Purpose quotes

Welcome to our collection of quotes on purpose. Whether you're seeking inspiration, guidance, or simply a fresh perspective, these quotes are here to remind you of the importance of finding and living with purpose.

Throughout history, great thinkers, philosophers, and leaders have contemplated the meaning of life and the significance of having a sense of purpose. From ancient wisdom to modern-day insights, this page is a treasure trove of thought-provoking quotes that explore the essence of purpose and its role in shaping our lives.

Discover the wisdom of renowned individuals who have embraced purpose as their guiding light. Explore the idea that purpose goes beyond the pursuit of individual success and encompasses serving others, making a positive impact, and finding fulfillment in the process.

Whether you're on a personal quest to discover your purpose or looking for motivation to stay focused on your goals, these quotes will ignite your passion, invigorate your spirit, and remind you that living a purpose-driven life can lead to greater happiness, fulfillment, and success.

See, people come into your life for a reason. They might not know it themselves, why. You might not know it. But there's a reason. There has to be
Any life, however long and complicated it may be, actually consists of a single moment — the moment when a man knows forever more who he is.
All our efforts must tend towards light.
Geronimo
Geronimo
Apache Warrior & Symbol of Indigenous Resistance
I cannot think that we are useless or God would not have created us. There is one God looking down on us all. We are all the children of one God. The sun, the darkness, the winds are all listening to what we have to say.
E. B. White
E. B. White
Versatile Writer & Author of Beloved Classics
You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing. I wove my webs for you because I liked you. After all, what's a life, anyway? We're born, we live a little while, we die. A spider's life can't help being something of a mess, with all this trapping and eating flies. By helping you, perhaps I was trying to lift up my life a trifle. Heaven knows anyone's life can stand a little of that.
Kathleen McGowan
Kathleen McGowan
Historical Novelist Weaving Spirituality & History
It is not enough to know what you want, you must also know why you want it, and what you will do once you have it! All those elements impact the world around you and therefore must be considered.
Harvey Mackay
Harvey Mackay
Business Guru & Motivational Speaker
If you want to stay youthful, stay useful.
Ed McBain
Ed McBain
American author and screenwriter
Readers are what it's all about, aren't they? If not, why am I writing?
Will Ferrell
Will Ferrell
American actor, comedian, producer, and writer
What’s the point of being bad when there’s nothing good to stop you?
Reba McEntire
Reba McEntire
American country music singer, actress and businesswoman
You don't waste your entire life waiting to go back to dust.
Craig Stone
Craig Stone
English footballer
If humans had nothing to fight for, they would fight for nothing.
Niecy Nash
Niecy Nash
American actress, comedian and television host
I feel like love is the thing we were created for, yet it's the place we struggle the most.
Eli Roth
Eli Roth
American film director, producer, and actor
Everybody has to know where they're coming from, what they're doing, why they're doing it, who they are. These are essentials.
Glennon Melton
Glennon Melton
American author and activist
There are only two lives we might live: our dream or our destiny. Sometimes they are one in the same, and sometimes they're not. Often our dreams are just a path to our destinies.
A writer, or any man, must believe that whatever happens to him is an instrument; everything has been given for an end. This is even stronger in the case of the artist. Everything that happens, including humiliations, embarrassments, misfortunes, all has been given like clay, like material for one's art. One must accept it.
Geronimo
Geronimo
Apache Warrior & Symbol of Indigenous Resistance
We are vanishing from the earth, yet I cannot think we are useless or else Usen would not have created us. He created all tribes of men and certainly had a righteous purpose in creating each.
E. B. White
E. B. White
Versatile Writer & Author of Beloved Classics
After all, what's a life, anyway? We're born, we live a little while, we die.
A writer - and, I believe, generally all persons - must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource. All things have been given to us for a purpose, and an artist must feel this more intensely. All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we may shape our art.
There is no intellectual exercise which is not ultimately useless.