On Purpose

My mother said to me, “If you become a soldier, you’ll

be a general, if you become a monk you’ll end up as the pope.” Instead, I became a painter and wound up as Picasso.

Pablo Picasso

The two most important days of your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why.

Mark Twain

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

John F. Kennedy

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

If there were no night, we would not appreciate the day, nor could we see the stars and the vastness of the heavens. We must partake of the bitter with the sweet. There is a divine purpose in the adversities we encounter every day. They prepare, they purge, they purify, and thus they bless.

James E. Faust

People who use time wisely spend it on activities that

advance their overall purpose in life.

John C. Maxwell

It’s not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something.

Winston S. Churchill

The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but

through fidelity to a worthy purpose.

Helen Keller

The best way to lengthen out our days is to walk steadily and with a purpose.

Charles Dickens

Only a life lived for others is the life worthwhile.

Albert Einstein

There comes a special moment in everyone's life, a moment

for which that person was born. That special opportunity,

when he seizes it, will fulfill his mission – a mission for

which he is uniquely qualified. In that moment, he finds greatness. It is his finest hour.

Winston S. Churchill

Man is not on the earth solely for his own happiness. He is there to realize great things for humanity.

Vincent van Gogh