Purpose

“Truth is not truth for us until we have made it our own through reflection.”

Horatio W. Dresser

The Power of Silence

“Knowledge is the certainty of truth. In Love there is no fear.”

Malinda E. Cramer

Divine Science and Healing

“Science is wisdom reduced to practice.”

Phineas P. Quimby

The Quimby Manuscripts

“This mighty truth is the golden thread that runs through all religions.”

Ralph Waldo Trine

In Tune with the Infinite

“I say that you ought to get rich, and it is your duty to get rich.”

Russell H. Conwell

Acres of Diamonds

“Greatness consists not in the holding of some future office, but really consists in doing great deeds with little means.”

Russell H. Conwell

Acres of Diamonds

“It is an enduring truth, which can never be altered, that every infraction of the Law of nature must carry its punitive consequences with it.”

Thomas Troward

The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science

“Mind is a manifestation of force entirely distinct from that we call matter.”

Warren Felt Evans

The Mental Cure

“Musicians must make music, artists must paint, and poets must write, if they are to be ultimately at peace with themselves.”

Abraham Maslow

Motivation and Personality

“Without sharing there can never be justice in the world. If there is no justice there can never be peace.”

Benjamin Creme

The Reappearance of the Christ and the Masters of Wisdom

“The Masters of Wisdom are those members of the human family who have made the evolutionary journey ahead of us.”

Benjamin Creme

The Reappearance of the Christ and the Masters of Wisdom

“Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goals.”

Brian Tracy

Goals!: How to Get Everything You Want

“Today is life—the only life you are sure of. Make the most of today.”

Dale Carnegie

How to Stop Worrying and Start Living

“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.”

Earl Nightingale

The Strangest Secret

“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.”

Joseph Campbell

Reflections on the Art of Living: A Joseph Campbell Companion

“Follow your bliss.”

Joseph Campbell

The Power of Myth

“If you follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living.”

Joseph Campbell

The Power of Myth

“Myths are public dreams, dreams are private myths.”

Joseph Campbell

The Power of Myth

“Love is life. And if you miss love, you miss life.”

Leo Buscaglia

Love

“The starting point of all achievement is desire.”

Napoleon Hill

Think and Grow Rich

“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.”

Og Mandino

The Greatest Salesman in the World

“The prizes of life are at the end of each journey, not near the beginning; and it is not given to me to know how many steps are necessary in order to reach my goal.”

Og Mandino

The Greatest Salesman in the World

“I am nature's greatest miracle.”

Og Mandino

The Greatest Salesman in the World

“You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true.”

Richard Bach

Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

“Here is a test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't.”

Richard Bach

Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.”

Viktor Frankl

Man's Search for Meaning

“Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'.”

Viktor Frankl

Man's Search for Meaning

“Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked.”

Viktor Frankl

Man's Search for Meaning

“In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.”

Viktor Frankl

Man's Search for Meaning

“Live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now!”

Viktor Frankl

Man's Search for Meaning

“Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star.”

W. Clement Stone

Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude

“If we don't start, it's certain we can't arrive.”

Zig Ziglar

See You at the Top

“The power paradox is this: we rise in power and make a difference in the world due to what is best about human nature, but we fall from power due to what is worst.”

Dacher Keltner

The Power Paradox

“In a very real sense we have two minds, one that thinks and one that feels.”

Daniel Goleman

Emotional Intelligence

“Control leads to compliance; autonomy leads to engagement.”

Daniel Pink

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

“The secret to high performance and satisfaction... is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world.”

Daniel Pink

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

“Human beings have an innate inner drive to be autonomous, self-determined, and connected to one another. And when that drive is liberated, people achieve more and live richer lives.”

Daniel Pink

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

“Belonging is about being in relationships and communities where you're valued for who you are intrinsically, and where you value others in turn.”

Emily Esfahani Smith

The Power of Meaning

“Purpose is about having something worthwhile to do with your time.”

Emily Esfahani Smith

The Power of Meaning

“Storytelling is about how you make sense of your experiences and the world around you.”

Emily Esfahani Smith

The Power of Meaning

“The basis of life is freedom, and the result of life is expansion—but the purpose of your life is joy.”

Esther Hicks

Ask and It Is Given

“Skills are cheap, passion is priceless.”

Gary Vaynerchuk

Crush It!

“Love your family, work super hard, live your passion.”

Gary Vaynerchuk

Crush It!

“Legacy is greater than currency.”

Gary Vaynerchuk

Crush It!

“Being human is not hard because you're doing it wrong, it's hard because you're doing it right.”

Glennon Doyle

Untamed

“Every truth is a kindness, even if it makes others uncomfortable. Every untruth is an unkindness, even if it makes others comfortable.”

Glennon Doyle

Untamed

“Perhaps imagination is not where we go to escape reality but where we go to remember it.”

Glennon Doyle

Untamed

“Truth is love's mother, and we all know it is not wise to lie to anyone's mother.”

Iyanla Vanzant

In the Meantime

“Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress.”

James Clear

Atomic Habits

“When you know what you want, all you really have to do is think it and feel it.”

Joe Vitale

The Attractor Factor

“I would rather fail at what I love than succeed at what I hate.”

