Certainly! Here are 80 inspirational quotes about purpose that can help ignite your passion and drive:
1. “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
2. “Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it.” — Buddha
3. “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” — Mahatma Gandhi
4. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
5. “The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” — Pablo Picasso
6. “Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” — George Bernard Shaw
7. “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
8. “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” — Abraham Lincoln
9. “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.” — Steve Jobs
10. “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
11. “The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” — Dalai Lama
12. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” — Mahatma Gandhi
13. “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” — Christian D. Larson
14. “To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.” — Joseph Chilton Pearce
15. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” — Steve Jobs
16. “Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” — Dalai Lama
17. “The best way out is always through.” — Robert Frost
18. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” — Arthur Ashe
19. “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” — Mahatma Gandhi
20. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt
21. “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” — Steve Jobs
22. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill
23. “The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.” — Tony Robbins
24. “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
25. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” — Helen Keller
26. “Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.” — William James
27. “Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” — William James
28. “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” — George Addair
29. “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” — Booker T. Washington
30. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
31. “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” — Confucius
32. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” — Nelson Mandela
33. “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” — Theodore Roosevelt
34. “The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible.” — Charles Kingsleigh
35. “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” — Sam Levenson
36. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” — C.S. Lewis
37. “We must become the change we wish to see in the world.” — Mahatma Gandhi
38. “Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” — Henry David Thoreau
39. “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” — Robert Frost
40. “You have within you right now, everything you need to deal with whatever the world can throw at you.” — Brian Tracy
41. “Dream big and dare to fail.” — Norman Vaughan
42. “The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.” — Unknown
43. “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” — George Addair
44. “Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.” — Roy T. Bennett
45. “Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, but about learning how to dance in the rain.” — Vivian Greene
46. “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” — Oscar Wilde
47. “Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet.” — Sarah Louise Delany
48. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” — Lao Tzu
49. “The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.” — Robert F. Kennedy
50. “You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.” — Zig Ziglar
51. “The only way to have a friend is to be one.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
52. “You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.” — Rumi
53. “Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.” — William Butler Yeats
54. “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” — Wayne Gretzky
55. “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” — George Bernard Shaw
56. “Everything in life is a reflection of your attitude.” — Unknown
57. “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” — Mark Twain
58. “The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment.” — Tony Robbins
59. “Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.” — Roy T. Bennett
60. “Opportunities don’t happen, you create them.” — Chris Grosser
61. “Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.” — Steve Jobs
62. “If you want to achieve greatness stop asking for permission.” — Unknown
63. “Success is not the absence of failure; it’s the persistence through failure.” — Aisha Tyler
64. “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.” — George Addair
65. “When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love… then make that day count!” — Steve Maraboli
66. “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” — C.S. Lewis
67. “Whatever you are, be a good one.” — Abraham Lincoln
68. “You don’t have to be perfect to be amazing.” — Unknown
69. “If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up.” — J.M. Power
70. “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” — Peter Drucker
71. “Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change.” — Jim Rohn
72. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” — Arthur Ashe
73. “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
74. “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” — Unknown
75. “The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.” — Unknown
76. “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” — Mahatma Gandhi
77. “What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” — Zig Ziglar
78. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow is our doubts of today.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt
79. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” — Theodore Roosevelt
80. “Success is not in what you have, but who you are.” — Bo Bennett
I hope these quotes inspire you and help you find and pursue your purpose with passion and determination!
