Top 100 Quotes About The Purpose Of Life
#1. The absolute value of love makes life worth while, and so makes Man's strange and difficult situation acceptable. Love cannot save life from death; but it can fulfill life's purpose.
Arnold J. Toynbee
#2. We learn about life by exploring the texture and depth of space that composes our private inner world. In solitude we revisit our wounded feelings, sins, doubts, and deepest despair, replay poignant memories of loved ones, project what we are becoming, and ascertain the purpose of our being.
Kilroy J. Oldster
#3. It is a celebration of the fact that we were adopted for a purpose and that adoption is an experience that has the potential of teaching us some of life's richest and deepest lessons.
Sherrie Eldridge
#4. DAY 10 Thinking about My Purpose POINT TO PONDER: The heart of worship is surrender. VERSE TO REMEMBER: "Surrender your whole being to him to be used for righteous purposes." ROMANS 6:13B (TEV) QUESTION TO CONSIDER: What area of my life am I holding back from God?
Rick Warren
#5. The spark lies within us, somewhere deep within! Once you find it, that will illuminate the whole path you travel, all lives upon your way and the very purpose of your life. O beloved, know this world is illuminated by people so!
Preeth Nambiar
#6. A person without a philosophy for living is at the tender mercy of other people.
Kilroy J. Oldster
#7. Long term thinking and planing enhances short term decision making. Make sure you have a plan of your life in your hand, and that includes the financial plan and your mission.
Manoj Arora
#8. The purpose of my life had always been to free people from concern. I dubbed it, 'The church of freedom from concern,' or 'FFC.
Jim Carrey
#9. It is always imagined before it is lived. In the world of thought, imaginations are lives, but people kill them before they grow to have life!
Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
#10. Paradox as it may seem, we likewise find life meaningful only when we have seen that it is without purpose, and know the "mystery of the universe" only when we are convinced that we know nothing about it at all.
Alan W. Watts
#12. The removal of God from human consciousness means the removal of meaning and purpose from human life.
Fazlur Rahman
#13. We must concern ourselves not with what is beyond life, or what is life, or what is the purpose of life, but rather with the understanding of this complex existence of everyday life, because that is the foundation upon which we must build.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
#15. The more energy taken, the less energy that is left for us to implement our goals and the smaller the probability of realization of our innate potential
Sunday Adelaja
#16. You keep waiting for the moral of your life to become obvious, but it never does. Work, work, work: No moral. No plot. No eureka! Just production schedules and days. You might as well be living inside a photocopier. Your lives are all they're ever going to be.
Douglas Coupland
#18. Sometimes we exist long enough to lead the next generation; other times, only to plant a seed and let its resonations of our time here on Earth ripple into new waves.
A.J. Darkholme
#19. The purpose of life is to find out 'Who am I?', 'Why am I here?' and 'Where am I going?'
George Harrison
#20. The product you produced is the evidence of the value in your life
Sunday Adelaja
#21. The only thing that keeps us from a place of joy is an illusion, the illusion of fear.
Molly Friedenfeld
#22. The amount of time spent doing something is what adds value to it
Sunday Adelaja
#23. You may lose many things in the way you have chosen, don't look back but serve your purpose.
Giridhar Alwar
#24. Life is a frail and transitory thing, but it has been given a higher purpose and dignity through the revelation of God's Teaching to Israel, and the resulting dedication of an entire people to God's service.
Joseph Hertz
#25. When you stand at the bottom of the mountain and look up at the mountaintop, the path looks hard and stony, and the top is obscured by clouds. But when you reach the top and you look down, you realize that there are a thousand paths that could have brought you to that place.
Roz Savage
#26. What will you do with your self? Many men and women are still in darkness, trying to figure out the meaning and purpose of life. But no matter what you try to do with your self - whether you deny it, obliterate it, annihilate it, accept it or express it - believe me, it is still alive and kicking.
K.P. Yohannan
#27. We dedicate most of the time worrying about our deficiencies and self-criticism instead of concentrating on our goals and believing in our destination
Sunday Adelaja
#28. We see baptism as the starting point in our journey of discipleship. Our daily walk with Jesus Christ leads to peace and purpose in this life and profound joy and eternal salvation in the world to come.
Dieter F. Uchtdorf
#29. I never knew the wonders of nature, until I began to walk with nature.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#30. The primary purpose of meditation is to become conscious of, and familiar with, our inner life. The ultimate purpose is to reach the source of life and consciousness.
Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
#31. Self-discipline is the ability to organize your behavior over time in the service of specific goals.
