Quotes About Purpose

You can't have bad things happening to characters simply for shock value; you need to provide context.

By the age of 50, I would like to know that I'm not dead - that there's some continuity to my life.

My father was not going to let me sit back and just consume my blessings. He wanted me to contribute, and to do that, you have to be mission-oriented.

I do work that I feel I have something to contribute to.

My goal is to play characters that I feel I can contribute to and also ones I can contribute back to my life.

I am 84 years old and have not retired because I feel I have something to contribute.

Everybody has a lane. Everybody has something that they can contribute.

I don't want to be a guy that's just out there to be out there; I want to play and contribute.

You have to find the thing you feel you can contribute to the world.

To be in any way a positive contribution, that's all anybody wants to be. It's all I've ever wanted to be. I wanted to be an artist, be a mother. You want to feel that in your life you've been of use, in whatever way that comes out.

Life is not accumulation, it is about contribution.

I have a very clear picture of what I want to do and what I feel is important as far as my contribution or my appreciation and respect for this life that we're living, and to try to make it better. I can't feel that I'm making it better playing commercial music, and I never could, and I never will.

That's all I think my job is, to make my own contribution.

Do you want an interesting job? Yes. Do you want a balanced life? Yes. And to make a contribution as well? Of course.

I don't want to be taking up space, but as long as I can make a contribution, I want to play.

I have learned that I am not built for conflict or controversy. I have also learned that, in all my life, I have never chosen a story. The story has always chosen me.

My advice to young people everywhere: Choose schools that encourage self-discovery early on. Don't be afraid to buck convention. And when someone asks you what you want to do with the rest of your life, take the time to really think about it.

The truth was that I didn't want a career in the conventional business world.

There's not point in doing anything without conviction.

If I don't have a meaning to what I am doing, I am not convinced to be a part of that activity.

I've always wanted to take up work that my heart is convinced about. And I shall continue to do so.

I don't need to do a film unless I'm convinced it's worth my while.

I like to cook; it is, for me, a happy combination of mindlessness and purpose.

I've got the coolest job in the world.