222 Purpose Quotes for Finding Your Purpose and Living Your Purpose

Here you’ll find a compilation of 222 purpose quotes collected and hand-selected to support you on your journey of finding your purpose and living your purpose. Whether you are still hoping to find your purpose or feel like you are already living your purpose, we can all use a little inspiration from time to time

Living Your Purpose Quotes

Even when we believe you are living your purpose, you can still use a bit of encouragement along the way. Living your purpose doesn’t mean you’ll never face any challenges or won’t have obstacles to overcome. The path may not always be easy but it’ll be worth it. So keep going! Come back and read these on living your purpose quotes anytime you need a virtual pep talk.

1. “Everyone has a purpose in life…a unique gift or special talent to give to others.  And when we blend this unique talent with service to others, we experience the ecstasy and exultation of our own spirit, which is the ultimate goal of goals.”  ~ Deepak Chopra
   
   
   
2. “Purpose spurs passion which fans the sparks that light the fires that fuel change.” ~ Sir Richard Branson
   
   

3. “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
   
   

4. “The things you need in life are those that will help you fulfill your dominant purpose. Things you want but may not need may lead you aside from that purpose. It is only by making everything serve your main objective that success is attained.” ~ Paramahansa Yogananda
   
   

5. “You are here to enable the divine purpose of the Universe to unfold. That is how important you are.” ~ Eckhart Tolle
   
   

6. “The purpose of our lives is to give birth to the best which is within us.” ~ Marianne Williamson
   
   
7. “A woman who walks in purpose does not have to chase opportunities, her light causes people and opportunities to pursue her.” ~ unknown
   
   

8. “We all have a spiritual purpose, a mission, that we have been pursuing without being fully aware of it, and once we bring it completely into consciousness our lives can take off.”  ~ James Redfield
   
   

9. “Follow your passion. It will lead you to purpose.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
   
   

10. “If you can tune into your purpose and really align with it, setting goals so that your vision is an expression of that purpose, then life flows much more easily.” ~ Jack Canfield
    
    

11. “Your work is your love made visible.” ~ Kahlil Gibran
    
    

12. “Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose.” ~ Leonardo da Vinci
    
    

13. “True happiness….is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.” ~ Helen Keller
    
    

14. “When you dance your purpose it’s not to get on the floor. It’s to enjoy each step along the way.” ~ Wayne Dyer 
    
    

15. “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
    
    
16. “When we have a clear sense of where we’re going, we can be more flexible in how we get there.” ~ Simon Sinek
    
    

17. “You were put on this earth to achieve your greatest self, to live out our purpose, and to do it courageously.” ~ Dr Steve Maraboli
    
    

18. “Activity without purpose is the drain of your life.” ~ Tony Robbins
    
    

19. “I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. That is clear. Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one believes in this religion or that religion, we all are seeking something better in life. So, I think, the very motion of our life is towards happiness.” ~ Dalai Lama
    
    

20. “Why am I here? The point is to be part of the increasing livingness of life … Please allow the service to life, this concept of I am life, therefore, I, like all life, am here to make the whole world more alive. Try that on and let that color your perceptions.” ~ Charles Eisenstein
    
    

21. “Not knowing what it is all about, we look to somebody else to tell us the goal, end or purpose of life. We turn to beliefs, books and leaders, and when they offer us something, though we may be momentarily satisfied, sooner or later we want something else.” ~ Krishnamurti
    
    

22. “This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one…” ~ George Bernard Shaw
    
    

23. “Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim.” ~ John D. Rockefeller
    
    

24. “Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.” ~ John F. Kennedy
    
    

25. “He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
    
    

26. “People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life.” ~ John C. Maxwell  
    
    

27. “The purpose of life is a life of purpose.” ~ Robert Byrne
    
    

28. “Purpose is the ultimate fuel for our journey through life. When we drive with purpose we don’t get tired or bored and our engines don’t burn out.” ~ Jon Gordon
    
    

29. “A person’s purpose is energetically inscribed in their bones and its actual translation into work should agree with the message engraved in these bones.” ~ Malidoma Patrice Some’, The Healing Wisdom of Africa
    
    

30. “The best way to lengthen out our days is to walk steadily and with a purpose.” ~ Charles Dickens
    
    

31. “Whenever God gives us an assignment, he always equips us with what we need to accomplish it.” ~ Rick Warren
    
    

32. “When you can’t find a deep sense of purpose, you stimulate yourself with shallow distractions. When you can’t find meaningful connection, you numb yourself with meaningless pleasure. Being present, opening up, and doing what matters lead to a rich life filled with true vitality.” ~ Dr Cam Maximus
    
    

33. “Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.” ~ W. Clement Stone
    
    
34. “I know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and the impossible.” ~ Nietzsche
    
    

“Entrepreneurs aren’t the only ones who got tapped on the head by the purpose fairy. If you were born you have a purpose.”