Nathaniel Branden
#32. All energy given to us for the achievements of goals and self-actualization is instead spent on deriving acceptance from our surroundings and compliance with the requirements of the society
Sunday Adelaja
#33. Is there conscience in the Kremlin? Do they ever ask themselves what is the purpose of life? What is it all for? ... No. Their creed is barren of conscience, immune to the promptings of good and evil.
Margaret Thatcher
#35. The distinction between a gallery and a museum is enormous. The gallery is about looking at a thing of beauty; the purpose of the activity is an aesthetic response. The museum is actually about the object that lets you get into somebody else's life.
Neil MacGregor
#36. The purpose of life is to live. The meaning of life is whatever you choose. The secret to life is balance in all things ...
James A. Murphy
#37. When you know your role in life, living makes sense because of clarity, and the loads become enjoyable to carry.
Innocent Mwatsikesimbe
#38. The man without a purpose is a man who drifts at the mercy of random feelings or unidentified urges and is capable of any evil, because he is totally out of control of his own life. In order to be in control of your life, you have to have a purpose-a productive purpose.
Ayn Rand
#39. I'm so despondent about everything. Everything I try goes totally wrong. There's no escape from this hole here. I feel drained. So far, I still haven't found a real purpose in life. Sometimes, I'm afraid to get out of bed in the morning. There's nothing to get up for.
Joseph Goebbels
#40. There is no place so dark that light cannot lead the way.
Slade Combs
#41. There is no point knowing your mission if you cannot see the area of need for that mission.
Archibald Marwizi
#42. There can be no purpose more enspiriting than to begin the age of restoration, reweaving the wondrous diversity of life that still surrounds us.
E. O. Wilson
#43. You wouldn't do things to hurt others if only you understood the principles of God
Sunday Adelaja
#44. There is a day coming when all of the suffering, all of the maladies of this life are destroyed, when we, in our glorified bodies, will live in heaven, on the new earth, eternally fulfilling God's ordained purpose for us.
Paul P. Enns
#45. I've been born into a broken world and my purpose is to make sure when I leave it, know I have left my mark of kindness on it somewhere.
Nikki Rowe
#46. The purpose of art is to provide what life does not.
Tom Robbins
#47. Thou art but a feeble flower in the garden of the universe, yet thou hath a purpose much greater than thyself.
Raneem Kayyali
#48. The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.
Pablo Picasso
#49. Always evaluate and determine the product of your life
Sunday Adelaja
#50. There are also several practical aspects to learning more about
our eternal home. Having a better perspective on the purpose of
our lives helps us to handle difficult times better. It helps us focus
on what is truly important. It also helps us to enjoy this life more
fully.
Vance C. Kessler
#51. We may run, walk, stumble. drive, or fly, but let us never lose sight of the reason for the journey, or miss a chance to see a rainbow on the way.
Gloria Gaither
#52. God's purpose for man is to acquire a seeing eye and an understanding heart." "God gave you life and bestowed upon you his attributes; eventually you will return to him." "The rewards of life and devotion to God are love and inner rapture, and the capacity to receive the light of God.
Rumi
#54. We must learn to judge potential partners by the content of their character and the compatibility of temperament and life purpose, not by the chemical reaction of hormones and physical attraction, and not by the superficial value system of the European.
Nana Kwaku Opare
#55. The purpose of life is to find your purpose. Run a marathon, sail oceans, cross deserts, climb the highest mountain but find yours!
Timothy Pina
#56. If we want to grow, the way to break a pattern of negativity is to face anything negative with love.
Molly Friedenfeld
#57. The purpose of life - if it may be said to have purpose - is not ease. It is to choose, and to act upon the choice. In that task, we are not measured by outcomes. We are measured only by daring and effort and resolve.
Stephen R. Donaldson
#58. A boat would seem to be an object whose one purpose is to travel, but its real purpose is not to travel but to reach harbour. We found ourselves on the high seas, with no idea of which port we should be aiming for.
Fernando Pessoa
#59. Everyone in their life has his own particular way of expressing life's purpose - the lawyer his eloquence, the painter his palette, and the man of letters his pen from which the quick words of his story flow. I have my bicycle.
Gino Bartali
#60. When you begin to reason with the Lord, your attitude to the issues of life will change.
Jaachynma N.E. Agu
#61. The fire of purpose easily melts the icicles of obstacles.
Alan Cohen
#62. If a child is loved, he feels worthy of love in the future
Sunday Adelaja
#63. Let us subdue the ravages of the baser-self, and aspire to the higher calling of exalting joy through compassion, for that is the one true purpose of humanity.
Bryant McGill
#64. What the purpose of my life is about is I want to become the kind of person that God wants me to become, and through my study of the scriptures, I can articulate the kind of person that God would be happy if I become.
