What is your purpose in life? That’s a challenging question to ponder. As you reflect on your life purpose, you may appreciate reading quotes from famous people. Here are a few of my favorites on the purpose and meaning of life. Some of them are quite profound. See if there’s one that really resonates with you. It can help give you perspective and possibly clarify your own beliefs.
“Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved.” – William Jennings Bryan
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life and don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. Most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.” – Steve Jobs
“I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is, after all, to matter; to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all.” – Leo C. Rosten
“This is the true joy in life – being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one.” – George Bernard Shaw
“Having a vision for your life allows you to live out of hope, rather than out of your fears.” – Stedman Graham
“I’ve come to believe that each of us has a unique calling that’s as unique as a fingerprint – and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service.” – Oprah Winfrey
“When you are living on purpose, giving of yourself in a blissful way, your personality will reflect that bliss.” – Wayne Dyer
“Our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.” – Barbara Geraci
“It’s not enough to have lived. We should be determined to live for something. May I suggest that it be creating joy for others, sharing what we have for the betterment of personkind, bringing hope to the lost and love to the lonely. – Leo Buscaglia
“To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end in life.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
What is your favorite quote on life purpose? Please share with other readers.
The holidays can be a very stressful time of year. With the added responsibility of buying gifts, decorating, and writing Christmas cards, that can put us into overwhelm. This holiday season, cut out the non-essentials, take time to slow down, and treat yourself to a nice hot bath!
Here are some of my favorite stress management quotes. These provide important truths to live by. Choose one quote that really resonates with you. When you find yourself getting uptight and anxious in the coming weeks, then reread your quote. You might even commit it to memory.
“There is no need to go to India or anywhere else to find peace. Your will find that deep place of silence right in your room, your garden or even your bathtub.” Dr. Joyce Brothers
“If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.” Henry David Thoreau
“Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is a nobler art of leaving things undone… The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.” Julie-Jeanne-Eleonore de Lespinasse
“Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency.” Lin Yutang
“There must be quite a few things that a hot bath won’t cure, but I don’t know many of them.” Ruth Stout
“For fast-acting relief, try slowing down.” Lily Tomlin
“One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.” Bertrand Russell
“There is more to life than increasing its speed.” Mohandos K. Gandhi
There’s never enough time! That’s a common complaint I hear from my coaching clients. They tell me there’s never enough time to do all the things they want to do. Time management is critical to our success. But how do you manage time? Well actually, that’s a misnomer. You cannot manage time. But you can manage yourself and how you spend your time.
Sometimes all we need is a little perspective. Here are some of my favorite quotes on time management. Hopefully, they’ll give you some perspective. Pick out a favorite quote and review it often to remind yourself of its truth.
“Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.” – H. Jackson Brown
“Until you value yourself, you will not value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.” – M. Scott Peck
“It’s how we spend our time here and now, that really matters. If you are fed up with the way you have come to interact with time, change it.” – Marcia Wieder
“A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.” – Baltasar Gracian
“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” – Michael Altshuler
What is your favorite time management quote? Please share with other readers.
I love quotes and often use them in my presentations. Here are some of my favorite quotes on work-life balance. Some of them are quite profound. They get you to think about priorities, choices, boundaries, and the importance of taking time for yourself. Sometimes a quote will impact you in a way that really helps. As you read them, think about your own challenges in balancing work and the rest of your life. See if there’s one quote that really resonates with you. Then write it on a 3×5 card and put it in a place where you’ll see it often. This can serve as a daily reminder.
Here are the quotes:
“Balance is not better time management, but better boundary management. Balance means making choices and enjoying those choices.” – Betsy Jacobson
“Work, love and play are the great balance wheels of man’s being.” - Orison Swett Marden
“Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.” - Barbara de Angelis
“We have overstretched our personal boundaries and forgotten that true happiness comes from living an authentic life fueled with a sense of purpose and balance.” - Dr. Kathleen Hall
“I’ve learned that you can’t have everything and do everything at the same time.” - Oprah Winfrey
“A well developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.” - William Arthur Ward
“The Gift of Balance in Your Life – May you find the balance of life, time for work but also time for play. Too much of one thing ends up creating stress that no one needs in their life.” - Catherine Pulsifer
“You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.” - Charles Buxton
Please share your favorite quote with other readers.