This is the true joy in life–the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy – George Bernard Shaw
Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something. – Henry David Thoreau
Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not. – Thomas Huxley
The bad news is time flies. The good news is that you’re the pilot. – Michael Altshuler
Some are disturbed because they fear what might come after death. Many more, though, are disturbed because they fear that they have mislived — that they have, that is, lived without having attained the things in life that are truly valuable. – William B. Irvine
He who has a why can endure any how. – Frederick Neitzsche
The purpose of life is not to be happy: but to matter, to be useful, to have it make a difference that you lived at all. — Leo Rosten
