John Piper Quotes

Life is very short... but I would like to live four times and if I could, I would set out to do no other things than I am seeking now to do.

It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.

There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.

I've always known there's more to life than just racing for a long time.

I want to do something really special in my life.

I'm just interested in carving out a meaningful life.

If one fails to develop goals that give meaning to one’s existence, if one does not use the mind to it’s fullest, then good feelings fulfill just a fraction of the potential we possess. True happiness involves the pursuit of worthy goals. Without dreams, without risks, only a trivial semblance of living can be achieved.

What better can any of us do than to reach for our own stars ... and know which they are?

Then it had not been merely the stars to which he had aspired on that June night. He came alive to me, delivered suddenly from the womb of his purposeless splendour.

Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable. The purpose of life is to matter-to count, to stand for something, to have it make so difference that we lived at all.

The dream of man's heart ... is that life may complete in significant pattern.

I want more from life than that and I have more to give.

An easy life is rarely meaningful and a meaningful life rarely easy.

Men were created for something better than merely to make money. A close application to business, until a competence is gained, is one of the chief virtues; but to continue in trade long after this result is obtained, is one of the signs, not to be mistaken, of a sordid and ignoble nature.

My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive

It is not enough to merely exist. It's not enough to say, 'I'm earning enough to live and support my family. I do my work well. I'm a good parent.' That's all very well. But you must do something more.

To be truly happy, you need a clear sense of direction. You need a commitment to something bigger and more important than yourself. You need to feel that your life stands for something, that you are somehow making a valuable contribution to your world.

Striving toward a goal puts a more pleasing construction on our advance toward death.

Why do I have three Super Bowl rings and still think there's something greater out there for me? I mean, maybe a lot of people would say, 'Hey man, this is what is.' I reached my goal, my dream, my life. I think, 'God, it's got to be more than this.' I mean this isn't, this can't be what it's all cracked up to be. I love playing football and I love being quarterback for this team. But at the same time, I think there are a lot of other parts about me that I'm trying to find.

A good life is a main argument.

True happiness involves the pursuit of worth goals; without dreams, without risks, only a trivial semblance of living can be achieved.

What is a great life but a youthful intention carried out in maturity?

Such joy ambition finds.

The greatest tragedy in life is not death, but a life without a purpose.

This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one.