13 of the Most Inspiring Quotes About Living Your Life on Purpose
Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose. – Viktor FranklThere is no greater gift you can give or receive than to honor your calling. It’s why you were born. And how you become most truly alive. – Oprah WinfreyIt’s not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something. – Winston S. ChurchillHe who has a why to live can bear almost any how. – Friedrich NietzschePeople take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost. – Dalai LamaHaving a purpose is the difference between making a living and making a life. – Tom ThissTo begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment. – James AllenThe heart of human excellence often begins to beat when you discover a pursuit that absorbs you, frees you, challenges you, or gives you a sense of meaning, joy, or passion. – Terry OrlickThe self is made, not given. – Barbara MyerhoffWhen you find your WHY, you don’t hit snooze no more! You find a way to make it happen! – Eric ThomasDefiniteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement. – W. Clement StoneLean forward into your life. Begin each day as if it were on purpose. – Mary Anne RadmacherI believe purpose is something for which one is responsible; it’s not just divinely assigned. – Michael J. Fox
29 Uplifting Quotes on Purpose to Empower you
The path to our destination is not always a straight one. We go down the wrong road, we get lost, we turn back. Maybe it doesn’t matter which road we embark on. Maybe what matters is that we embark.”
Barbara Hall
The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for. – Fyodor DostoyevskyThe secret of success is constancy to purpose. – Benjamin DisraeliWe all have a purpose in life, and when you find yours you will recognize it. – Catherine PulsiferRemember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure. – Paulo CoelhoThe soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere. – Michel de MontaigneHaving a sense of purpose is having a sense of self. A course to plot is a destination to hope for. – Bryant H. McGill
No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.”
Success demands singleness of purpose. – Vince LombardiThe two most important days in life are the day you born and the day you discover the reason why. – Mark TwainIf you can tune into your purpose and really align with it, setting goals so that your vision is an expression of that purpose, then life flows much more easily. – Jack CanfieldWhat am I living for and what am I dying for are the same question. – Margaret AtwoodAnything and everything you have experienced has been purposeful; it has brought you to where you are now. – Iyanla VanzantGreat minds have purposes, others have wishes. – Washington IrvingThe person without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder. – Thomas CarlylePeople who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life. – John C. MaxwellOur lives matter. No matter what people tell you otherwise. God created everything for a purpose. – Edric PrimThe purpose of life is a life of purpose. – Robert ByrneEfforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. – John F. KennedyI would argue that nothing gives life more purpose than the realization that every moment of consciousness is a precious and fragile gift. – Steven PinkerFind your purpose daily and live life to the fullest and never give up. – M.D. EgerWhen you stay on purpose and refuse to be discouraged by fear, you align with the infinite self, in which all possibilities exist. – Wayne DyerTrue happiness… is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. – Helen KellerThere is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. – Maya AngelouI believe we’re all put on this planet for a purpose, and we all have a different purpose. – Ellen DegeneresWhen you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced; live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice. – Indian ProverbThe best way to lengthen out our days is to walk steadily and with a purpose. – Charles DickensWe must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don’t know where you’re aiming, you don’t have a goal. – Mary Kay AshKnowing your life purpose is the first step toward living a truly conscious life. A life purpose provides us with a clear goal, a set finish line that you truly want to reach. – Simon Foster
35 Inspirational Quotes on the Power of Purpose
Discovering your purpose is the most significant thing you will do in your life, and you, your loved ones, and the world will be better off because you went on this journey.”
Mastin Kipp
Where there is no vision, the people perish. – Proverbs 29:18If we are to truly understand the point and purpose of our lives, we must first start to grasp the overarching storyline of the Bible. – Matt ClickGood luck is another name for tenacity of purpose. – Ralph Waldo EmersonSingleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim. – John D. RockefellerNothing will divert me from my purpose. – Abraham Lincoln
You can have anything you want if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.”
Abraham Lincoln
You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want. – Margaret YoungThe days, the weeks and months that you’re most lit up is when you’re full on purpose. – Grant CardoneMusicians must make music, artists must paint, poets must write if they are ultimately to be at peace with themselves. What humans can be, they must be. – Abraham MaslowIt doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dream of meeting your heart’s longing – OriahEach of us is born for a purpose, and we want our lives to matter. I don’t think it’s unique to only some of us; it’s a longing of every human being. – Garrett GravesenThe purpose of life is to contribute in some way to make things better. – Robert F. KennedyAbove all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it. – James Allen
It is absolutely stupid to spend your time doing things you don’t like in order to go on spending time doing things you don’t like and teaching your children to follow in the same track.”
Alan Watts
Everyone has been made for some particular work and the desire for that work has been put in every heart. – Jalaluddin RumiToo many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. – Les BrownThere is no hope of success for the person who does not have a central purpose, or definite goal at which to aim. – Napoleon HillMore men fail through lack of purpose than lack of talent. – Billy SundayPeople don’t buy WHAT you do, they buy WHY you do it. – Simon SinekThe meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away. – PicassoThe purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls. – PicassoInspiration in life is born when we have a purpose. – Daniel LongweThe great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are going. – Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it. – BuddhaAt a very early age, I developed a belief that we’re all here to contribute something unique, that deep within each of us lies a special gift. – Tony RobbinsTo the person who does not know where he wants to go there is no favorable wind. – SenecaWhen you walk in purpose, you collide with destiny. – Ralph BuchananAs you open yourself to living at your edge, your deepest purpose will slowly begin to make itself known. – David DeidaLife is a promise; fulfill it. – Mother TeresaPurpose is the place where your deep gladness meets the world’s needs. – Frederick BuechnerPerhaps the single most important ingredient in all of life for achieving happiness and fulfillment: Purpose – Harvey VolsonThe greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving. – Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheNever work just for money or for power. They won’t save your soul or help you sleep at night. – Marian Wright EdelmanThe purpose of life is to know God. – Wayne Dyer
Conclusion
Life purpose is not something that only religious people who meditate and chant in cave gets.
