CURATED COLLECTION

Living With Purpose

A life with direction feels entirely different from a life that merely continues — on choosing what you're for.

48 quotes found

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The thing that makes you exceptional, if you are, is that you are yourself.

—Lorraine HansberryPlaywright & Activist

Post-War ERA • North America

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Don't dim your light for anybody.

—Kemi AdetibaKing

Digital Age ERA • West Africa

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Strength is life; weakness is death.

—Swami VivekanandaPhilosopher

Industrial Age ERA • South Asia

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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

—Eleanor RooseveltDiplomat & Activist

Early Modern ERA • North America

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Fortune favors the bold.

—VirgilPoet

Ancient World ERA • Southern Europe

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Nothing in life is given, you have to work for it. I’m not afraid of hard work.

—Naomi CampbellAuthor & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • Caribbean

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Courage is not the absence of fear. It is the decision that something else is more important.

—Maaza MengisteNovelist, Essayist & King

Digital Age ERA • East Africa

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All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes.

—Swami VivekanandaPhilosopher

Industrial Age ERA • South Asia

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You are the fixer. You are the builder. You are the one who puts yourself back together.

—Nikita GillPoet & Author

Digital Age ERA • South Asia

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Always putting limits on what you do will spread into your work and life.

—Bruce LeeMartial Artist & Philosopher

Post-War ERA • East Asia

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I don't think there's anything I can't do. I just don't believe that.

—Cicely TysonAuthor & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • North America

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No one can stop you but you. Go get it.

—Nicki MinajArtist

Digital Age ERA • Caribbean

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To change is to be brave. To stay the same is to be a coward.

—Buchi EmechetaNovelist

Late Modern ERA • West Africa

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The successful warrior is the average man, with laser‑like focus.

—Bruce LeeMartial Artist & Philosopher

Post-War ERA • East Asia

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I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly.

—Cicely TysonAuthor & Thinker

Digital Age ERA • North America

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Stay hungry, stay foolish.

—Steve JobsEntrepreneur & Inventor

Contemporary ERA • North America

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There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.

—Paulo CoelhoNovelist

Late Modern ERA • Latin America

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Courage is not the absence of fear, but action despite it.

—Lya LuftNovelist & Poet

Late Modern ERA • Latin America

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The future is not something you just discover. It's something you create.

—Elon MuskEntrepreneur & Engineer

Digital Age ERA • North America

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The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.

—Gloria SteinemFeminist, Activist & Journalist

Post-War ERA • North America

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