Quotes About Purpose

People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don't sit looking at it- walk.

The desire not to be anything is the desire not to be.

Live a life as a monument to your soul.

I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build.

My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose.

I understand it's my role to realize people's dreams.

It takes courage to die for a cause, but also to live for one.

If there is any purpose or direction in the evolution of a culture, it has to do with bringing people under the control of more and more of the consequences of their behaviour.

We do not choose survival as a value, it chooses us.

What is the meaning to life? Life is not such a small imisible spec as to only have one meaning. It is up to each individual to identify their own meaning of life. Or to say that their is not one. The answer lies with you.

Remember, when you are in the wrong career, you cannot be the best.

Life should be great rather than long.

Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.

It is not a question of starting. The start has been made. It's a question of what's to be done from now on.

Tell me you have a plan." He swore when Colt didn't answer right away.

People use the word "goal" when they are talking about aspirations or outcomes. If someone says "goal," you can't be sure what they are talking about since the word is ambiguous.

Many different behaviors can lead to your aspiration

What is the tiniest habit I could create that would have the most meaning? Write down a few answers even if you don't intend to create any of those habits right now. The more answers you come up with, the more you are practicing this skill.

Life itself seeks fulfillment as plants seek sunlight.

Religions tell us to get rid of these emotions, but we cannot. They are human emotions that we will feel whether we want to or not. Suppression does not work. George Stevenson invented the steam engine because he noticed that the steam in a boiling kettle lifted the lid. The force was irresistible. yoga is about channeling and transforming that energy to higher purposes, just as Stevenson used the energy of steam to drive locomotives.

When we ask ourselves, "What am I doing?" and "Why am I doing it?" our minds open. This is self-awareness.

The embodied soul has two purposes to fulfill: Experience the world, and get liberation from all experiences.

Human birth is the highest. It is for attaining liberation. If we don't consciously try for liberation, then we are misusing our human birth.

Of great riches there is no real use, except it be in the distribution; the rest is but conceit.