Jack London Quotes

You're not supposed to die with your potential. A life well lived squeezes all the potential placed within and does something with it.

I want everybody to find meaning in whatever they do. That's the only purpose to life, actually. Let that meaning be so strong that you can't not wake up every day and be like, "Yep, this is what I gotta do, let's keep it moving" and not be disgruntled about it, and start using other people as excuses for why you're not creating a better life for yourself.

The very purpose of life is to reach the highest possible flowering.

As I see it then, the formula runs something like this: a man must choose a path which will let his ABILITIES function at maximum efficiency toward the gratification of his DESIRES.

The purpose of our lives is to give birth to the best which is within us.

My principal motive is the belief that we can still make admirable sense of our lives even if we cease to have... an ambition of transcendence.

We have not come into the world to be numbered; we have been created for a purpose; for great things: to love and be loved.

For man to be able to live he must either not see the infinite, or have such an explanation of the meaning of life as will connect the finite with the infinite.

It seems that it is impossible to live without discovering the purpose of your life. And the first thing which a person should do is to understand the meaning of life. But the majority of people who consider themselves to be educated are proud that they have reached such great height that they cease to care about the meaning of existence.

The purpose of our lives is to give birth to the best that is in us. It is only through our own personal awakening that the world can be awakened. We cannot give what we do not have.

We exist in order to actualize the deepest desires of our hearts.

I have discovered the meaning of life. It resides in what I can wrest from each day that I live.

Be the most you can be, so life will be more because you were.

By my existence I am nothing more than an empty place, an outline,that is reserved within being in general. Given with it, though, is the duty to fill in this empty place. That is my life.

We're here on Earth to fart around

Define success on your own terms, achieve it by your own rules, and build a life you're proud to live.

We do not know why we are born into the world, but we can try to find out what sort of a world it is - at least in its physical aspects.

Alloted duty means you should live full potentiality with which you are born.

If you just take it down to bare facts, the reason for living is the reason you make it. I mean the brain was made to create.

Being successful and fulfilling your lifes purpose are not at all the same thing; You can reach all your personal goals, become a raving success by the worlds standard and still miss your purpose in this life.

If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or objects.

I'm sure that inside your heart... you're trying with all your might to find it on your own... the reason you were born. Because... because really... there might not be anyone who was born with a reason. I think that everyone... everyone might have to find one on their own. [in her head] A reason for being born... A reason that it's okay to be alive... A reason to exist. [aloud] I think everyone might have to find it themselves... and decide it for themselves. It could be your dreams... your job... or a person... The reason you're looking for... might be vague, unclear... and uncertain. [in her head] And you might lose it. [aloud] But as long as you're alive... you have to keep searching for that reason.

Those who devote their lives to earning a living are incapable of living a human existence.

Every life is its own excuse for being.

The point of life is not to be married or single - it is to be. We are human beings, or humans being. It does not matter so much what lifestyle we choose - it's what we make of the opportunities to grow, that counts.