"Great minds have purposes, others have wishes." ~ Washington Irving
To have a purpose that is worthwhile, and that is steadily being accomplished, that is one of the secrets of life that is worth living. ~ Herbert Casson
If our life has a meaning, an aim, it has nothing to do with our personal happiness, but something wiser and greater. ~ Anton Chekhov
To put meaning in one’s life may end in madness,/But life without meaning is the torture/Of restlessness and vague desire—/It is a boat longing for the sea and yet afraid. ~ Edgar L. Masters
Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible. ~ Viktor Frankl
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. ~ Napoleon Hill
All things are filled full of signs, and it is a wise man who can learn about one thing from another. ~ Plotinus
It is by that which cannot be taken away that we can measure ourselves. ~ Mia Farrow, Esquire, 6/06
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose--a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. ~ Mary Shelley, Frankenstein
If our life has a meaning, an aim, it has nothing to do with our personal happiness, but something wiser and greater. ~ Anton Chekhov