Quotes about Purpose

You will find rest from vain fancies if you perform every act in life as though it were your last.

No man can escape his destiny, the next inquiry being how he may best live the time that he has to live.

You will give yourself relief, if you do every act of your life as if it were the last.

Non nobis solum nati sumus. ( Not for ourselves alone are we born. )

only that "WHO-center" were obvious and accessible, and if only we could steer our course by it, knowing truly that God is in all things and all choices, seeking to draw the more life-giving outcome from all we do.

As we become purer channels for God's light, we develop an appetite for the sweetness that is possible in this world. A miracle worker is not geared toward fighting the world that is, but toward creating the world that could be.

Each of us has a unique part to play in the healing of the world.

Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn. The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and prejudices and the acceptance of love back in our hearts. Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth. To be consciously aware of it, to experience love in ourselves and others, is the meaning of life. Meaning does not lie in things. Meaning lies in us.

Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and ablities were used in a way that served others.

One cannot desire freedom from the Cross when one is especially chosen for the Cross.

Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day.

How in the world could I have lived such a helpful life as I have lived had I not been blind?