Quotes About Purpose

Real happiness comes from discovering a sense of importance in one's actions and in one's life.

I kept thinking, I went to college and I have to get a real job.

Growing up, I was encouraged to get a good education, get a real job doing something I enjoyed, and, should the opportunity present itself, consider public service as just that: a chance to serve, not an end in itself.

I'm fortunate that, in real life, I love what I do and get to celebrate it.

That's a real problem when people bring exotics into their homes. Sometimes it's by accident, but sometimes it's on purpose.

We felt if we didn't have new material in us and we didn't have a real reason to exist, then we probably wouldn't have done an 80's revival thing. We are very conscious about the fact that's what we are as a bunch of people.

The Bible is the only credible guide either as to the real relationship between man and the earth and the great Creator of both or concerning the purpose of the creation of both.

We don't often talk about the quarter-life crisis, but it is a real thing.

I think there's real value in having a founder CEO. Obviously, I'm biased, but I'm driven by a purpose and a mission and a vision, not just profits.

I can't see much purpose in archaeology unless you can find out the narrative about that place, or even realise that nobody actually knows what the narrative was.

I'm getting older; you realise you are on the countdown of what you are doing, so performing means more than it ever did to me.

I started to realise that it wasn't for me. Perhaps I didn't have to give my Hamlet before I died, that the world might be an OK place without my Hamlet, in fact.

There used to be a huge hole in my life that I wrote many albums about. I didn't realise it was a wife-and-daughter-shaped hole. They've plugged that gap. Everything I do, I do for them now. When daddy goes to work, it's daddy going to work, not Rob going to work. I feel like there's a purpose to everything.

Doing something that empowers people makes you realise how boring it would be to work for a place where the goal is just to make more money. It's much easier to get out of bed and look forward to 12 hours of work if you're making the world a better place.

I never wanted to be an actor until about three years ago when I realised it was what I liked doing.

I've realised that nobody's going to die if I don't get it right and that there are a number of things out there, beyond acting, that are very interesting and fulfilling.

I realised that acting is not my god.

I was meant to be an actor, and I realised that only after my son was born.

I realised in 1985, after sitting for months and being very down, that I have to move. I have to be busy. Because, otherwise, it is like being in a waiting room. And waiting for what?

I believe I was put on this planet to act, and it's given me huge fulfilment. I feel I've realised my destiny, and I've had a very, very good time doing it.

Acting was not on my radar ever, but after shooting my first film, I have realised that this is my calling.

I have realised what my pitch is, and I'm in this industry for the pure reason that I love acting.

I have realised acting is my heartbeat and my lifeline.

Initially it used to bother me that I wasn't working 365 days a year. But after a point I realised that the kind of work I want to do comes around rarely. And I would rather wait for it.