Meaning Life Quotes

• If there is meaning in life at all, then there must be meaning in suffering.

  Viktor E. Frankl

  Suffering, Meaning Of Life, Mans Search For Meaning

  Viktor E. Frankl (2006). “Man's Search for Meaning”, p.73, Beacon Press

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• Beyond work and love, I would add two other ingredients that give meaning to life. First, to fulfill whatever talents we are born with. However blessed we are by fate with different abilities and strengths, we should try to develop them to the fullest, rather than allow them to atrophy and decay. ... Second, we should try to leave the world a better place than when we entered it.

  Michio Kaku

  Blessed, Fate, Two

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• The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.

  Pablo Picasso

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

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• What is the meaning of life? To be happy and useful.

  Dalai Lama

  Life, Happiness, Spirituality

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  Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.

  Joseph Campbell

  Inspirational, Self Improvement, Meaning Of Life

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• When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.

  W. Clement Stone

  Inspirational, Motivational, Kindness

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• Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Poor Richard's Almanack, June 1746

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• The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Inspirational, Life, Humanity

  Leo Tolstoy (2016). “The Kingdom of God Is Within You”, p.269, Xist Publishing

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• Life is without meaning. You bring the meaning to it.

  Joseph Campbell

  Cancer, Life Is, What Is The Meaning Of Life

  Joseph Campbell (2011). “A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living”, p.8, Joseph Campbell Foundation

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• Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

  Marianne Williamson

  Life, Confidence, Fear

  A Return to Love ch. 7 (1992). Frequently misattributed to Nelson Mandela.

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• When you have a sense of your own identity and a vision of where you want to go in your life, you then have the basis for reaching out to the world and going after your dreams for a better life.

  Stedman Graham

  Inspirational, Dream, Vision

  Stedman Graham (1998). “You Can Make It Happen: A Nine-Step Plan for Success”, p.18, Simon and Schuster

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• Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.

  Viktor E. Frankl

  Men, Challenges, Meaning Of Life

  Viktor E. Frankl (1985). “Man's Search For Meaning”, p.131, Simon and Schuster

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• There is not one big cosmic meaning for all, there is only the meaning we each give to our life, an individual meaning, an individual plot, like an individual novel, a book for each person.

  Anais Nin

  Inspirational, Life, Book

  The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1, 1931-1934.

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• Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is something molded.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Life, Education, Learning

  "Wind, Sand and Stars" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, translated by Lewis Galantière, (Ch. II), 1939.

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• You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

  Albert Camus

  Life, Happiness, Happy

  "Intuitions" by Albert Camus, Youthful Writings, 1976.

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• You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.

  Albert Camus

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

  "Youthful Writings". Book by Albert Camus, October 1932.

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• For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Life, Inspiring, Workout

  Arnold Schwarzenegger (2012). “Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder”, p.112, Simon and Schuster

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• Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.

  Helen Keller

  Death, Spiritual, Courage

  Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

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• Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.

  Thomas Merton

  Love, Valentines Day, Fate

  Thomas Merton (1979). “Love and Living”, p.32, Macmillan

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• Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Life, Strength

  Helen Keller (1957). “The Open Door”, Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday

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• The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.

  Nelson Henderson

  Inspirational, Life, Graduation

  "Under Whose Shade". Book by Wesley Henderson, 1982.

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• Oh Lord please don't burn us don't kill or toast your flock. Don't put us on the barbecue or simmer us in stock. Don't bake or baste or boil us or stir-fry us in a wok.

  Graham Chapman

  Prayer, Meaning Of Life, Lord

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• I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.

  Pablo Casals

  Inspirational, Kindness, Caring

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Life has meaning only if one barters it day by day for something other than itself.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Life, Purpose, Ifs

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