Muhammad Ali and Other Quotes

Quotes: Purpose

A difficult time can be more readily endured if we retain the conviction that our existence holds a purpose – a cause to pursue, a person to love, a goal to achieve. - John Maxwell 

A personal mission statement becomes the DNA for every other decision we make. – Stephen Covey

               
Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose and devote yourself unreservedly to it. – James Allen


An empowering mission statement has to become a living document, part of our very nature, so that the criteria we’ve put into it are also in us, in the way we live our lives day by day. – Stephen Covey


Creating and integrating an empowering personal mission statement is one of the most important investments we can make. – Stephen Covey


Decide upon your major definite purpose in life and then organize all your activities around it. - Brian Tracy



Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs are people who have come alive. – Harold Whitman


Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of the best instruments of success. Without it genius wastes its efforts in a maze of inconsistencies. - Philip Dormer Stanhope


Follow what you are genuinely passionate about and let that guide you to your 
destination. - Diane Sawyer                  
   


Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls. – Joseph Campbell


Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. - Washington Irving


Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you imagined. - Heny David Thoreau


Happiness comes when we test our skills towards some meaningful purpose. - John Stossel


He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how. - Friedrich Nietzsche


If you don't know where you are going, it doesn't matter if your alarm doesn't go off in the morning. - Denis Waitley


It is not the achievement of our goals that brings happiness, but the sense of purpose and direction they bring. - David L Preston


If you love what you do, you will never work another day in your life. – Confucius


Champions aren’t made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them - a desire, a dream, a vision. - Muhammad Ali