Corey Taylor Quotes

I like everything I do to have some kind of meaning.

I have a lot of success and make a good living, but after while, you start going 'Why? Why are you doing all this?'

The value of identity of course is that so often with it comes purpose.

I think that anytime you get clear about what your mission is or what your focus wants to be, things start to come together in your life.

I want to live a life full of purpose and intention. Sometimes when we play sports and athletics you can lose your purpose.

People should ask themselves why is it that they want to act.

The more I thought about myself, the weaker I got. The more I recognized that I was serving a purpose larger than myself, the stronger I got.

It may be true that the unexamined life is not worth living-but neither is the unlived life worth examining.

When you know your not going to die, you have to ask yourself... What's the highest and best use for myself.

It is important to ask yourself why you’re doing what you’re doing and what purpose it serves in the big picture.

A lucky person gets up in the morning, puts both feet on the floor, knows what they're about to do and thinks it still matters.

Everything has a purpose. And that purpose has a story that goes along with it. It just depends on what your passion is.

You can never be happy until you understand why you're doing what you're doing.

The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action.

Every character is asking: 'What's my place? Why am I here? I don't want the answer to be 'Just because.' You find your own purpose. Each finds the reason to be here and how to contribute.

We hope there is a sense of purpose in everything.

Just the service aspect of running a nonprofit is so gratifying because it takes the attention off yourself. I'm not an acting monk or anything. I'm not, like, the most well-adjusted actor. But it's really designed to focus on yourself, or it can be. So it's good to have something else to focus on that reminds you that it's not always about you.

Life is all about the spirit.

Many of us feel stress and get overwhelmed not because we're taking on too much, but because we're taking on too little of what really strengthens us.

I love being irreverent. But I hate being irrelevant. I love being irreverent because at the end of the day your actions belie your intentions.

Life is not accountable to us. We are accountable to life.

When I see people that are my age and reaching 50, the ones that are really sparkly and full of joy are the ones that are committed to something bigger than themselves.

Because if you've found meaning in your life, you don't want to go back. You want to go forward.

The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have.