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.
The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.
In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
In the face of such hopelessness as our eventual, unavoidable death, there is little sense in not at least trying to accomplish all of your wildest dreams in life.
Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.
The meaning of life is that it is to be lived.
Beauty isn’t about having a pretty face. It’s about having a pretty mind, a pretty heart, and a pretty soul.
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.
Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what’s left and live it properly. What doesn’t transmit light creates its own darkness.
There 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.
For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as the by-product of one’s surrender to a person other than oneself.
The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.
You want to live-but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying-and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead?
In the end, we’ll all become stories.
A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.
The chances you take, the people you meet, the people you love, the faith that you have. That’s what’s going to define you.
Walking. I am listening to a deeper way. Suddenly all my ancestors are behind me. Be still, they say. Watch and listen. You are the result of the love of thousands.
Why am I here? What’s my purpose?
The value of life is not in its duration, but in its donation. You are not important because of how long you live, you are important because of how effective you live. And most people are concerned about growing old rather than being effective.