22 Best Life Purpose Quotes

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Best Quotes About Life Purpose

1. “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.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

2. “The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt

3. “A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.” ― Kurt Vonnegut

4. “Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.” ― Dalai Lama XIV

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5. “Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it” ― Buddha

6. “The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky

7. “That is all I want in life: for this pain to seem purposeful.” ― Elizabeth Wurtzel

8. “I don’t think life is absurd. I think we are all here for a huge purpose. I think we shrink from the immensity of the purpose we are here for.” ― Norman Mailer

9. “Live the Life of Your Dreams: Be brave enough to live the life of your dreams according to your vision and purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of others.” ― Roy T. Bennett

10. “True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less.” ― Rick Warren

11. “Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.” ― Aristotle

12. “Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How do you know this is the experience you need? Because this is the experience you are having at the moment.” ― Eckhart Tolle

13. “The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke

14. “It does not matter how long you are spending on the earth, how much money you have gathered or how much attention you have received. It is the amount of positive vibration you have radiated in life that matters.” ― Amit Ray

15. “They say, Find a purpose in your life and live it. But, sometimes, it is only after you have lived that you recognize your life had a purpose, and likely one you never had in mind.” ― Khaled Hosseini

16. “I know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and the impossible.” ― Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

17. “Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, but with great purpose in heart.” ― Gordon B. Hinckley

18. “Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.” ― Victor Frankl

19. “The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” ― Pablo Picasso

20. “Enthusiasm can help you find the new doors, but it takes passion to open them. If you have a strong purpose in life, you don’t have to be pushed. Your passion will drive you there.” ― Roy T. Bennett

21. “You were put on this earth to achieve your greatest self, to live out your purpose, and to do it courageously.” ― Steve Maraboli

22. “It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much. … The life we receive is not short but we make it so; we are not ill provided but use what we have wastefully.” ― Lucius Annaeus Seneca