Unlock your true potential with deep purpose quotes that will make you think about your life’s goals and ambitions. On the journey to self-discovery, inspirational purpose quotes can be powerful motivators to help you stay focused on what truly matters. Let’s dive into thought-provoking purpose quotes that will help you find your reason to exist and pursue your passions. These meaningful words will resonate deeply with your soul and push you to achieve your greatest desires.
Best Purpose Quotes
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
Live the Life of Your Dreams Be brave enough to live the life of your dreams according to your vision and purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of others. Roy T. Bennett
The purpose of life is a life of purpose. Robert Byrne
He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how. Friedrich Nietzsche
I truly believe that everything that we do and everyone that we meet is put in our path for a purpose. There are no accidents; we’re all teachers if we’re willing to pay attention to the lessons we learn, trust our positive instincts and not be afraid to take risks or wait for some miracle to come knocking at our door. Marla Gibbs
As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being. Carl Jung
The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows. Sydney J. Harris
If you have a strong purpose in life, you don’t have to be pushed. Your passion will drive you there. Roy T. Bennett
Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose. Zora Neale Hurston
If you hang out with chickens, you’re going to cluck and if you hang out with eagles, you’re going to fly. Steve Maraboli
The purpose of education is to make good human beings with skill and expertise. Enlightened human beings can be created by teachers. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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
Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it. Stephen Hawking
Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it. Buddha
When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It’s to enjoy each step along the way. Wayne Dyer
Doubt as sin. Christianity has done its utmost to close the circle and declared even doubt to be sin. One is supposed to be cast into belief without reason, by a miracle, and from then on to swim in it as in the brightest and least ambiguous of elements even a glance towards land, even the thought that one perhaps exists for something else as well as swimming, even the slightest impulse of our amphibious nature is sin! And notice that all this means that the foundation of belief and all reflection on its origin is likewise excluded as sinful. What is wanted are blindness and intoxication and an eternal song over the waves in which reason has drowned. Friedrich Nietzsche
There’s a lot of things we go through and we don’t even know why. At the end of the day, God has a purpose and a plan for you, and that’s kind of how I take that. Morgan Wallen
Because God is never cruel, there is a reason for all things. We must know the pain of loss; because if we never knew it, we would have
no compassion for others, and we would become monsters of self regard, creatures of unalloyed self interest. The terrible pain of loss teaches humility to our prideful kind, has the power to soften uncaring hearts, to make a better person of a good one. Dean Koontz
Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness, not pain or mindless self indulgence, is the proof of your moral integrity, since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values. Ayn Rand
What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured. Kurt Vonnegut
The secret of success is constancy to purpose. Benjamin Disraeli
I want to live my life in such a way that when I get out of bed in the morning, the devil says, aw shit, he’s up! Steve Maraboli
The purpose of all wars, is peace. Saint Augustine
Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you. Shannon Alder
We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience. George Washington
If you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, but ask me what I am living for, in detail, ask me what I think is keeping me from living fully for the thing I want to live for. Thomas Merton
I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there’s purpose and worth to each and every life. Ronald Reagan
A writer and, I believe, generally all persons must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource. All things have been given to us for a purpose, and an artist must feel this more intensely. All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we may shape our art. Jorge Luis Borges
You weren’t born just to live a life and to die; you were born to accomplish something specifically. Matter of fact, success is making it to the end of your purpose; that is success. Success is not just existing. Success is making it to the end of why you were born. Myles Munroe
Nothing is more creative nor destructive than a brilliant mind with a purpose. Dan Brown
I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose. Charlie Chaplin
I think it’s much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong. I have approximate answers and possible beliefs and different degrees of uncertainty about different things, but I am not absolutely sure of anything and there are many things I don’t know anything about, such as whether it means anything to ask why we’re here. I don’t have to know an answer. I don’t feel frightened not knowing things, by being lost in a mysterious universe without any purpose, which is the way it really is as far as I can tell. Richard P. Feynman
