Peter S. Beagle Quotes

We have to find our own purposes in life, which are not derived directly from our scientific history.

The purpose that you wish to find in life, like a cure you seek, is not going to fall from the sky. ...I believe purpose is something for which one is responsible; it's not just divinely assigned.

If you're alive, there's a purpose for your life.

Basically, I feel fortunate to have realized what the goal is in life. There's no point in dying having gone through your life without knowing who you are, what you are, or what the purpose of life is. And that's all it is.

I'm not searching for the meaning of life, but I'm looking for a meaning within my life.

I wanted a fulfilling life, what every person wants. And then I just made a decision to leave music to venture out and go after what it is I always wanted, and that was total life prosperity.

Everybody dies but not everybody lives.

The greatest tragedy in life is not to die, it is to live as if dead, to let the life within us wither. Toward what goal or achievement are we striving in life? This is the important question to ask ourselves.

If one has a purpose, life is bearable enough, do you not think so?

I didn't show up here to give your life purpose now that your life's over. That's up to you to figure out.

Don't waste your one beautiful life.

The real joy in life comes from finding your true purpose and aligning it with what you do every single day.

We start dying when we have nothing worth living for. And we don't really start living until we find something worth dying for

Let people who do not know what to do with themselves in this life, but fritter away their time reading magazines and watching television, hope for eternal life... The life I want is a life I could not endure in eternity. It is a life of love and intensity, suffering and creation, that makes life worthwhile and death welcome. There is no other life I should prefer. Neither should I like not to die.

Life is everything, and you haven't lived it properly until you believe.

Life is not measured by the time we live.

We were placed on earth to fulfil a purpose, and that purpose is what gives meaning to our lives, you were sent to the world to make an impact and make a difference

The meaning of life is that it is to be lived.

Everyone is looking for a purpose in life. The reason we all go to the cinema, or online, is because we haven't found a purpose yet. We are always wondering why we're here. But I've learned that we have to create that purpose for ourselves. My purpose, which I finally found thanks to social media, is helping all of these people find their purpose.

The moment one is on the side of life; peace and security drop out of consciousness. The only peace, the only security, is in fulfillment.

There's gotta be more to life than chasing down every temporary high to satisfy me.

I don't have a career, I have a life. Don't think of a career, think about your passion and look for inspiration.

People have a seed to success within them. Most never find it and therefore fail to reach their potential. Occasionally, a leader discovers it and helps that individual develop it. For both, they now can fulfill the purpose for which they are born.

I hope I have found myself, my work, my happiness - under the light of the western skies.

They say, Find a purpose in your life and live it. But, sometimes, it is only after you have lived that you recognize your life had a purpose, and likely one you never had in mind.