The purpose of life is not to be happy but to matter, to be productive, to be useful,to have it make some difference that you have lived at all.
– Leo Rosten
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- The purpose of life is not to be happy but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all. – Leo Rosten
- To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn’t always know this, and am happy I lived long enough to find
- Discovering your purpose doesn’t have to be complicated. Look at what you do and why you do it. Is it to support your family? That’s your purpose. Is it to make a difference in your customer’s life? That’s your purpose. – Anne F. Beiler
- In the industrial world we have the problem of having more productive capacity than we know what to do with. That’s at the root of the unemployment crisis: we’ve got so productive at making things, we don’t require people to be involved in making the basics of life any more. Or nearly as many people. –
- Nurses don’t wait until October to celebrate Make a Difference Day they make a difference every day! – Anonymous
- “There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.” – W. Clement Stone
- Anyone’s life truly lived consists of work, sunshine, exercise, soap, plenty of fresh air, and a happy contented spirit. – Lillie Langtry
- Learn to appreciate every moment of your life, stop thinking of the future too much, you have a choice to make a difference in your life at any time you wish. – Auliq Ice
- Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one’s aim. – John D. Rockefeller
- There is a plan and a purpose, a value to every life, no matter what its location, age, gender or disability. – Sharron Angle