Quotes on “purpose”

Sometimes it takes a wrong turn to get you to the right place.

Realize that if a door closed, it’s because what was behind it wasn’t meant for you.

Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose

The purpose of life is not to be happy—but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you lived at all.

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.

When you lost sight of your path, listen for the destination in your heart (Allen Walker, D-gray Man)

It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about?

Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living.

He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.

God's definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love.

The best things in life make you sweaty.

The purpose of life is the expansion of happiness.