Ronda Renée

35. “The secret of success is constancy to purpose.” ~ Benjamin Disraeli
    
    

36. “Don’t feel obligated to spend time with people who pull you off the path of your life purpose.” ~ Doreen Virtue
    
    

37. “Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it.” ~ Siddhartha Guatama Buddha
    
    

38. “Your mission, your purpose and your destiny will all be tied to one thing–your gift.” ~ Steve Harvey 
    
    

39. “Fearlessness means taking the first step, even if you don’t know where it will take you. It means being driven by a higher purpose, rather than by applause. It means knowing that you reveal your character when you stand apart, more than when you stand with a crowd.” ~ Chadwick Boseman 
    
    

40. “To begin to think with purpose is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment.” ~ James Allen
    
    

41. “Use me, God. Show me how to take who I am, who I want to be, and what I can do, and use it for a purpose greater than myself.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr. 
    
    

42. “The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.” ~ George Eliot
    
    

43. “Profit isn’t a purpose, it’s a result. To have purpose means the things we do are of real value to others.” ~ Simon Sinek
    
    

44. “Get busy with life’s purpose, toss aside empty hopes, get active in your own rescue.” ~ Marcus Aurelius 
    
    

45. “Great minds have purpose, others have wishes.” ~ Washington Irving
    
    

46. “Adhere to your purpose and you will soon feel as well as you ever did. On the contrary, if you falter, and give up, you will lose the power of keeping any resolution, and will regret it all your life.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
    
    

47. “The purpose of life is to find your gift. The work of life is to develop it. The meaning of life is to give it away.” ~ David Viscott
    
    

48. “To give life meaning, one must have a purpose larger than self.” ~ Will Durant
    
    

49. “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
    
    

50. “We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives.” ~ Mary Kay Ash
    
    

51. “Success is knowing your purpose in life, growing to reach your maximum potential, and sowing seeds that benefit others.” ~ John C. Maxwell
    
    

52. “If you have a sense of purpose and a sense of direction, I believe people will follow you.” ~ Margaret Thatcher 
    
    

53. “More men fail through lack of purpose than lack of talent.”  ~ Billy Sunday 
    
    

54. “Purpose is the place where your deep gladness meets the world’s need.” ~ Frederick Buechner
    
    
    
55. “Know what sparks the light in you. Then use it to illuminate the world.” ~ Oprah
    
    

56. “Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, but with great and strong purpose in your heart.” ~ Gordon B. Hinckley
    
    

57. “Perseverance is stubbornness with a purpose.” ~ Unknown
    
    

58. “Purpose is what gives life meaning.” ~ Charles Henry Parkhurst
    
    

59. “Work gives you meaning and purpose. Life is empty without it.” ~ Stephen Hawking
    
    

60. “Did you know that every human being is created with a purpose and that they have a responsibility to not only discover their purpose but also to fulfill it?” ~ Zig Ziglar
    
    

61. “When you walk with purpose you collide with destiny.” ~ Bertilce Beury
    
    

62. “What appears to be the most difficult challenge of your journey can propel you to your life’s purpose.” ~ Jeff Zinn
    
    

63. “You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.” ~ Denis Waitley 
    
    

64. “Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.” ~ James Allen
    
    

65. “The oldest wisdom in the world tells us we can consciously unite with the divine while in this body; for this man is really born. If he misses his destiny, Nature is not in a hurry; she will catch him up someday, and compel him to fulfill her secret purpose.“ ~Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (president of India, 1962-67)
    
    

66. “Having a sense of purpose is having a sense of self. A course to plot is a destination to hope for.” ~ Bryant H. McGill 
    
    

67. “Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.” ~ Viktor Frankl
    
    

68. “Knowing your purpose gives meaning to your life.“~ Rick Warren
    
     

69. “Greatness is accompanied by a greater purpose.” ~ Unknown
    
    

“Until you get connected to a purpose bigger than your personality you’ll continue to get in your own way.”

