Worthwhile Life Quotes

No worthwhile life can be lived without risks, despite current American superstitions to the contrary.

I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: 'I served in the United States Navy.

Move out man! Life is fleeting by. Do something worthwhile, berfore you die. Leave Behind a work sublime, that will outline you and time.

Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for.

I came to understand the value of education, not just to enable me to make a good living, but to enable me to make a worthwhile life.

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

Everything that's really worthwhile in life comes to us.

If I leave this Earth, I want to leave this Earth just knowing I've tried to give something back and tried to do something worthwhile with myself.

I believe that a worthwhile life is defined by a kind of spiritual journey and a sense of obligation.

There are actually two separate issues here. The first is whether (as ancient philosophers and Nietzsche assume) only the privileged elite can live a worthwhile life. The second is whether it's possible to fulfill the roles of both serious artist and upstanding citizen. It seems to me that philosophy can dissect both questions, by delineating clearly the anatomy of the good life and the structural conditions of the roles.

I like happy endings in movies. I think life has a happy ending. When it's all said and done, it's all something worthwhile, and I want my movies to reflect that. There are enough things to be sad about. When you pop in a movie, let the message be one that's one of hope.