Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

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

We are not here merely to make a living. We are here to enrich the world.

If you believe something, you can have a morality that means something as well. You can feel recognized as an individual within the universe; it can give meaning to who you are.

Our souls are not hungry for fame, comfort, wealth, or power. Our souls are hungry for meaning, for the sense that we have figured out how to live so that our lives matter.

Everyone serves a purpose.

Each of us is a unique strand in the intricate web of life and here to make a contribution.

What is my life if I am no longer useful to others.

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.

If a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.

'Do I have a purpose.' Right. And of course you do. Otherwise, you wouldn't be on Earth. I really strongly believe that if we're here, it's for a reason.

When you stop giving and offering something to the rest of the world, it's time to turn out the lights.

To beautify life is to give it an object.

Life has no meaning except in terms of responsibility.

Oscar Wilde once said that to live is the rarest thing in the world, because most people just exist, and that's all. I don't know if he's right, but I do know that I spend a long time existing, and now, I intend to live.

Life has meaning for anyone who takes an interest in it.

What we do in our lives is what gives us contentment and serenity and makes us feel like we are doing some kind of contribution.

What do you live for? Would you die for it?

But then, how could you have any self-respect knowing that you didn't believe in anything exactly? How did you embrace what was yours if you didn't leave something for it? How did you create a life of meaning and pride?

I have to have a meaning in my life. If I roam around without some meaning in my life, I'm in deep and serious trouble. I can't, I just can't exist.

If your life lease, your existence was canceled tomorrow, what would you wish you had done? What are the things you would like to impact? Start on those and you can change the world. Maybe you can only make your neighborhood a little bit better, or make someone's life a little bit better. Isn't that the kind of purpose?

We're all called. If you're here breathing, you have a contribution to make.

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

From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.

Even though you can't expect to defeat the absurdity of the world, you must make the attempt. That's morality, that's religion, that's art, that's life.

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