28 Meaning of life quotes

The meaning of life is something mankind is asking itself since the beginning. Where do we come from, why are we here, where do we go?

All the well known philosphers and wise men and women throughout the milleniums have tried to find answer, but did they really managed to come up with a satisfying answer? Do we even want to know anaswer? What if life has now meaning than to eat, sleep, reproduce, keeping the species alive? Would we be willing to accept that as an answer?

In case not, how can get out of that cycle and add meaning to our lifes? I think it is in the eye of the beholder. Is an animals life less worth because it can´t speak or ride a bycicle? I

Maybe having no purpose to beginn with isn´t that bad at all.

Life is what we make of it

We enjoy the freedom to give meaning and purpose to our lifes ourselves! No other species in the history of the planet had that chance. The fact the we probably do not have a pre-deteremined purpose, a pre-determined way to live our lifes makes life far more interesting. It´s like we can chose if we go a safe route or if we challenge the principles of the universe around us.

If you believe in a religion or not, nobody can proof 100% that there is an aferlife. We need to focus on the moment, sicne we can´t predict what comes next.

List of 28 meaning of life quotes

You’ve gotta figure out the world around you if you ever want to figure out your place in it
Rob Rufus

If you don’t follow your heart, you might spend the rest of your life wishing you had
Brigitte Nicole

The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away
William Shakespeare

Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer
Joseph Campbell

The meaning of life is not out there but between our ears. In many ways, that makes us the lords of creation
Stephen Hawking

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Life takes on meaning when you become motivated, set goals and charge after them in an unstoppable manner
Les Brown

Our Ikigai is different for all of us, but one thing we have in common is that we are all searching for meaning
Hector Garcia Puigcerver

Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life
Elie Wiesel

I think essentially the meaning of life is probably the journey and not really any one thing or an outcome or a result. I think it’s kinda the process and I think that if you can find happiness in the process then maybe that’s it
Charisma Carpenter

Life is like a riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving
Albert Einstein

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The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience
Eleanor Roosevelt

Believe deep down in your heart that you’re destined to do great things
Joe Paterno

The end is not the reward; the path you take, the emotions that course through you as you grasp life – that is the reward
Jamie Magee

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don´t hurt them
Dalai Lama

There is not one big cosmic meaning for all; there is only the meaning we each give to our life, an individual meaning, an individual plot, like an individual novel, a book for each person
Anaïs Nin

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Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is something molded
Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve

The meaning of life is to adventurously discover our gift. The purpose of life is joyfully share our gift with the world
Robert John Cook

True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, in writing what deserves to be read, and in so living as to make the world happier and better for our living in it
Pliny the Elder

Your life is what your thoughts make it
Marcus Aurelius

Life is rather like a tin of sardines – we’re all of us looking for the key
Alan Bennett

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The man who is born with a talent which he is meant to use, finds his greatest happiness in using it
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers
William Penn

The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit
Nelson Henderson

Your life is your message to the world. Make sure it’s inspiring
Anonymous

For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person’s life at a given moment
Victor E. Frankl

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You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger
Buddha

The meaning of life is not an unquestionable answer; it is an unanswerable question
Terri Guillemets

We get to choose the meaning for our lives. Our lives mean exactly what we say they do – no more, no less. Each of us chooses their path in life
Jonathan Lockwood Huie