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Quotes about Meaning of Life

    “How do I define success? Let me tell you, money’s pretty nice. But having a lot of money does not automatically make you a successful person. What you want is money and meaning. You want your work to be meaningful, because meaning is what brings the real richness to your life.” ~ Oprah Winfrey

      “When I was younger I thought success was something different. I thought, ” When I grow up, I want to be famous. I want to be a star. I want to be in movies. When I grow up I want to see the world, drive nice cars. I want to have groupies.” But my idea of success is different today. For me, the most important thing in your life is to live your life with integrity and not to give into peer pressure, to try to be something that you’re not. To live your life as an honest and compassionate person. To contribute in some way.” ~ Ellen DeGeneres

        “There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way.” ~ Christopher Morley

          “What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.” ~ Bob Dylan

            “The leaders we revere and the businesses that last are generally not the result of a narrow pursuit of popularity or personal advancement, but of devotion to some bigger purpose. That’s the hallmark of real success. The other trapping of success might be the by product of this larger mission, but it can’t be the central thing.” ~ Barack Obama

              “If your success is not on your own terms, if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart, it is not success at all.” ~ Anna Quindlen

              Pain is a fact.

                Pain is a fact.

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                “We can’t escape pain; we can’t escape the essential nature of our lives. But we do have a choice. We can give in and relent, or we can fight, persevere, and crete a life worth living, a noble life. Pain is a fact; our evaluation of it is a choice.” ~ Jacob Held

                  “Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning.” ~ Malcolm Gladwell

                    “At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done.  We will be judged by ‘I was hungry and you gave me food to eat, I was naked and you clothed me, I was homeless and you took me in.’  Hungry not only for bread — but hungry for love. Naked not only for clothing — but naked for human dignity and respect. Homeless not only for want of a room of bricks — but homeless because of rejection.” ~ Mother Teresa

                      A Western journalist asked, “Mr. Gandhi, you have been working fifteen hours a day for fifty years. Don’t you think you should take a vacation?” Gandhi smiled and replied, “I am always on vacation.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi

                        “I guess it comes down to a simple choice. Get busy living or get busy dying.” ~ Andy Dufresne (Shawshank Redemption)

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

                            “The more strongly you feel about what you do the more likely you are to push yourself to be good at it.  Find a way to make a success of it.  If you organize your life around your passion, you can turn your passion into your story and then your story into something bigger – something that matters.” ~ Blake Mycoskie (Founder of TOMS)

                              “What ever you do, do it well. Do it so well that when people see you do it they will want to come back and see you do it again and they will want to bring others and show them how well you do what you do.” ~ Walt Disney

                                “To laugh often and love much, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to give one’s self … this is to have succeeded.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

                                  “Almost everything–all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure–these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.” ~ Steve Jobs

                                    “There is more to success than reaching goals. Even a vast fortune can leave you feeling alone, unfulfilled and spiritually poor. Success must also include a joyful appreciation of living an authentic joy that pulls us toward the next episode of our life’s purpose.” ~ Steve Brunkhorst

                                      “Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life… Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated.  Thus, everyone’s task is as unique as is his specific opportunity to implement it.” ~ Viktor Frankl

                                        “Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters.” ~ John Wooden