Top 200 Purpose Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.”

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

52. “Work without love is slavery.”

— Mother Teresa

53. “Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

54. “Dreams without goals, are just dreams and they ultimately fuel disappointment.”

— Denzel Washington

55. “Do nothing that is of no use.”

— Miyamoto Musashi

56. “Live as though life were created for you.”

— Maya Angelou

57. “The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.”

— Sydney J. Harris

58. “Outstanding people have one thing in common: an absolute sense of mission.”

— Zig Ziglar

59. “A life without a cause is a life without effect.”

— Paulo Coelho

60. “The thing I remember best about successful people I've met all through the years is their obvious delight in what they're doing and it seems to have very little to do with worldly success. They just love what they're doing, and they love it in front of others.”

— Fred Rogers

61. “Where you are headed is more important than how fast you are going. Rather than always focusing on what’s urgent, learn to focus on what is really important.”

— Stephen R. Covey

62. “Where focus goes, energy flows. And if you don’t take the time to focus on what matters, then you’re living a life of someone else’s design.”

— Tony Robbins

63. “The purpose of life is the life of purpose.”

— Robin S. Sharma

64. “Helping others is the way we help ourselves.”

— Oprah Winfrey

65. “The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.”

— Jack London

66. “All love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction. Love is therefore the only law of life. He who loves lives, he who is selfish is dying. Therefore love for love’s sake, because it is law of life, just as you breathe to live.”

— Swami Vivekananda

67. “Be that somebody.”

— Ukonwa Ojo

68. “You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense.”

— Rick Warren

69. “If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”

— Henry David Thoreau

70. “Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire.”

— Jennifer Lee

71. “Why are you so enchanted by this world, when a mine of gold lies within you?”

— Rumi

72. “The brands that will thrive in the coming years are the ones that have a purpose beyond profit.”

— Richard Branson

73. “When you know your WHY, you’ll know your WAY.”

— Michael Hyatt

74. “Service to others leads to greatness.”

— Jim Rohn

75. “As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light of meaning in the darkness of mere being.”

— C.G. Jung

76. “You are an infinite spiritual being having a temporary human experience.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

77. “The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.”

— Jim Rohn

78. “Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.”

— John F. Kennedy

79. “As a young citizen of India, armed with technology and love for my nation, I realize, a small aim is a crime.”

— Abdul Kalam

80. “I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news.”

— John Muir

81. “Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.”

— Catherine of Siena

82. “Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure.”

— Paulo Coelho

83. “Commit yourself to something bigger than yourself.”

— Jim Rohn

84. “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

85. “The secret to success is constancy of purpose.”

— Benjamin Disraeli

86. “Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

87. “No one can do everything, but everyone can do something.”

— Max Lucado

88. “If you know the why, you can live any how.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

89. “All I want to do is change the world.”

— W. Clement Stone

90. “I have spent many days stringing and unstringing my instrument while the song I came to sing remains unsung.”

— Rabindranath Tagore

91. “Let the world know why you’re here, and do it with passion.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

92. “Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions – Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.”

— Chanakya

93. “Follow your passion. It will lead you to your purpose.”

— Oprah Winfrey

94. “Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.”

— Leo Buscaglia

95. “The jack-of-all-trades seldom is good at any. Concentrate all of your efforts on one definite chief aim.”

— Napoleon Hill

96. “To live; to love; to learn; and to leave a legacy.”

— Stephen R. Covey

97. “Your life is too important to give it to distractions.”

— Robin S. Sharma

98. “Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life.”

— John Wooden

99. “The greatest discovery in life is self-discovery. Until you find yourself you will always be someone else. Become yourself.”

— Myles Munroe

100. “No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.