Purpose quotes

Quotes about finding your purpose, living with meaning, and discovering your calling. Browse more in the Motivational app.

"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate."

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

— Mark Twain

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

— Friedrich Nietzsche

"Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it."

— Buddha

"The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away."

— Pablo Picasso

"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it."

— Howard Thurman

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