“The goal is not to be successful and famous. That's not the goal. The goal is, if you have a specific God-given ability, is to live your life out through that.”— Jay Z, nytimes.com
“You have a masterpiece inside you, too, you know. One unlike any that has ever been created, or ever will be. And remember: If you go to your grave without painting your masterpiece, it will not get painted. No one else can paint it. Only you.”— Gordon MacKenzie, amazon.com
“When he was in school he longed to be out, and when he was out he longed to be in. On the way he thought about coming home, and coming home he thought about going. Wherever he was he wished he were somewhere else, and when he got there he wondered why he’d even bothered.”— Norton Juster, amazon.com
“Trust that your soul has a plan, and even if you can’t see it completely, know that everything will unfold as it is meant to.”— Deepak Chopra, twitter.com
“The fact that life has no meaning is a reason to live —moreover, the only one.”— Emil Cioran, amazon.com
“There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance…”— Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, amazon.com
“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect st…”— Arundhati Roy, amazon.com
“The struggles and the chaos are part of life. But you have to accept them with grace and serenity because they have their own gifts too.”— Demi Lovato, amazon.com
“I don't want to be thought of as the 'girl who was shot by the Taliban,' but the 'girl who fought for education.' This is the cause to which I want to devote my life.”— Malala Yousafzai, amazon.com
“Life isn't just about taking in oxygen and giving out carbon dioxide.”— Malala Yousafzai, amazon.com
“Each time I thought I had achieved my life’s purpose, I discovered it was only another step in my journey.”— Muhammad Ali, Hana Yasmeen Ali, amazon.com