Kurt Vonnegut Quotes

At the end of the day, most people just want to be valued. They want to feel they have put their time to something that will seem to have been of value when they die.

Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.

You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life.

One thing is certain: you will find plenty of worthwhile things to do. You will not be bored, or lack fulfillment in your life. Most important of all, you will know that you have not lived and died for nothing, because you will have become part of the great tradition of those who have responded to the amount of pain and suffering in the universe by trying to make the world a better place.

Everyone serves a purpose.

Figure out what you are meant to contribute to the world and make sure you contribute it

Life is an accomplishment and each moment has a meaning and you must use it.

I have so much in my life. I want to be of value to the world.

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.

We want to help everyone find meaning in their life and help translate the story that each person actually matters in the world.

No matter what age you are, or what your circumstances might be, you are special, and you still have something unique to offer. Your life, because of who you are, has meaning.

Most people are looking for something to give their life meaning.

We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from life.

I can see that I give my audience something. I can see it in their eyes, and they say 'Thank you' a lot. You realize you are doing something that means something to people.

All of us have a mission here on Earth.

I've always had a sense that I am doing something very important, something vital.

The word contentment comes from the word content, which is what we hold inside - love, value, a feeling of a life that has meaning or purpose, a cause greater than yourself that you're a part of. These are the things that bring true happiness. As a culture, I think we need to redefine what it means to be happy.

You know, maybe that's all anybody wants, is to be useful. And have somebody else notice it.

Beauty always had a purpose: to be of service to life.

When people are serving, life is no longer meaningless.

I think that most art is asking a question or is looking for something, looking for answers and that is what life seems to be about for most people.

I think there are things for all of us to do as long as we're here and we're healthy.

To actually feel like you've done something good with your life and you're useful to others is what I was always wanting, and was always looking for.

We have life. That's what's beautiful.

Every one on this earth should believe, amid whatever madness or moral failure, that his life and temperament have some object on the earth. Every one on the earth should believe that he has something to give to the world which cannot otherwise be given.