Purposeful Living Quotes

“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, Meditation: Insights and Inspirations

“She remembered who she was
and the game changed.”
― Lalah Delia

“she was completely whole
and yet never fully complete”
― Maquita Donyel Irvin, Stories of a Polished Pistil: Lace and Ruffles

“The greatest challenge in life is to be our own person and accept that being different is a blessing and not a curse. A person who knows who they are lives a simple life by eliminating from their orbit anything that does not align with his or her overriding purpose and values. A person must be selective with their time and energy because both elements of life are limited.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“Self-transformation commences with a period of self-questioning. Questions lead to more questions, bewilderment leads to new discoveries, and growing personal awareness leads to transformation in how a person lives. Purposeful modification of the self only commences with revising our mind’s internal functions. Revamped internal functions eventually alter how we view our external environment.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“Throughout this journey of life we meet many people along the way.
Each one has a purpose in our life.
No one we meet is ever a coincidence.”
― Mimi Novic

“You start to live when you commit your life to cause higher than yourself. You must learn to depend on divine power for the fulfillment of a higher calling.”
― Lailah GiftyAkita

“It is mental slavery to cling to things that have stopped serving it’s purpose in your life.”
― Chinonye J. Chidolue

“You see it as me going back. I see it as me staying on track.”
― Germany Kent

“Occupy your thoughts with purpose and you will be so busy pursuing a meaningful future there will be no time for doubt, chaos and disappointment.”
― Carlos Wallace, The Other 99 T.Y.M.E.S: Train Your Mind to Enjoy Serenity

“We must reach out for our full potential. The potential lies in our inner strength.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

“Good life is not a sprint. It’s an exerting marathon of purpose, passion, patience and perseverance. It’s the road where faith and hard work meet. It is an unusual love adventure between success and failure. It is where truth is a belt and integrity a shield. It is knowing your lane, staying on your lane and running your own race. It’s a road loathed and less traveled by most men.”
― Abiodun Fijabi

“Everywhere you go, you shall find dramatic splendor and awe because your majestic soul is part of the vivid whole, and nothing about you is ignoble.”
― Kilroy J. Oldster, Dead Toad Scrolls

“Εἰ δ᾽ ἐστὶν ἡ εὐδαιμονία κατ᾽ ἀρετὴν ἐνέργεια, εὔλογον κατὰ τὴν κρατίστην· αὕτη δ᾽ ἂν εἴη τοῦ ἀρίστου. εἴτε δὴ νοῦς τοῦτο εἴτε ἄλλο τι, ὃ δὴ κατὰ φύσιν δοκεῖ ἄρχειν καὶ ἡγεῖσθαι καὶ ἔννοιαν ἔχειν περὶ καλῶν καὶ θείων, εἴτε θεῖον ὂν καὶ αὐτὸ εἴτε τῶν ἐν ἡμῖν τὸ θειότατον, ἡ τούτου ἐνέργεια κατὰ τὴν οἰκείαν ἀρετὴν εἴη ἂν ἡ τελεία εὐδαιμονία.

Eudaimonia comes from action, it is the highest state of being that humans can hope for. VII # Eudaimonia.”
― Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle

“We may regard certain days as free days. Free days are however fee days. We will pay later”
― Ernest Agyemang Yeboah, The Untapped Wonderer In You: dare to do the undone

“Without purpose, we are just good-looking animals.”
― Abhijit Naskar, All For Acceptance

“Pray what can a civilized boy do now
When all the Dragons are dead?”
― L. Frank Baum, Father Goose His Book

“Finish well, don't finish fast.”
― Joshua A. Adebodun

“Remembering what we really want creates a constancy in purpose, which further leads to consistency in character.”
― Scott Shumway, The Invisible Four-letter Word: The Secret to Getting What You Really Want in Life.

“As everything stands now, the purpose of life is a life of purpose. Our purpose is to search for purpose as we now know that we are still incapable of producing the answers that we seek, so the best course of action is to enlarge our scale of consciousness while we delve deeper and enrich every aspect of our lives, most especially our relationships with other people.”
― Billy Poon, The Why Of Life: Why We Live Without Purpose and How to Find Meaning in a Pointless Life

“A life lived is enough to make it worthwhile.”
― Billy Poon, The Why Of Life: Why We Live Without Purpose and How to Find Meaning in a Pointless Life

“If you haven't pondered the futility of life, you haven't lived enough. If you haven't conquered the futility of life, you haven't grown enough.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets

“I never doubted their capabilities. Now, I feel a renewed sense of assurance that we are one step closer to my girls having opportunities they could only dream about not that long ago. Unions, Equality, and Kamala: Why This Election Matters to Me (Medium Story)”
― Carlos Wallace

“Have a Master Plan for your life when you know the Master's Plan"-from "Why the Bible Makes Life Make Sense: Pursuing a Purposeful Life with a Biblical Perspective”
― Heather Erdmann

“The ability to earn a productive living,” my mother said, “inspires people with hope and dignity that handouts, though much needed and appreciated, can sometimes destroy.” It is a lesson I have never forgotten. --Cornelius Collins”
― Charles Paul Collins, THE REMEMBERING: Of Leather & Stone

“In the grand tapestry of human existence, time stands alone as the most democratic of resources. Each morning, as the sun peeks over the horizon, we all receive the same precious allotment: 24 hours, 1,440 minutes, 86,400 seconds. No more, no less.
The billionaire in their penthouse and the street vendor below both wake to this same gift. The young student and the elderly sage share this identical treasure. It cannot be hoarded, cannot be saved, cannot be borrowed against future days. Time flows ever forward, spending itself whether we will it or not.
What separates us, then, is not the quantity of time we receive, but the wisdom with which we spend it. Some invest these hours in pursuit of knowledge, letting each minute compound into greater understanding. Others spend lavishly on creation, turning time into art, music, or innovation. Some give their hours generously to others, transforming time into love, care, and connection.
Yet it's easy to become a poor steward of this universal wealth. Minutes slip away on mindless distractions. Hours evaporate in the fog of procrastination. Days can be squandered on pursuits that bring neither joy nor growth. Unlike money, misspent time can never be earned back.
The most profound truth about time is this: its value is determined not by its passage, but by its purpose. A single hour spent in passionate creation may be worth more than a day spent in listless consumption. A few minutes of genuine connection might outweigh weeks of shallow interaction.
The challenge before us is not to control time – for that is impossible – but to be mindful of its passing and intentional in its use. To ask ourselves each morning: "How will I spend the currency of these hours? What will be the return on this investment of moments?”
― Michael Marcel, Sr.

“The best relationships are the ones that not only bring you pleasure but also provide you with purpose.”
― Adora Aiza, Love Resolutions: Get Your Heart Ready for Fulfilling Romance

“Our purpose is not a beautiful sentence we define once and then follow. Being purpose-driven is the readiness to tune into our soul’s guidance system and follow what’s right for us in the present moment.”
― Natalia Blagoeva

“An entrepreneur is a person who has programmed his/her mind to envision nothing else but solutions.”
― Utibe Samuel Mbom, Your Clients and You

“Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.”
― Pamela Cox