Ronda Renée

70. “When you stay on purpose and refuse to be discouraged by fear, you align with the infinite self in which all possibilities exist.” ~ Wayne Dyer
    
    

71. “If you have a strong purpose in life, you don’t have to be pushed. Your passion will drive you there.” ~ Roy Bennett
    
    

72. “It’s easy to confuse a lot of activity with a purposeful life.” ~ Bob Goff 
    
    
73. “Passion and purpose scale – always have, always will.” ~ Elon Musk
    
    

74. “When you believe in your purpose you can work through obstacles, overcome disappointments & endure hardships.” ~ Billy Cox
    
    

75. “You have to understand the purpose of life. The purpose of life is to do something which will live forever.” ~ Harbhajan Singh Yogi
    
    

76. “The purpose of a goal is what you become as a person while you are achieving it.” ~ Billy Cox
    
    

77. “The purpose in life is to contribute in some way to making things better.” ~ Robert F. Kennedy
    
    

78. “Once you decide to follow your life purpose, you only need to pack one thing: your heart.” ~ Mama Liz
    
    

79. “Your primary purpose is to be here fully, and to be total in whatever you do so that the preciousness of the present moment does not become reduced to a means to an end. And there you have your life purpose. That’s the very foundation of your life.” ~ Eckhart Tolle
    
    

80. “I believe a purpose is something for which one is responsible; it’s not just divinely assigned.” ~ Michael J Fox 
    
    

81. “Success demands singleness of purpose.” ~ Vince Lomardi
    
    

82. “Here’s a test to find out whether your mission in life is complete. If you’re alive, it’s not.” ~ Lauren Bacall
    
    

83. “Winners are people with definite purpose in life.” ~ Denis Waitley
    
    
84. “Have a higher purpose than money.” ~ Grant Cardone
    
    

85. “Every day focus on your purpose. Remember why you do what you do. We don’t get burned out because of what we do, we get burned out because we forget why we do it.” ~ Jon Gordon
    
    

86. “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
    
    

87. “You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want.” ~ Margaret Young
    
    

88. “Nothing is more creative, nor destructive than a brilliant mind with a purpose.” ~ Dan Brown
    
    

89. “There’s purpose and worth to each and every life.” ~ Ronald Reagan
    
    

90. “To forget one’s purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
    
    

91. “Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.” ~ Rumi
    
    

92. “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
    
    

93. “The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe…” ~ Joseph Campbell
    
    

94. “I determined never to stop until I had come to the end and achieved my purpose.” ~ David Livingstone
    
    

95. “Purpose is understanding why you do what you do. Purpose will wake you up early and keep you up late.” ~ Billy Cox
    
    

96. “I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.” ~ Benjamin Disraeli
    
    

97. “There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.” ~ Kin Hubbard
    
    

98. “When you know that everything matters—that every move counts as much as any other—you will begin living a life of permanent purpose.” ~ Andy Andrews
    
    

99. “The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
    
    

100. “Good luck is another name for tenacity of purpose.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
     
     

101. “Purpose is not a noun, it is a verb… We experience purpose when we do something that’s greater than ourselves. We experience purpose when we push ourselves and grow.” ~ Aaron Hurst
     
     

102. “Your long-term happiness and fulfillment depend on your ability to fulfill your soul’s unique purpose and to fill the place in the world that only you can fill, making the contribution that only you can make.” ~ Rod Stryker
     
     

103. “I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
     
     

104. “Never work just for money or power. They won’t save your soul or help you sleep at night.” ~ Marian Wright Edelman
     
     

105. “Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts.” ~ Albert Einstein
     
     

106. “Live for something, have a purpose, And that purpose keep in view.” ~ Robert Whitaker
     
     

107. “Nothing will divert me from my purpose.” ~ Abraham Lincoln 
     
     

108. “Our greatest fear should not be of failure … but of succeeding at things in life that don’t really matter.” ~ Francis Chan
     
     

109. “There is no hope of success for the person who does not have a central purpose, or definite goal at which to aim.” ~ Napoleon Hill
     
     

110. “Awakened doing is the alignment of your outer purpose, what you do—with your inner purpose—awakening and staying awake.”  ~ Eckhart Tolle
     
     
111. “Allow your passion to become your purpose, and it will one day become your profession.” ~ Gabrielle Bernstein
     

Finding Your Purpose Quotes

While exploring these finding your purpose quotes you may sometimes wonder if you even have a purpose. If you don’t yet feel like you have found your purpose, let these point you in the right direction, inspire you to continue seeking and assure you that your purpose is waiting for you – perhaps somewhere you never expected to find it!

