Quotes About Purpose

This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; the being a force of Nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.

Doing what needs to be done may not make you happy, but it will make you great.

Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.

To be in hell is to drift; to be in heaven is to steer.

I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. Life is no 'brief candle' to me. It ia a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for a moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to the future generations.

If you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you'll find you've done it.

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no 'brief candle' to me. It is sort of a splendid torch which I have a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it over to future generations.

It is not pleasure that makes life worth living. It is life that makes pleasure worth having.

I want to be thoroughly used up when I die for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake.

Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it is for. Spend all you have before you die; do not outlive yourself.

Besides, do any of us understand what we are doing? If we did, would we ever do it?

Suppose the world were only one of God's jokes, would you work any the less to make it a good joke instead of a bad one?

Those who do not know how to live must make a merit of dying.

You think, because you have a purpose, Nature must have one. You might as well expect it to have fingers and toes because you do.

if there was nothing wrong in the world there wouldn't be anything for us to do

He never does a proper thing without giving an improper reason for it.

Forget about likes and dislikes. They are of no consequence. Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness but it is greatness.

I want to be all used up when I die.

But the changes from the crab apple to the pippin, from the wolf and fox to the house dog, from the charger of Henry V to the brewer's draught horse and the racehorse, are real; for here Man has played the god, subduing Nature to his intention, and ennobling or debasing life for a set purpose. And what can be done with a wolf can be done with a man.

This is the true joy in life — being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; being a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.

I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has succeeded in his courtship. I like a state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind.

men never really overcome fear until they imagine they are fighting to further a universal purpose—fighting for an idea, as they call it. Why was the Crusader braver than the pirate? Because he fought, not for himself, but for the Cross.

The secret of a happy life is to do work you enjoy and then you'll be too busy to know whether you're happy or not.