Dalai Lama Quotes

I don't want to be someone's reason to hate their life. I want to be someone's reason to seek something more in their life.

No sooner had he thought this than he realized what was anchoring his happiness. It was purpose. He knew what he wanted to do. He knew the way he thought things should be, and Mr. Harinton was proving that other people--even adults--could feel the same way. Nicholas had something to aim for now. He might not know what he wanted to be when he grew up, but he knew with absolute certainty how he wanted to be.

I got addicted to lighting people up, just seeing people so happy 'cause they rediscovered what they're capable of and so that became my life's work.

But once I acclimated and really used fame for what it was offering me as a tool to serve my life purpose of inspiring and contributing, then it started to get fun again.

So, it's nice to know that you've inspired someone to do their life's work.

It's always great to see someone's life change for the better, and to be involved in something like that is really uplifting for me.

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

If you’re doing something you love with people you love in a place you love, you are going to create something of value to the world.

Seeing people laugh definitely inspires me, and so does seeing people get life lessons about living better.

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.

I want to continue to encourage as many people as I can to open their hearts to life, because if I know anything for sure, it's that opening my own heart is what has brought me my greatest success and joy.

To me there's a difference between success and satisfaction. A lot of people have success and no satisfaction. I'm after satisfaction. I

Create a life you can't wait to live.

I am driven by great work and seeing people do incredible things and having a part in that.

When ordinary people decide to do extraordinary things they transform their lives and the lives of others around them.

The secret is to find what you love to do.I mean, I tell the students look for the job that you would take if you didn't need a job. I mean, it's that simple. And I was lucky enough to find it very early in life. And then the second thing is to have people around you that make feel good every day, and make you a better person than you otherwise would be.

I want people to flourish. I want them to walk away from the experience going, "That's what it should be like."

I don't need millions of dollars. I need to know that what I'm doing with my life is expressing who I am, and maybe making people happy. This is all we get.

You will find true success and happiness if you have only one goal, there really is only one, and that is this: to fulfill the highest most truthful expression of yourself as a human being. You want to max out your humanity by using your energy to lift yourself up, your family and the people around you. Theologian Howard Thurman said it best. He said, “Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

Make something beautiful of your life.

I want to do things of significance, things that will inspire people to know how good life can be.

That never stops. That's what drives you: the joy and excitement of doing what you love.

I'm going to continue the dancing because it really was an inspiration; it changed my life.

I'm living out my dreams every day.

No matter what you achieve, what you want to aspire to be, or how famous and powerful you become, the most important thing is whether you are excited about each and every moment of your life because of your work and people around you.