I am a most noteworthy sinner, but I have cried out to the Lord for grace and mercy, and they have covered me completely. I have found the sweetest consolation since I made it my whole purpose to enjoy His marvellous Presence. Christopher Columbus
It doesn’t matter what you did or where you were it matters where you are and what you’re doing. Get out there! Sing the song in your heart and never let anyone shut you up! Steve Maraboli
The Bible tells us that Jesus Christ came to do three things. He came to have my past forgiven, you get a purpose for living and a home in Heaven. Rick Warren
Life is filled with unanswered questions, but it is the courage to seek those answers that continues to give meaning to life. You can spend your life wallowing in despair, wondering why you were the one who was led towards the road strewn with pain, or you can be grateful that you are strong enough to survive it. J.D. Stroube
We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it. Willie Nelson
Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. It is the source of hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity. If we want greater clarity in our purpose or deeper and more meaningful spiritual lives, vulnerability is the path. Brené Brown
It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is. Hermann Hesse
Each suburban wife struggles with it alone. As she made the beds, shopped for groceries, matched slipcover material, ate peanut butter sandwiches with her children, chauffeured Cub Scouts and Brownies, lay beside her husband at night she was afraid to ask even of herself the silent question Is this all? Betty Friedan
The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write, but he must by no means live and write for the purpose of making money. Karl Marx
Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone’s soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd. Rumi
Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time. Marian Wright Edelman
The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation. During the minute that it takes me to compose this sentence, thousands of animals are being eaten alive, many others are running for their lives, whimpering with fear, others are slowly being devoured from within by rasping parasites, thousands of all kinds are dying of starvation, thirst, and disease. It must be so. If there ever is a time of plenty, this very fact will automatically lead to an increase in the population until the natural state of starvation and misery is restored. In a universe of electrons and selfish genes, blind physical forces and genetic replication, some people are going to get hurt, other people are going to get lucky, and you won’t find any rhyme or reason in it, nor any justice. The universe that we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but pitiless indifference. Richard Dawkins
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, Where’s the self help section? She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose. George Carlin
Your emotions make you human. Even the unpleasant ones have a purpose. Don’t lock them away. If you ignore them, they just get louder and angrier. Sabaa Tahir
I believe that God has put gifts and talents and ability on the inside of every one of us. When you develop that and you believe in yourself and you believe that you’re a person of influence and a person of purpose, I believe you can rise up out of any situation. Joel Osteen
The artist’s job is not to succumb to despair but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence. Woody Allen
Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play it safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary. Cecil Beaton
The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving. Johann wolfgang von Goethe
Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim. John D. Rockefeller
Realize that if a door closed, it’s because what was behind it wasn’t meant for you. Mandy Hale
The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning. Mitch Albom
Free yourself from the complexities and drama of your life. Simplify. Look within. Within ourselves we all have the gifts and talents we need to fulfill the purpose we’ve been blessed with. Steve Maraboli
A noble purpose inspires sacrifice, stimulates innovation and encourages perseverance. Gary Hamel
Find a purpose to serve, not a lifestyle to live. Criss Jami
The climb might be tough and challenging,but the view is worth it. There is a purpose for that pain; you just can’t always see it right away. Victoria Arlen
What am I living for and what am I dying for are the same question. Margaret Atwood
The ultimate purpose of economics, of course, is to understand and promote the enhancement of well being. Ben Bernanke
God’s definition of what matters is pretty straightforward. He measures our lives by how we love. Francis Chan
Anybody can become angry that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy. Aristotle
The worst thing that could possibly happen to anybody would be to not be used for anything by anybody. Thank you for using me, even though I didn’t want to be used by anybody. Kurt Vonnegut
The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls. Pablo Picasso
Spirituality is recognizing and celebrating that we are all inextricably connected to each other by a power greater than all of us, and that our connection to that power and to one another is grounded in love and compassion. Practicing spirituality brings a sense of perspective, meaning and purpose to our lives. Brené Brown
Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. John F. Kennedy