Clayton Christensen
#65. Give yourself the freedom to explore the possibility of life without limits. Goals are dreams with deadlines, a means to an end but not the ultimate purpose of life.
Glynis Nunn
#66. Remember that often we will not know the small details of our life mission
Sunday Adelaja
#67. The easiest way to discover the purpose of an invention is to ask the creator of it. The same is true for discovering your life's purpose: Ask God.
Rick Warren
#68. On Writing About Nora Hawks
I write about a female character to try, in vain, to understand two things: the purpose of life, and women.
Dennis R. Miller
#69. At the end of my life on that day I want the Lord to look at me and say, "Well done Tonia, you lived a life of purpose and used all of the gifts and talents I bestowed upon you to bring me glory
Tonia Shalel
#70. Constantly to seek the purpose of life is one of the odd escapes of man. If he finds what he seeks it will not be worth that pebble on the path.
Jiddu Krishnamurti
#71. Life can only be enjoyed as one acquires a true perspective of life and death and of the real purpose of life.
Spiros Zodhiates
#72. Well Buddhism, 'shmoodism', I didn't go to India looking for Buddhism. I was looking for truth, or God, or a better way of life or happiness, fulfillment, meaning, purpose. And a way to become peace in the world and not just fight for peace, as we had in the 60's.
Surya Das
#73. There is, inside all our heads, the ego's rabid attack dog. It is purely vicious toward others and toward ourselves as well. Learning to control that dog, and ultimately to end its life, is the process and purpose of enlightened relationships.
Marianne Williamson
#76. Do not look for a man to learn about the purpose of your life, but look for the creator, who is your maker
Sunday Adelaja
#77. The first thing to do after you get fired is to discover God
Sunday Adelaja
#78. You can not even roughly guess where you can reach in life if you pursue the path of self-education.
Deepak Burfiwala
#79. Life is a beautiful journey, full of joy and pain
You never know when it will end, don't let a moment pass in vain ...
In the whole ruckus of life, nothing had I gained,
I just wanted freedom, no more did I wanted to be chained ...
Mehek Bassi
#80. After his failed political career, Lincoln often pondered the question of the purpose of the meaning of life. In 1850 [ten years before he was elected President], Lincoln told Herdon [his law partner] How hard, oh how hard it is to die and leave one's country no better than if one had never lived.
Ronald C. White Jr.
#81. Discouragement is a signal of the flesh and the tongue
Sunday Adelaja
#82. I think of myself as being a relatively intelligent man who is open to a lot of different things and I think that questioning our purpose in life and the meaning of existence is something that we all go through at some point.
Laurence Fishburne
#83. Man's life on earth has only one end and purpose: to identify himself with his eternal Self and so to come to intuitive knowledge of the Divine Ground.
Aldous Huxley
#84. Don't let the tide of life shift you away, move intentionally in the right direction
Sunday Adelaja
#85. 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
#86. The purpose of your life is the purpose you bring to it choice by choice and recognition by recognition.
Bryant McGill
#87. When you have a purpose of life it becomes the light to show you the path toward your destination.
Debasish Mridha
#88. The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body.
Mahatma Gandhi
#89. We shouldn't use God for our purpose alone but also be instruments of the extension of His Kingdom
Sunday Adelaja
#90. The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
#91. If you do not know you have intrinsic value because of who you are and who you are meant to be, you will feel uncomfortable when you are not looking your best(in other's eyes) or if you are not wearing the latest fashion trend
Sunday Adelaja
#92. Why do all this? Because there are people out there who need you, and they will be more than willing to give you what you need so you can give them your best, but if you're busy pursuing everyone, or if you're so drained at the end of the day, you won't be able to be your best and give your best.
Osayi Emokpae Lasisi
#95. Whatever change you desire for the world, create that change in your own life. You are here for a purpose. Seek it out. Hunt it down. The greatest misery is to be purposeless. The great depression of our age is not economic, but spiritual. Our spiritual poverty is rooted in our purposelessness.
Matthew Kelly
#96. As a subconscious attempt to add meaning or purpose to their life: The unemployed pray for a job; the retired pray for grandchildren.
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
#97. You bring the influence of the Kingdom to the people by giving them things that would interest them
Sunday Adelaja
#98. Those who choose love - daring to feel to the depths of being, accepting responsibility for their actions, and seeking a purpose in life - will find that the world of significant living will unfold its cleverly concealed presence.
Barbara Marciniak
#99. The whole point of all of this - why we are here, why the world is here, and why we have the political system and leaders that we do - is to achieve change. This is the purpose of life.
Yehuda Berg
#100. Man's Chief purpose ... is the creation and preservation of values; that is what gives meaning to our civilization, and the participation in this is what gives significance, ultimately, to the individual human life.
Lewis Mumford
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