Quotes about Purpose

I venture to say, that would so effectively help one to survive even the worst conditions as the knowledge that there is a meaning in one's life.

When, on his return, a man found that in many places he was met only with a shrug of the shoulders and with hackneyed phrases, he tended to become bitter and to ask himself why he had gone through all that he had.

Thus, logotherapy sees in responsibleness the very essence of human existence

Once an individual's search for a meaning is successful, it not only renders him happy but also gives him the capability to cope with suffering.

It insists that life is meaningful and that we must learn to see life as meaningful despite our circumstances. It emphasizes that there is an ultimate purpose to life.

meaning in life in three different ways: (1) by creating a work or doing a deed; (2) by experiencing something or encountering someone; and (3) by the attitude we take toward unavoidable suffering.

The greatest task for any person is to find meaning in his or her life. Frankl saw three possible sources for meaning: in work (doing something significant), in love (caring for another person), and in courage during difficult times.

Frankl saw three possible sources for meaning: in work (doing something significant), in love (caring for another person), and in courage during difficult times. Suffering in and of itself is meaningless; we give our suffering meaning by the way in which we respond to it.

Freedom is but the negative aspect of the whole phenomenon whose positive aspect is responsibleness.

life holds a potential meaning under any conditions, even the most miserable ones.

The meaning of your life is to help others find the meaning of theirs." "That was it, exactly," Frankl said. "Those are the very words I had written

people have enough to live by but nothing to live for; they have the means but no meaning.