Les Brown

Live Your Dreams

“Your job is to create a vision that makes you want to jump out of bed in the morning.”

Lewis Howes

The School of Greatness

“Success is not defined by your bank account balance, your career title, or your impressive possessions. Success is defined by how deeply you love and are loved, how freely you give and receive from others, and how continuously you live in your passion.”

Lisa Nichols

Abundance Now

“Your quality of life is determined by the quality of your relationships.”

Lisa Nichols

Abundance Now

“Live in the now while building your future.”

Lisa Nichols

Abundance Now

“Legacy means living every day being worthy of the story that's going to be told about me one day.”

Lisa Nichols

Abundance Now

“We are all meant to shine, as children do.”

Marianne Williamson

A Return to Love

“Well-being cannot exist just in your own head. Well-being is a combination of feeling good as well as actually having meaning, good relationships, and accomplishment.”

Martin Seligman

Flourish

“Life is gritty and hard and then suddenly it is brilliant and amazing.”

Mel Robbins

The 5 Second Rule

“Within our core self is an indelible blueprint of unrivaled individuality—the singular being that each of us exists to express.”

Michael Bernard Beckwith

Life Visioning

“A person all wrapped up in themselves makes for a mighty small package.”

Michael Bernard Beckwith

Life Visioning

“There is one irrefutable law of the universe: We are each responsible for our own life.”

Oprah Winfrey

What I Know For Sure

“If you can get paid for doing what you love, every paycheck is a bonus.”

Oprah Winfrey

What I Know For Sure

“The purpose of life is a life of purpose.”

Robin Sharma

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

“No matter how inspiring a dream may be, a dream that cannot come to life stays a dream.”

Simon Sinek

Start with Why

“Begin with the end in mind.”

Stephen R. Covey

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

“When you understand, you cannot help but love. You cannot get angry.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Peace Is Every Step

“The question you should be asking isn't, 'What do I want?' or 'What are my goals?' but 'What would excite me?'”

Tim Ferriss

The 4-Hour Workweek

“The past does not equal the future.”

Tony Robbins

Awaken the Giant Within

“Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.”

Tony Robbins

Awaken the Giant Within

“The idea that you need to set realistic goals is one of the dumbest ideas I've ever encountered.”

Vishen Lakhiani

The Code of the Extraordinary Mind

“Have big goals—but don't tie your happiness to your goals. You must be happy before you attain them.”

Vishen Lakhiani

The Code of the Extraordinary Mind

“The most extraordinary people in the world today don't have a career. They have a mission.”

Vishen Lakhiani

The Code of the Extraordinary Mind

“Virtue is a state of character concerned with choice, lying in a mean relative to us, this being determined by reason.”

Aristotle

Nicomachean Ethics, Book II

“Man is by nature a political animal.”

Aristotle

Politics, Book I

“We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world.”

Buddha

Dhammapada (trans. Thomas Byrom)

“Not to do any evil, to cultivate good, to purify one's mind: this is the teaching of the Buddhas.”

Buddha

Dhammapada, Ch. 14, v. 183 (trans. Acharya Buddharakkhita)

“All conditioned things are impermanent. When one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.”

Buddha

Dhammapada, Ch. 20, v. 277 (trans. Acharya Buddharakkhita)

“At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning. At thirty, I stood firm. At forty, I had no doubts. At fifty, I knew the decrees of Heaven. At sixty, my ear was an obedient organ for the reception of truth. At seventy, I could follow what my heart desired, without transgressing what was right.”

Confucius

The Analects, Book II, Ch. 4 (trans. James Legge)

“The mind of the superior man is conversant with righteousness; the mind of the mean man is conversant with gain.”

Confucius

The Analects, Book IV, Ch. 16 (trans. James Legge)

“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.”

Epictetus

Discourses, Book 3.23

“It is not possible to live pleasantly without living prudently and honorably and justly.”

Epicurus

Principal Doctrines, V

“Of all the things which wisdom acquires to produce the blessedness of the complete life, far the greatest is the possession of friendship.”

Epicurus

Principal Doctrines, XXVII

“When the Master governs, the people are hardly aware that he exists. When his work is done, the people say, 'Amazing: we did it, all by ourselves!'”

Lao Tzu

Tao Te Ching, Ch. 17 (trans. Stephen Mitchell)

“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”

Marcus Aurelius

Meditations, Book 10.16 (trans. Gregory Hays)

“If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it.”

Marcus Aurelius

Meditations, Book 12.17

“Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.”

Rumi

The Essential Rumi (Coleman Barks interpretation, not a literal translation)

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there.”

Rumi

The Essential Rumi, "A Great Wagon" (Coleman Barks interpretation, not a literal translation)

“While we are postponing, life speeds by.”

Seneca

Letters from a Stoic, Letter 1 (trans. Robin Campbell)

“As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.”

Seneca

Letters from a Stoic, Letter 77

“It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.”

Seneca

On the Shortness of Life, Ch. 1

“Enlightenment is the recognition that the source of life within you is also the source of life in everyone and everything else. We are all one thing expressing itself with infinite variety.”

Matthew Ferry

Quiet Mind Epic Life