Purpose Quotes
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![Lewis Carroll](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1571554989i/8164._UX200_CR0,41,200,200_.jpg)
“Cat: Where are you going?
Alice: Which way should I go?
Cat: That depends on where you are going.
Alice: I don’t know.
Cat: Then it doesn’t matter which way you go.”
― Alice in Wonderland
Alice: Which way should I go?
Cat: That depends on where you are going.
Alice: I don’t know.
Cat: Then it doesn’t matter which way you go.”
― Alice in Wonderland
![Francis Chan](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1294204210i/1362751._UX200_CR0,128,200,200_.jpg)
“God's definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.”
― Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
― Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God
![Kurt Vonnegut Jr.](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1433582280i/2778055._UX200_CR0,51,200,200_.jpg)
“The worst thing that could possibly happen to anybody would be to not be used for anything by anybody. Thank you for using me, even though I didn't want to be used by anybody.”
― The Sirens of Titan
― The Sirens of Titan
![Brené Brown](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1246473726i/162578.jpg)
“Spirituality is recognizing and celebrating that we are all inextricably connected to each other by a power greater than all of us, and that our connection to that power and to one another is grounded in love and compassion. Practicing spirituality brings a sense of perspective, meaning and purpose to our lives.”
― The Gifts of Imperfection
― The Gifts of Imperfection
![Marcus Aurelius](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1430676293i/17212._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg)
“Casting aside other things, hold to the precious few; and besides bear in mind that every man lives only the present, which is an indivisible point, and that all the rest of his life is either past or is uncertain. Brief is man's life and small the nook of the earth where he lives; brief, too, is the longest posthumous fame, buoyed only by a succession of poor human beings who will very soon die and who know little of themselves, much less of someone who died long ago.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
![Carl Sagan](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1475953320i/10538._UX200_CR0,36,200,200_.jpg)
“The significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage. We are the custodians of life's meaning. We long for a Parent to care for us, to forgive us our errors, to save us from our childish mistakes. But knowledge is preferable to ignorance. Better by far to embrace the hard truth than a reassuring fable. If we crave some cosmic purpose, then let us find ourselves a worthy goal.”
― Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
― Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
![Yasmin Mogahed](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1611803446i/5761421._UY200_CR77,0,200,200_.jpg)
“My value as a woman is not measured by the size of my waist or the number of men who like me. My worth as a human being is measured on a higher scale: a scale of righteousness and piety. And my purpose in life-despite what fashion magazines say-is something more sublime than just looking good for men.”
― Reclaim Your Heart: Personal Insights on Breaking Free from Life's Shackles
― Reclaim Your Heart: Personal Insights on Breaking Free from Life's Shackles
![Thomas S. Monson](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1210183217i/411899._UX200_CR0,10,200,200_.jpg)
“When faith replaces doubt, when selfless service eliminates selfish striving, the power of God brings to pass His purposes.”
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![Henry David Thoreau](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1392432620i/10264._UX200_CR0,23,200,200_.jpg)
“It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?”
― Letters to Various Persons
― Letters to Various Persons
![Sue Fitzmaurice](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1442521386i/4207373._UX200_CR0,25,200,200_.jpg)
“What it means to be authentic:
- to be more concerned with truth than opinions
- to be sincere and not pretend
- to be free from hypocrisy: "walk your talk"
- to know who you are and to be that person
- to not fear others seeing your vulnerabilities
- being confident to walk away from situations where you can't be yourself
- being awake to your own feelings
- being free from others' opinions of you
- accepting and loving yourself”
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- to be more concerned with truth than opinions
- to be sincere and not pretend
- to be free from hypocrisy: "walk your talk"
- to know who you are and to be that person
- to not fear others seeing your vulnerabilities
- being confident to walk away from situations where you can't be yourself
- being awake to your own feelings
- being free from others' opinions of you
- accepting and loving yourself”
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![Eckhart Tolle](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1505974741i/4493._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“Whenever you become anxious or stressed, outer purpose has taken over, and you lost sight of your inner purpose. You have forgotten that your state of consciousness is primary, all else secondary.”