Casting aside other things, hold to the precious few; and besides bear in mind that every man lives only the present, which is an indivisible point, and that all the rest of his life is either past or is uncertain. Brief is man’s life and small the nook of the earth where he lives; brief, too, is the longest posthumous fame, buoyed only by a succession of poor human beings who will very soon die and who know little of themselves, much less of someone who died long ago. Marcus Aurelius
Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one. Malcolm Forbes
The significance of our lives and our fragile planet is then determined only by our own wisdom and courage. We are the custodians of life’s meaning. We long for a Parent to care for us, to forgive us our errors, to save us from our childish mistakes. But knowledge is preferable to ignorance. Better by far to embrace the hard truth than a reassuring fable. If we crave some cosmic purpose, then let us find ourselves a worthy goal. Carl Sagan
The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others. Albert Schweitzer
My value as a woman is not measured by the size of my waist or the number of men who like me. My worth as a human being is measured on a higher scale a scale of righteousness and piety. And my purpose in life despite what fashion magazines say is something more sublime than just looking good for men. Yasmin Mogahed
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference. Richard Dawkins
When faith replaces doubt, when selfless service eliminates selfish striving, the power of God brings to pass His purposes. Thomas S. Monson
True happiness is not attained through self gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. Helen Keller
It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about? Henry David Thoreau
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
Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose. Leonardo da Vinci
When you’re surrounded by people who share a passionate commitment around a common purpose, anything is possible. Howard Schultz
To live only for some future goal is shallow. It’s the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top. Robert M. Pirsig
Everyone has a purpose in life and a unique talent to give to others. And when we blend this unique talent with service to others, we experience the ecstasy and exultation of own spirit, which is the ultimate goal of all goals. Kallam Anji Reddy
Whenever you become anxious or stressed, outer purpose has taken over, and you lost sight of your inner purpose. You have forgotten that your state of consciousness is primary, all else secondary. Eckhart Tolle
Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing. Thomas A. Edison
Your greatest self has been waiting your whole life; don’t make it wait any longer. Steve Maraboli
Happiness is a byproduct of function, purpose, and conflict; those who seek happiness for itself seek victory without war. William S. Burroughs
Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living. Buddha Siddhartha Guatama Shakyamuni
There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it. Napoleon Hill
The circle of an empty day is brutal and at night it tightens around your neck like a noose. Elena Ferrante
I’m reflective only in the sense that I learn to move forward. I reflect with a purpose. Kobe Bryant
Sometimes it takes a wrong turn to get you to the right place. Mandy Hale
Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again, and you will grow stronger until you have accomplished a purpose not the one you began with perhaps, but one you’ll be glad to remember. Anne Sullivan
It’s funny. No matter how hard you try, you can’t close your heart forever. And the minute you open it up, you never know what’s going to come in. But when it does, you just have to go for it! Because if you don’t, there’s not point in being here. Kirstie Alley
The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries. James Madison
Great minds have purpose, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them. Washington Irving
Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself, and know that everything in life has purpose. There are no mistakes, no coincidences, all events are blessings given to us to learn from. Elisabeth Kubler Ross
You can have anything you want if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose. Abraham Lincoln
African art is functional, it serves a purpose. It’s not a dormant. It’s not a means to collect the largest cheering section. It should be healing, a source a joy. Spreading positive vibrations. Mos Def
A wind that blows aimlessly is no good to anyone. Rick Riordan
What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose. Margaret Thatcher
I like trains. I like their rhythm, and I like the freedom of being suspended between two places, all anxieties of purpose taken care of for this moment I know where I am going. Anna Funder
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards. Anatole France
To find a happy ending with someone else, first you have to find it alone. Soman Chainani
I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply all my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy. Og Mandino
God created us for this to live our lives in a way that makes him look more like the greatness and the beauty and the infinite worth that he really is. This is what it means to be created in the image of God. John Piper
The moment someone chooses to trust in Jesus Christ, his sins are wiped away, and he is adopted into God’s family. That individual is set apart as a child of God, with a sacred purpose. Charles Stanley