112. “There is something that you can do better than anyone else in the whole world―and for every unique talent and unique expression of that talent, there are also unique needs.” ~ Deepak Chopra
     
     
113. “There is no greater gift you can give or receive than to honor your calling. It’s why you were born. And how you become most truly alive.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
     
     
114. “You must be willing to give up the life you’ve planned in order to have the life that is waiting for you.” ~ Joseph Campbell
     
     

115. “Discovering your purpose is the most significant thing you will do in your life, and you, your loved ones, and the world will be better off because you went on this journey.” ~ Mastin Kipp
     
     
116. “Most of us live our lives by accident – we live it as it happens. Fulfillment comes when we live our lives on purpose.” ~ Simon Sinek
     
     

117. “When you find your purpose it’s like your heart has been set alight with passion. You know it absolutely, without any doubt.” ~ Rhonda Byrne 
     
     
118. “Find purpose. The means will follow.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
     
     
119. “The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.” ~ Michel de Montaigne
     
     

120. “Knowing your purpose gives your life meaning, simplicity, focus and motivation. It also prepares you for eternity.” ~ Rick Warren
     
     

121. “If somebody else made me, for his own purposes, then I shall have a lot of duties which I should not have if I simply belonged to myself.” ~ C. S. Lewis
     
     

122. “Find your purpose and fling your life out to it.” ~ unknown
     
     

123. “I believe we’re all put on this planet for a purpose, and we all have a different purpose.” ~ Ellen DeGeneres 
     
     

124. “Place your hand over your heart. Feel that? That’s called purpose. You’re alive for a reason.” ~ Unknown
     
     

125. “Make visible what without you might perhaps never have been seen.” ~ Robert Bresson
     
     

126. “Knowing your life purpose is the first step toward living a truly conscious life. A life purpose provides us with a clear goal, a set finish line that you truly want to reach.” ~ Simon Foster
     
     

127. “If God gave you contentment then you would never pursue your life purpose. It is your restlessness that pushes you to take action, change your life and seek more of what you could possibly be.” ~ Shannon L. Alder
     
     

128. “To know your life purpose you must feel it. The brain only knows your history. Your purpose emerges in every moment, brand new and amazing.” ~ Rhys Thomas
     
     

129. “Find out who you are and do it on purpose.” ~ Dolly Parton
     
     
130. “Purpose directs passion and passion ignites purpose.” ~ Rhonda Britten 
     
     

131. “Realize there is a purpose to your life. Then commit yourself to finding it.” ~ Dr Moses Simuyemba
     
     

132. “Your purpose is about discovering and nurturing who you truly are, to know and love yourself at the deepest level and to guide yourself back home when you lose your way.” ~ Kris Carr
     
     

133. “Purpose has to do with one’s calling – deciding what business you are in as a person.” ~ Ken Blanchard
     
     

134. “Your purpose is to be yourself. You don’t have to run anywhere to become someone else. You are wonderful just as you are.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
     
     

135. “Life purpose…is the foundation of your life. It’s the cohesion of your existence, your essence, and your spine — that which animates and holds you upright in the world.” ~ Jayne Stevenson
     
     
     
136. “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
     
     
137. “The real joy in life comes from finding your true purpose and aligning it with what you do every single day.” ~ Tony Robbins
     
     

138. “Find your purpose, find your voice.” ~ Demi Lovato
     
     
139. “The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.” ~ Albert Schweitzer
     
     
140. “We’re the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no great war. No great depression. Our great war’s a spiritual one. Our great depression is our lives.” ~Tyler Durden, Fight Club
     
     

141. “Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life… Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated. Thus, everyone’s task is as unique as is his specific opportunity to implement it.” ~ Viktor Frankl
     
     

142. “The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” ~ Pablo Picasso
     
     

143. “Accept yourself, your strengths, your weaknesses, your truths, and know what tools you have to fulfill your purpose.” ~ Steve Maraboli
     
     

144. “Circumstances and crises are God’s tools to move you into your purpose and the maximizing of your potential. ~ Dr. Myles Munroe
     

“We are always being guided to our purpose. We just have to learn how to follow directions.”

