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Happiness And Purpose Quotes About Finding Meaning In Life

The purpose of our lives is to be happy.
Dalai Lama

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

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.
Mark Twain

Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.
Dalai Lama

The purpose of life is a life of purpose.
Robert Byrne

The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.
William Saroyan

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

Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them.
Steve Maraboli

The purpose of our lives is to add value to the people of this generation and those that follow.
Buckminster Fuller

The purpose of life 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

Happiness And Purpose Quotes About Pursuing Your Passions

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
Dalai Lama

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.
Steve Jobs

The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts.
William Lyon Phelps

Happiness is not a goal...it's a by-product of a life well-lived.
Eleanor Roosevelt

The purpose of our existence is to seek happiness.
Dalai Lama

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.
Jim Rohn

Happiness And Purpose Quotes About Overcoming Obstacles

The best way to predict your future is to create it.
Abraham Lincoln

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

The only true disability is the inability to accept and embrace differences.
Kamand Kojouri

The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it.
Jordan Belfort

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
Moliere

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle.
Steve Jobs

Happiness And Purpose Quotes About The Power Of Positive Thinking

Happiness is a warm puppy.
Charles M. Schulz

Happiness is not something you acquire; it's something you create.
Unknown

Happiness And Purpose Quotes About The Importance Of Relationships

William Saroyan
The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.

Dalai Lama
The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

Mahatma Gandhi
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

Eleanor Roosevelt
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.

Hubert H. Humphrey
The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.

Albert Schweitzer
The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.

Andrew Solomon
The purpose of relationships is not happiness, but transformation.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
The purpose of life is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

Neale Donald Walsch
The purpose of a relationship is not to have another who might complete you, but to have another with whom you might share your completeness.

Happiness And Purpose Quotes About Self-Discovery

The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes.
William James

The only journey is the one within.
Rainer Maria Rilke

The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.
Carl Jung

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Socrates

The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams.
Oprah Winfrey

Happiness And Purpose Quotes About The Importance Of Giving Back

No one has ever become poor by giving.
Anne Frank

The greatest gift you can give someone is your time because when you give your time, you are giving a portion of your life that you will never get back.
Unknown

The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.
Albert Schweitzer

The happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.
H. Jackson Brown Jr.

We rise by lifting others.
Robert Ingersoll

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

Happiness doesn't result from what we get, but from what we give.
Ben Carson

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
Mahatma Gandhi

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
Winston Churchill

Happiness And Purpose Quotes About The Journey Of Self-Improvement

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happiness And Purpose Quotes About The Beauty Of Life's Imperfections

The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters.
Audrey Hepburn

The beauty of life's imperfections is that they are perfectly imperfect.
Unknown

The beauty of life is, while we cannot undo what is done, we can see it, understand it, learn from it and change so that every new moment is spent not in regret, guilt, fear or anger but in wisdom, understanding, and love.
Jennifer Edwards

Happiness And Purpose Quotes About Living In The Present Moment

The present moment is filled with joy and happiness. If you are attentive, you will see it.
Thich Nhat Hanh

Happiness is not a destination, it's a journey. Happiness is not tomorrow, it is now. Happiness is not a dependency, it is a decision. Happiness is what you are, not what you have.
Zig Ziglar

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.
Steve Jobs

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

Happiness is not having what you want. It is appreciating what you have.
Unknown

Happiness And Purpose Quotes About Cultivating Gratitude

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
Melody Beattie

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
Melody Beattie

Gratitude is a powerful catalyst for happiness. It’s the spark that lights a fire of joy in your soul.
Amy Collette

Gratitude is the healthiest of all human emotions. The more you express gratitude for what you have, the more likely you will have even more to express gratitude for.
Zig Ziglar

Gratitude is a currency that we can mint for ourselves, and spend without fear of bankruptcy.
Fred De Witt Van Amburgh

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
Henry Ward Beecher

Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.
Henry Van Dyke

Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: it must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.
William Faulkner

Gratitude is the foundation of a happy life.
Unknown

Happiness And Purpose Quotes About Embracing Change

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
Alan Watts

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Nelson Mandela

The only constant in life is change.
Heraclitus

Happiness is not a destination, it's a journey.
Zig Ziglar

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.
John F. Kennedy

Happiness And Purpose Quotes About The Pursuit Of Happiness

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.
Marcus Aurelius

Happiness is not having what you want. It is wanting what you have.
Rabbi Hyman Schachtel

Happiness is not a possession to be prized, it is a quality of thought, a state of mind.
Daphne du Maurier

Happiness And Purpose Quotes About The Connection Between Happiness And Success

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.
Albert Schweitzer

Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Happiness And Purpose Quotes About The Role Of Spirituality In Finding Purpose

The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The work of life is to develop it. The meaning of life is to give your gift away.
David Viscott

The spiritual path is simply the journey of living our lives. Everyone is on a spiritual path; most people just don't know it.
Marianne Williamson

The purpose of spirituality is to help us overcome the limitations of our ego and discover our true nature as divine beings.
Deepak Chopra

The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and the acceptance of love.
Marianne Williamson

The purpose of spirituality is not to escape life's challenges, but to embrace them with a deeper sense of purpose and meaning.
Jack Kornfield

The purpose of spirituality is to help us connect with something greater than ourselves and find meaning and purpose in our lives.
Eckhart Tolle

Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.
Aldous Huxley

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