Purpose Of Life Quotes - Page 13

• People's purpose in life is always connected to their giftedness.

  John C. Maxwell

  Motivational, Leadership, People

  John C. Maxwell (2015). “The Leadership Handbook: 26 Critical Lessons Every Leader Needs”, p.59, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• It is the purpose of life that each of us strives to become actually what he or she is potentially. Each photographer, then, should be obsessed with stretching towards that goal through an understanding of others and the world we inhabit. When that happens, the results, like photographs, are really the expressions of the life of the maker.

  David Hurn

  Photography, Expression, Goal

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• A man's true greatness lies in the consciousness of an honest purpose in life, founded on a just estimate of himself and everything else, on frequent self-examinations, and a steady obedience to the rule which he knows to be right, without troubling himself about what others may think or say, or whether they do or do not that which he thinks and says and does.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Lying, Greatness, Men

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• Without a purpose, life is motion without meaning, activity without direction, and events without reason.

  Rick Warren

  Events, Purpose, Life Is

  Rick Warren (2011). “What on Earth Am I Here For? Purpose Driven Life”, p.14, Harper Collins

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• The whole purpose of life is to gain enlightenment.
  Nothing else is significant compared to that completely natural, exalted state of consciousness.
  So always strive for that.
  Set your life around that goal.
  Don't get caught up in small things, and then it will be yours.

  Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

  Goal, Enlightenment, Purpose

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• Jesus didn’t die to keep us safe. He died to make us dangerous. Faithfulness is not holding the fort. It’s storming the gates of hell. The will of God is not an insurance plan. It’s a daring plan. The complete surrender of your life to the cause of Christ isn’t radical. It’s normal. It’s time to quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death. It’s time to go all in and all out for the All in All. Pack your coffin!

  Mark Batterson

  Jesus, Coffins, Purpose

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• Quit living as if the purpose of life is to arrive safely at death.

  Mark Batterson

  Purpose, Quitting, Life Is

  Twitter post from Oct 01, 2014

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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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• He who with sincerity seeks his real purpose in life is himself sought by that purpose.

  Hazrat Inayat Khan

  Real, Purpose, Life Is

  Hazrat Inayat Khan “The Sayings of Hazrat Inayat Khan”, Library of Alexandria

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• The truly educated man is not a man who knows a bit of everything, not even the man who knows all the details of all subjects (if such a thing were possible): the “whole man” in fact, may have little detailed knowledge of facts and theories...but he will be truly in touch with the centre. He will not be in doubt about his basic convictions, about his view on the meaning and purpose of his life. He may not be able to explain these matters in words, but the conduct of his life will show a certain sureness of touch which stems from this inner clarity.

  E. F. Schumacher

  Men, Views, Doubt

  "Small is Beautiful: A Study of Economics As If People Mattered". Book by E. F. Schumacher, 1973.

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• At the moment I'm so exhausted that I feel like cutting my throat, so the next news masy well be that I am across the river and under the trees: what is the meaning and purpose of life? Death.

  Delmore Schwartz

  Cutting, Rivers, Tree

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• We all have obligations and duties toward our fellow men. But it does seem curious enough that in modern neurotic society, men's energies are consumed in making a living and rarely in living itself. It takes a lot of courage for a man to declare, with clarity and simplicity, that the purpose of life is to enjoy it.

  Lin Yutang

  Men, Simplicity, Fellow Man

  Yutang Lin (1962). “The pleasures of a nonconformist”

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• We have to find our own purposes in life, which are not derived directly from our scientific history.

  Richard Dawkins

  Purpose

  "Religion and Atheism". "Q&A" with Tony Jones, www.abc.net.au. April 9, 2012.

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