Ronda Renée

145. “No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.” ~ Denis Waitley
     
     
146. “A life which is empty of purpose until 65 will not suddenly become filled on retirement.” ~ Dwight L. Moody
     
     

147. “If you can’t stop thinking about it, don’t stop working for it.” ~ Unknown
     
     
148. “The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.” ~ William Cowper
     
     
149. “The person without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder.” ~ Thomas Carlyle
     
     
150. “The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” ~ Michelangelo
     
     
151. “Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.” ~ Joseph Campbell
     
     

152. “Your purpose becomes your inner motivator, turning on the ignition switch in your brain to transcend the noise in your life and focus on what matters most.” ~ Victor Strecher
     
     
153. “The greatest tragedy is not death, but life without purpose.” ~ Rick Warren
     
     
154. “The sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.” ~ Carl Jung
     
     
155. “The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broadswords, or canals, or statues, or songs.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
     
     
156. “A man without a sense of purpose, even one whose bank accounts are stuffed with money, is always a small man.” ~ Stephen King
     
     

157. “Sometimes, it is only after you have lived that you recognize your life had a purpose, and likely one you never had in mind.” ~ Khaled Hosseini
     
     

158. “Loneliness, when accepted, becomes a gift that will lead us to find a purpose in life.” ~ Paulo Coelho
     
     
159. “When looking for a purpose to life, notice that most things are stepping stones, done for ulterior motives. True art, love, and play stand apart, as they are done for their own sakes.” ~ Naval Ravinkat 
     
     
160. “You’ll discover that through it all your Soul has been guiding you according to its purpose.” ~ Ron & Mary Hulnick
     
     

161. “Finding purpose is not about some great achievement, but merely finding a way to spend your limited amount of time well.” ~ Mark Manson
     
     

162. “If you can’t figure out your purpose, figure out your passion. For your passion will lead you right into your purpose.” ~ Bishop T.D. Jakes
     
     

163. “Your inner purpose is to awaken. It is as simple as that. You share that purpose with every other person on the planet – because it is the purpose of humanity.” ~ Eckhart Tolle
     
     
164. “One of the great joys in life is finding your purpose, excelling at it, and discovering that your impact matters to something larger than yourself.” ~ Sam Altman
     
     
165. “Perhaps the single most important ingredient in all of life for achieving happiness and fulfillment: Purpose.” ~ Harvey Volson
     
     

166. “The mistake everyone makes about “finding your purpose” is thinking that your purpose is something outside of you – a person, place, job, thing – you won’t find it there because it’s on the INSIDE. It’s YOU. Everyone’s purpose is the same: to share your full self with the world.” ~ Mel Robbins 
     
     

167. “(Maslow) defined self-actualization as discovering what you are meant to do and committing to the ardor of pursuing it with excellence. The purpose of free society, I would suggest, is to systematically increase the percentage of people who do exactly that.” ~ Jim Collins
     
     

168. “Find a purpose in life so big it will challenge every capacity to be at your best.” ~ David O. McKay
     
     
169. “…sometimes a particular purpose can be squared with a particular career. It may take nothing more than reexamining your career, asking some questions, and discovering a purpose you have overlooked in the past.” ~ Vince Lombardi Jr
     
     

170. “Figure out what your purpose is in life, what you really and truly want to do with your time and your life; then be willing to sacrifice everything and then some to achieve it. If you are not willing to make the sacrifice, then keep searching.” ~ Quintina Ragnacci
     
     

171. “Dig deep enough in every heart and you’ll find it: a longing for meaning, a quest for purpose. As surely as a child breathes, he will someday wonder, What is the purpose of my life?” ~ Max Lucado
     
     

172. “Not everybody can identify a purpose in life. But when you do, and when you pursue it, you will be living the kind of life you feel you were meant to live. And what’s more, you will be happy.” ~ Steve Goodier
     
     

173. “Your purpose must be particular to you. This is the road less traveled. Your purpose cannot be someone else’s path, not your family’s path nor your friends’ path.” ~ Drew Scott Pearlman
     
     

174. “The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.” ~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
     
     

175. “When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.” ~ Victor Frankl
     
     

176. “What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” ~ Jane Goodall
     
     

177. “When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt 
     
     
178. “Believe in your heart that you’re meant to live a life full of passion, purpose, magic and miracles.” ~ Roy T. Bennett
     
     

179. “It is not just a matter of doing something but of making a choice to do something on purpose. ~ Kathryn Lang
     
     

180. “Every intelligent individual wants to know what makes him tick, and yet is at once fascinated and frustrated by the fact that oneself is the most difficult of all things to know.” ~ Alan Watts
     
     

 “Each of us have the same purpose: To be the best and fullest expression of ourselves.”

