Quotes about meaning
meaningful nature compassion
The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men. Alice Walker
meaningful powerful business-success
Work/life benefits allow companies meaningful ways for responding to their employees' needs; they can be a powerful tool for transforming a workforce and driving a business' success. Anne M. Mulcahy
meaningful regret thinking
If you don't pursue what you think will be most meaningful, you will regret it. Life is long. There is always time for Plan B. But don't begin with it. Drew Gilpin Faust
meaningful imperfection pages
A thank-you can be just as meaningful as a soulful ten-page message. Drew Barrymore
meaningful promise world
These happy endings all express the weak and sly promise that the world is not rotten and out of joint but meaningful and ultimately in excellent condition. Douglas Sirk
meaning-of-life doe modern
The modern meaning of life's end-when does it end? How does it end? How should it end? What is the value of life? How do we measure it? Don DeLillo
meaningful sleep exercise
I think if you maintain a force in the world that comes into people's sleep, you are exercising a meaningful power.
meaningful may influential
In a repressive society, a writer can be deeply influential, but in a society that's filled with glut and repetition and endless consumption, the act of terror may be the only meaningful act.
meaningful laughter real
Doesn't seem quite real. It's not meaningful. I can't quite imagine myself being 73. That's the age my father was! [Laughter.] How can I be his age? It's weird.
meaningful
And when they played they really played. And when they worked they really worked. Dr. Seuss
meaningful grateful writing
I didn't know how story worked. So, when writing the screenplay, people introduced me to the science of it. And I'm grateful. I'll probably use that information for the rest of my career, in terms of writing novels or writing stories. And then, of course, to help me live a better story, a more meaningful story Donald Miller
meaningful cheating telling-the-truth
Telling the truth is the slow, mundane, difficult route to a meaningful life. Anything else is cheating.
meaningful stories meaning-of-life
The truth is, if what we choose to do with our lives won't make a story meaningful, it won't make a life meaningful either.
meaningful stories conflict
Meaningful stories have lots and lots of conflict. If we avoid conflict, our stories won't be meaningful.
meaningful jobs book
It’s interesting that in the Bible, in the book of Ecclesiastes, the only practical advice given about living a meaningful life is to find a job you like, enjoy your marriage, and obey God. It’s as though God is saying, Write a good story, take somebody with you, and let me help.
meaningful jobs writing
I'm conscious of race whenever I'm writing, just as I'm conscious of class, religion, human psychology, politics — everything that makes up the human experience. I don't think I can do a good job if I'm not paying attention to what's meaningful to people, and in American culture, there isn't anything that informs human interaction more than the idea of race. Dwayne McDuffie
meaning-of-life life-is
The meaning of life is happiness. Dalai Lama
meaningful everyday mind
What is important is to see how we can best lead a meaningful everyday life, how we can bring about peace and harmony in our minds, how we can help contribute to society.
meaningful kindness thinking
The purpose of our life needs to be positive. We weren't born with the purpose of causing trouble, harming others. For our life to be of value, I think we must develop basic good human qualities - warmth, kindness, compassion. Then our life becomes meaningful and more peaceful - happier.
meaningful spiritual attitude
For the rest of your life to be as meaningful as possible, engage in spiritual practice if you can. It is nothing more than acting out of concern for others. If you practice sincerely and with persistence, little by little, step by step you will gradually reorder your habits and attitudes so as to think less about your own narrow concerns and more about others' - and thereby find peace and happiness yourself.
meaningful country responsibility
I'm now nearly 79. At 16 I took responsibility for Tibet and lost my freedom. At 24 I lost my country and became a refugee. I've met difficulties, but as the saying goes: 'Wherever you're happy, you can call home, and whoever is kind to you is like your parents.' I've been happy and at home in the world at large. Living a meaningful life isn't just a matter of money; it's about dedicating your life to helping others.
meaningful order space
So long as space remains, So long sentient beings' suffering remain, I will remain, In order to help, in order to serve... I am nothing but a servant to provide to others. So if you provide some happiness, some comfort to others, then your life becomes meaningful. If your life creates problems or suffering to others, then there's no meaning to your existence.
meaningful water dying
While it is all very well to distinguish happiness that is transient from that which is lasting, between ephemeral and genuine happiness, the only happiness it is meaningful to speak of when a person is dying from thirst is access to water.
meaningful compassion lasting-happiness
Compassion is one of the principal things that make our lives meaningful. It is the source of all lasting happiness and joy.
meaningful brother thinking
Each one of us is responsible for the whole of humankind. We need to think of each other really as brothers and sisters and to be concerned for each other’s welfare. Rather than working solely to acquire wealth, we need to do something meaningful, something directed seriously towards the welfare of humanity as a whole.
meaning-of-life spirituality useful-life
What is the meaning of life? To be happy and useful.
meaningful order inner-peace
In order to lead a meaningful life, you need to cherish others, pay attention to human values and try to cultivate inner peace.
meaningful sometimes difficult-experiences
Through difficult experiences, life sometimes becomes more meaningful.
meaningful religious real
The practice of altruism is the authentic way to live as a human being, and it is not just for religious people. As human beings, our purpose is to live meaningful lives, to develop a warm heart. There is meaning in being everyone's friend. The real source of peace amongst our families, friends and neighbours is love and compassion.
meaningful profound guarantees
The free society does not guarantee virtue, any more than it guarantees happiness. But it allows for the pursuit of both, a pursuit rendered all the more meaningful and profound because success is not guaranteed, it has to be won through personal striving. Dinesh D'Souza
meaningful spiritual gratitude
The most meaningful and spiritual prayers I have experienced contained many expressions of thanks and few, if any, requests. David A. Bednar
meaningful gratitude prayer
Prayer becomes more meaningful as we counsel with the Lord in all of our doings, as we express heartfelt gratitude, and as we pray for others.
meaningful jesus prayer
I witness the reality and divinity of our Eternal Father, of His Only Begotten Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, and of the Holy Ghost. I testify that our Father hears and answers our prayers. May each of us strive with greater resolve to ask in faith and thereby make our prayers truly meaningful.