Quotes About Purpose

I'm 19. I'm in the process of growing up and figuring out where I'm supposed to be in my life. But it is kind of weird when I realize that other people look to me as inspiration.

That's a part of success: figuring out what success means to you.

I just don't spend maybe enough time figuring out my place. Maybe I do in the world, but not so much in Hollywood.

That's what helps me keep playing: the idea of giving something to others. Because personally, I've had my fill.

I'm convinced we all have a God-shaped space in us, and until we fill that space with God, we'll never know what it is to be whole.

I only do what I love, when I love, how I love to fill up the time.

'Mekhi' means, sort of, one who loves water, and the relationship with water and how water is important to life... It's a sense of being needed and purpose - you know, we have a purpose on this earth, and we're here to fill that.

A film should always at least be about something.

As a filmmaker what you can hope to do is doing what drives you.

For so many filmmakers, cinema is a means to an end.

I was blessed enough to know that I wanted to be a filmmaker when I was a kid, the first time I realized that that was something people did for a living.

Satisfying myself is the point in filmmaking, in my mind.

But I kind of reframed my thinking, where I don't feel like filmmaking is what defines me anymore. Like, I feel like I'm much more defined by my family and other things in life that, that I feel are much deeper to me.

I didn't have a career; I made films. It's very different.

I was very restless, but finally I found my way.

I worked in finance for 14 years, and I loved it. But after the financial industry, I thought a lot about, 'Do I love what I'm doing?'

I am a man who likes work. It's not a matter of financial security.

I write about emotions - falling in and out of love, finding what you want to do, no matter where you are or who you are. I think that's why people feel connected.

I do know where I'm going and it's just a matter of finding the language to get there.

Finding meaning in your work is your responsibility. Any job can be better when you actively work to find meaning in the work.

The business of living - that's your artwork, and the process of that is finding out who you are, what it all means.

How many movies do you see when you can say this director really knew what film he wanted to make? I can count them on the fingers of one hand.

I do finish reading a script and say, Why are they making it and what are they talking about? I like to try and be responsible in my choices in that way.

Why should I stop working? If I do, I'll die and it'll all be finished.