Ronda Renée

181. “We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future.” ~ Robin Sharma
     
     
182. “You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want.” ~ Margaret Young
     
     
183. “The secret to your purpose is to find what you feel is important, and not pursue what others would think is important. When you think highly of yourself, me thinking highly of you will never be enough! ~ Shannon L. Alder
     
     

184. “I think that what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonances with our own innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive.” ~ Joseph Campbell
     
     
185. “The greatest tragedy in life is not death, but a life without purpose.” ~ Myles Munroe
     
     

186. “Among our most universal human longings is to affect the world with our actions somehow, to leave an imprint with our existence.” ~ Maria Popova
     
     

187. “The most common form of despair is not being who you are.” ~ Søren Kierkegaard
     
     

188. “We always may be what we might have been.” ~ Adelaide Anne Procter
     
     

189. “He who knows how will always work for he who knows why.” ~ David Lee Roth
     
     

190. “Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.” ~ Viktor Frankl
     
     

191. “Legacy is not leaving something for people. It’s leaving something in people.” ~ Peter Strople
     
     

192. “What matters is not the duration  of your life, but the donation of it. Not how long you lived, but how you lived.” ~ Rick Warren
     
     

193. “It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dream of meeting your heart’s longing.” ~ Oriah Mountain Healer
     
     

194. “To realize one’s destiny is a person’s only obligation.” ~ Paulo Coelho
     
     

195. “You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.” ~ Galileo 
     
     

196. “Everything will line up perfectly when knowing and living the truth becomes more important than looking good.” ~ Alan Cohen
     
     

197. “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people just exist.” ~ Oscar Wilde
     
     

198. “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” ~ Howard Thurman
     
     

199. “Everyone has been made for some particular work and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.” ~ Jalaluddin Rumi
     
     

200. “What am I living for and what am I dying for are the same question.” ~ Margaret Atwood
     
     

201. “Before you tell your life what you intend to do with it, listen for what it intends to do with you. Before you tell your life what truths and values you have decided to live up to, let your life tell you what truths you embody, what values you represent.” ~ Quaker saying
     
     

202. “When we allow our dreams to die, our soul isn’t far behind.” ~ Brian Souza
     
     

203. “Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but the mark of a false messiah.” ~ Richard Bach
     
     

204. “I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no “brief candle” for me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.” ~ George Bernard Shaw
     
     

205. “The two most important days in life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” ~ Mark Twain
     
     

206. “Musicians must make music, artists must paint, poets must write if they are ultimately to be at peace with themselves. What humans can be, they must be.” ~ Abraham Maslow
     
     

207. “It’s not enough to have lived. We should be determine to live for something .” ~ Winston S. Churchill
     
     

208. “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” ~ Maya Angelou 
     
     

209. “Man is not born to solve the problems of the universe, but to find out what he has to do…within the limits of his comprehension.” ~ Johann Wolfgang van Goethe
     
     

210. “Your calling isn’t something that somebody can tell you about. It’s what you feel. It is the thing that gives you juice. The thing that you are supposed to do. And nobody can tell you what that is. You know it inside yourself.”  ~ Oprah Winfrey
     
     

211. “Your own self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world.”  ~ Sri Ramana Maharshi
     
     

212. “The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.” ~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
     
     

213. “There is no chance, no destiny, no fate that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.” ~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox
     
     

214. “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life and don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. Most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.” ~ Steve Jobs
     
     

215. “Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.” ~ Malcolm Forbes
     
     

216. “Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.” ~ Les Brown
     
     

217. “If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.”  ~ Jim Rohn
     
     

218. “It’s never too late to be what you might have been.” ~ George Elliot
     
     

219. “The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it.” ~ Michelangelo
     
     

220. “Our truest life is when we are awake in our dreams.” ~ Henry David Thoreau
     
     

221. “I would hate to die and not do what I was born to do.” ~ T.D. Jakes
     
     

222. “…Who looks outside dreams. Who looks inside awakens.” ~ Carl Jung
     
     

Fulfilling Your Purpose 

With all this rich advice in these purpose quotes on finding your purpose and living your purpose, there is one very important fact to keep in mind: Your purpose is not a project or a mission; it’s definitely not your business. Your purpose is who you BE. It is the frequency of your Soul. 

Seeing your purpose as more than who you serve, how you make money, or how well-known you are, opens up far greater possibilities for your life – and your fulfillment.