individual at a time.

Peter Drucker, who said, "Our mission in life should be to make a positive difference, not to prove how smart or right we are.

At every person's birth, he or she is assigned a certain daemon by his own star, a guardian of life to help with his destined task.

La cuestion esta en decidirse en algo, alguna vez. The gist is in deciding on something, at some time.

Can I tell you what I'm doing? I'm in search of a new story for myself. I need something to do that gets me excited in the morning and wears me out by bedtime.

Well, that road ain't gonna lead you toward the bigger picture. Trust me.

Well, I ain't sayin' it only to hear myself talk.

Books never cease to astonish me. When I was a child, I knew--in the incontestable way that children know things--that God was an author who'd imagined me, which is why I (and everyone else) existed: to populate His narrative. My task was to imagine God in return: this was all He and I owed each other.

God does not always take us where we want to go, but He always leads us where we need to be.

What sets you apart, what you call difference, comes from the Lord, but it is up to you to make the most of it.

God doesn't want you to wait, he wants you to live.

Why do people talk of the horrors of old age? It's great. I feel like a fine old car with the parts gradually wearing out, but I'm not complaining ... Those who find growing old terrible are people who haven't done what they wanted with their lives.

But the soul concerns me; and I am beginning to wonder whether it is wise or useful to spend so much time searching for one's own.

There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost.

All that is important is this one moment in movement. Make the moment important, vital, and worth living. Do not let it slip away unnoticed and unused.

People have asked me why I chose to be a dancer. I did not choose. I was chosen to be a dancer, and with that, you live all your life.

The unique must be fulfilled.

You are unique, and if that is not fulfilled, then something has been lost.

We don't know who we are until we see what we can do.

We don't know who we are until we see what we can do.

People yearn for purpose—for doing something that's important, that engages their full potential in a way that's meaningful beyond their personal bank accounts.

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