Quotes About Purpose

Every passion has its destiny.

We only have two things that we share in this life; we are born and we die. And what we do in between those times, we've got to be happy. I don't let the outside world deter me.

After you've done it for so many years, you have to find a new direction. You have to find something in your soul that's going to push you towards - to find your inspiration.

The most important thing to do is to set goals. Training is a waste of time if you don't have goals.

The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else.

I am very determined and the sport is my passion. I believe I am born for running.

Not only is there more to life than basketball, there's a lot more to basketball than basketball.

I always believe there's a reason why you go through everything.

Decide upon your major definite purpose in life and then organize all your activities around it.

Winning isn't worthwhile unless one has something finer and nobler behind it. When I reach the soul of one of my boys with an idea, or ideal, or vision, then I have done my job as a coach.

If you don't love what you do, you won't do it with much conviction or passion.

It was all I lived for, to play baseball.

There are so many wizards of the computer, stock market, test tube, and spectator sport, but so few of the art of life.

There is no such thing as life in-between.

Live as if you were living already for the second time.

If all human lives depended upon their usefulness - as might be judged by certain standards - there would be a sudden and terrific mortality in the world.

I still love what I do and I've done OK over the years ... You're a long time retired and anyway, I'd get bored.

Mankind's role is to fulfil his heaven-sent purpose through a sincere heart that is in harmony with all creation and loves all things.

I never search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose.

You can only make so much money in life and only enjoy so many creature comforts. The important thing is to do something meaningful-to leave something behind.

What am I to do?' if I can answer the prior question 'Of what story or stories do I find myself a part?

If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.

I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own -- a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotisms.

All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.