David Whyte Quotes

Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable. The purpose of life is to matter-to count, to stand for something, to have it make so difference that we lived at all.

When you spend your life doing what you love to do, you are nourishing your Soul. It matters not what you do, only that you love whatever you happen to do.

Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself, 'What makes me come alive?' Because what the world - a wife, a child - needs is men who have come alive.

To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness

Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive

I want the joy of knowing that I am doing something with my life, the joy of battle.

Life: my favorite occupation.

What matters to me is learning and growing, and getting to do what I love to do. As long as I can do that, I'm happy.

The more you create authentic power, the more the characteristics of authentic power become yours, and the more meaning, purpose and joy enter your life.

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.

Getting ahead cannot be the only motive that motivates people. You have to imagine what a good life is.

You only have one life and if you're not doing what you love, what's the point?

Everyone wants that sense of fulfilling a purpose in some way.

When you have balance in your life, work becomes an entirely different experience. There is a passion that moves you to a whole new level of fulfillment and gratitude, and that's when you can do your best... for yourself and for others.

I want to do work of meaning that speaks to a greater depth of who I am.

The things that bring you the greatest joy are in alignment with your purpose.

If you find out what it is you love to do and give your whole life to it, then there is no contradiction, and in that state your being is your doing.

To be truly happy, you need a clear sense of meaning and purpose in life.

Are You Living or Just Existing?" -Tyler Perry The Family That Preys

No man's fortune can be an end worthy of his being.

If you imagine Maslow's hierarchy of needs, if you can get all those requirements checked off and have all those amazing things that we need to just live lives, but actually get to do the thing that you're really passionate about.

Every man's work, pursued steadily, tends to become an end in itself, and so to bridge over the loveless chasms of his life.

It shouldn't just be about money. It should be about loving what you do.

I advise women to live their life to their fullest, invest in who you want to be and live it well.