Purpose Of Life Quotes - Page 12

• Sometimes I think the purpose of life is to reconcile us to its eventual loss by wearing us down, by proving, however long it takes, that life isn't all it's cracked up to be.

  Julian Barnes

  Loss, Thinking, Long

  Julian Barnes (2011). “The Sense of an Ending”, p.105, Random House

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• Life without meaning
  cannot be borne.
  We find a mission
  to which we're sworn
  -or answer the call
  of Death's dark horn.
  Without a gleaning
  of purpose in life,
  we have no vision,
  we live in strife,
  -or let blood fall
  on a suicide knife.

  Dean Koontz

  Suicide, Fall, Suicidal

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• If you have grasped the purpose of life there is no point in trying to make life into something it is not or cannot be.

  Zhuangzi

  Acceptance, Trying, Purpose

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• Decide upon your major definite purpose in life and then organize all your activities around it.

  Brian Tracy

  Sports, Decide Upon, Choices

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• Every path serves a purpose.

  Gene Oliver

  Life, Purpose, Path

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• Every choice before you represents the universe inviting you to remember who you are and what you want.

  Alan Cohen

  Choices, Remember Who You Are, Want

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• To want to be what one can be is purpose in life.

  Cynthia Ozick

  Dream, Purpose, Want

  Cynthia Ozick (1966). “Trust”

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• We need not only a purpose in life to give meaning to our existence but also something to give meaning to our suffering. We need as much something to suffer for as something to live for.

  Eric Hoffer

  Life, Giving, Suffering

  Eric Hoffer (1982). “Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• The purpose of life for man is growth, just as the purpose of life for trees and plants is growth. Trees and plants grow automatically and along fixed lines; man can grow as he will. Trees and plants can only develop certain possibilities and characteristics; man can develop any power which is or has been shown by any person anywhere. Nothing that is possible in spirit is impossible in flesh and blood. Nothing that man can think is impossible. Nothing that man can imagine is impossible of realization.

  Wallace D. Wattles

  Men, Thinking, Blood

  Wallace D. Wattles (2012). “The Science of Getting Rich, Great And Well (Annotated Edition)”, p.91, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Your sole purpose in life is to attain God-realization. All else is useless and worthless.

  Sivananda

  Life, Purpose, Realization

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• Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

  Oscar Wilde

  Fashion, Purpose, Dressing Well

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• The purpose of life is to be beautiful, to be bountiful, to be blissful, to be graceful and grateful. What a wonderful English word-grateful. If one is great and full, one is God. And whenever smallness faces you, you should be great, and full-full of that greatness.

  Harbhajan Singh Yogi

  Beautiful, Gratitude, Grateful

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• If there is a purpose in life at all, there must be a purpose in suffering and in dying. But no man can tell another what this purpose is. Each must find out for himself, and must accept the responsibility that his answer prescribes. If he succeeds he will continue to grow in spite of all indignities.

  Gordon Allport

  Adversity, Responsibility, Men

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• My main purpose in life is to make money so I can afford to go on creating more inventions.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Motivational, Creating, Purpose

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• Don't give your opinions about Art and the Purpose of Life. They are of little interest and, anyway, you can't express them. Don't analyze yourself. Give the relevant facts and let your readers make their own judgments. Stick to your story. It is not the most important subject in history but it is one about which you are uniquely qualified to speak.

  Evelyn Waugh

  Art, Giving, Important

  Evelyn Waugh's review of Stephen Spender "World within World: The Autobiography of Stephen Spender" in "The Tablet", May 5, 1951.

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• Passion is the model of all my actions.

  Philippe Petit

  Life, Passion, Purpose

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• The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The work of life is to develop it. The meaning of life is to give your gift away.

  David Viscott

  Life, Giving, Purpose

  David Viscott (2003). “Finding Your Strength in Difficult Times”, McGraw Hill Professional

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• The work that is really a man's own work is play and not work at all.

  Mark Twain

  Life, Men, Play

  Mark Twain, Gary Scharnhorst (2006). “Mark Twain: The Complete Interviews”, p.517, University of Alabama Press

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• Studies of older Americans find that one of the best predictors of happiness is whether a person considers his or her life to have a purpose. Without a clearly defined purpose, seven in ten individuals feel unsettled about their lives; with a purpose, almost seven in ten feel satisfied!

  Mark Lepper

  Purpose, Anticipation, Study

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• What is the purpose of life? To elevate all, big or small.

  Harbhajan Singh Yogi

  Inspirational, Purpose, Bigs

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• You have to understand the purpose of life. The purpose of life is to do something which will live forever.

  Harbhajan Singh Yogi

  Inspirational, Bhajans, Forever

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• Everybody has got 5.5 liters of blood. I am just a human being. For me everybody the same. There are thousands and thousands of people suffering. What is the ultimate purpose of life? It's to give. Start giving. See the joy of giving.

  Narayanan Krishnan

  Blood, People, Giving

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• Your self-sacrificin g devotion to your purpose in life and your unwavering faith will carry you through times of difficulty.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Self, Purpose, Unwavering Faith

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• Your real purpose in life is to develop yourself. To successfully do this you must always be working toward a goal.

  Bob Proctor

  Real, Goal, Purpose

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• We all seek purpose in life. Most of us wonder how we can make a positive difference during our brief time on earth. But asking and doing are different things.

  Mac Anderson

  Differences, Different, Purpose

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