Quotes About Purpose

Reading is not an end to itself, but a means to an end.

Between the great things we cannot do and the small things we will not do, the danger is that we shall do nothing.

Life is a cascade of nows falling on top of one another without meaning or purpose. Of all the philosophers, only Schopenhauer ever got that right.

Do not waste the vast majority of your life doing something you hate so that you can spend the small remainder sliver of your life in modest comfort. You may never reach that end anyway. Resist the temptation to get a job. Instead, play. Find something you enjoy doing. Do it. Over and over again. You will become good at it for two reasons: you like it, and you do it often. Soon, that will have value in itself.

Life is complicated. It wtarts before we're ready, it continues while we're still trying to figure out the point of it. And it ends long before we've worked out just what to do.

There's a common misconception that work is necessary. You will meet people working at miserable jobs. They tell you they are "making a living". No, they're not. They're dying, frittering away their fast-extinguishing lives doing things which are, at best, meaningless and, at worst, harmful.

You might be looking forward to working, falling in love, marrying, raising a family. You are told that you should expect to find a job paying so much, where your hours are so much, where your responsibilities are so much. That is what is expected of you. And if you live up to it, it will be an awful waste. If you expect that, you will be limiting yourself.

I came to explore the wreck. The words are purposes...are maps...I came to see the damage that was done and the treasures that prevail

I came to explore the wreck. The words are purposes. The words are maps. I came to see the damage that was done and the treasures that prevail.

I came to explore the wreck The words are purposes The words are maps I came to see the damage that was done and the treasures that prevail... the thing I come for: the wreck and not the story of the wreck the thing itself and not the myth

We all have a gift; we all have a passion - it's just about finding it and going into it. Being an asset to your family and community.

Passion is the thing that won't let you sleep at night because you want to get up in the morning and go do your thing.

Best way to measure your passion is simply asking would you do it for free? If money is your motivation, then it's not really your passion.

Passion without focus can lead you astray.

Live with passion!

No matter what you do, you should enjoy it. You should really find passion in it.

The goal was for me to become a civil engineer. But one day I really felt that it was important for me to do what I really loved. I was really good at engineering, but I didn't have a passion for it, so going to work was something I had to do, not something that I really wanted to do.

I have so many things that I want to do with my life. I just don't see myself being a fighter forever. Boxing is my love and passion. It also opens up and sets up other things in my life as well.

Almost any job can make us better human beings if we do it with passion.

Sometimes you have to find the passion. It comes from the inside... Everyone has to find it for themselves.

I'm not a huge fan of the concept of 'passion' when it comes to careers. Instead of trying to answer the daunting question of, 'What's your passion?' it's better simply to watch what you do when you've got time of your own and nobody's looking.

Follow what you are genuinely passionate about and let that guide you to your destination.

I'm not ashamed of anything that I've done because when I did it, I was passionate about it and I was doing it for a reason.

You have to find the intersection of doing something you're passionate about and that, at the same time, is in the service of other people. I would argue if you don't find that intersection, you're not going to be very happy.