― A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
― A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
![Robert M. Pirsig](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1440106738i/401._UX200_CR0,44,200,200_.jpg)
“To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.”
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![Steve Maraboli](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1574364064i/4491185._UY200_CR10,0,200,200_.jpg)
“Your greatest self has been waiting your whole life; don't make it wait any longer.”
― Life, the Truth, and Being Free
― Life, the Truth, and Being Free
![Elena Ferrante](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1635020942i/44085._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“The circle of an empty day is brutal and at night it tightens around your neck like a noose.”
― The Days of Abandonment
― The Days of Abandonment
![Katsura Hoshino](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1241814293i/311098._UX200_CR0,24,200,200_.jpg)
“When you lost sight of your path, listen for the destination in your heart (Allen Walker, D-gray Man)”
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![Lalah Delia](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1568544257i/16169716._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“If you walked away from a
toxic, negative, abusive,
one-sided, dead-end
low vibrational
relationship or friendship
— you won.”
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toxic, negative, abusive,
one-sided, dead-end
low vibrational
relationship or friendship
— you won.”
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![Mandy Hale](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1540260793i/5623882._UY200_CR49,0,200,200_.jpg)
“Life isn’t meant to be lived perfectly…but merely to be LIVED. Boldly, wildly, beautifully, uncertainly, imperfectly, magically LIVED.”
― The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass
― The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass
![Mandy Hale](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1540260793i/5623882._UY200_CR49,0,200,200_.jpg)
“Sometimes it takes a wrong turn to get you to the right place.”
― The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass
― The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass
“It's funny. No matter how hard you try, you can't close your heart forever. And the minute you open it up, you never know what's going to come in. But when it does, you just have to go for it! Because if you don't, there's not point in being here.”
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![Washington Irving](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1218187394i/28525._UX200_CR0,26,200,200_.jpg)
“Great minds have purpose, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them.”
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![Abraham Lincoln](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1198518158i/229._UX200_CR0,31,200,200_.jpg)
“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.”
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![I like trains. I like their rhythm, and I like the freedom of being suspended](https://images.gr-assets.com/quotes/1382444637p2/712810.jpg)
“I like trains. I like their rhythm, and I like the freedom of being suspended between two places, all anxieties of purpose taken care of: for this moment I know where I am going.”
― Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
― Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
![Matthew McConaughey](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1598977375i/3636965._UY200_CR33,0,200,200_.jpg)
“The question we need to ask ourselves is: what is success to us? More money? That's fine. A healthy family? A happy marriage? Helping others? To be famous? Spiritually sound? To express ourselves? To create art? To leave the world a better place than we found it?
What is success to me? Continue to ask yourself that question. How are you prosperous? What is your relevance?
Your answer may change over time and that's fine but do yourself this favor – whatever your answer is, don't choose anything that would jeopardize your soul. Prioritize who you are, who you want to be, and don't spend time with anything that antagonizes your character. Don't depend on drinking the Kool-Aid – it's popular, tastes sweet today, but it will give you cavities tomorrow.
Life is not a popularity contest. Be brave, take the hill. But first answer the question.”
― Greenlights
What is success to me? Continue to ask yourself that question. How are you prosperous? What is your relevance?
Your answer may change over time and that's fine but do yourself this favor – whatever your answer is, don't choose anything that would jeopardize your soul. Prioritize who you are, who you want to be, and don't spend time with anything that antagonizes your character. Don't depend on drinking the Kool-Aid – it's popular, tastes sweet today, but it will give you cavities tomorrow.
Life is not a popularity contest. Be brave, take the hill. But first answer the question.”
― Greenlights
![John Piper](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1384812074i/25423._UX200_CR0,50,200,200_.jpg)
“God created us for this: to live our lives in a way that makes him look more like the greatness and the beauty and the infinite worth that he really is. This is what it means to be created in the image of God.”
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![Rainbow Rowell](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1652825664i/4208569._UX200_CR0,33,200,200_.jpg)
“What did he have to mope about, really? What more did he want?...Love. Purpose. Those are the things that you can't plan for. Those are the things that just happen. And what if they don't happen? Do you spend your whole life pining for them? Waiting to be happy?”
― Attachments
― Attachments
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