Mark Victor Hansen Quotes

Life is so short. Why waste a single day of it doing something that doesn't matter, that doesn't try to do something big?

This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us . . . to live in such a way that we may be proud of ourselves, to act in such a way that some part of us lives on. This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us . . . to live in such a way that we may be proud of ourselves, to act in such a way that some part of us lives on.

Find a purpose in life so big it will challenge every capacity to be at your best.

You get one life. Live it in a way that it inspires someone.

Does life have any meaningful purpose?

If you organize your life around your passion, you can turn your passion into your story and then turn your story into something bigger - something that matters.

Faith is not about finding meaning in the world, there may be no such thing -- faith is the belief in our capacity to create meaningful lives.

Only when men are connected to large, universal goals are they really happy-and one result of their happiness is a rush of creative activity.

Optimism is invaluable for the meaningful life. With a firm belief in a positive future, you can throw yourself into the service of that which is larger than you are.

Instead of asking, “what do I want from life?,” a more powerful question is, “what does life want from me?

A productive purpose to which you give yourself fully and joyfully is one of the great adventures of life. It is a uniquely human source of happiness.

A man's longest purposes will be his best purposes. It is true, life is short and uncertain; but it is better to live on the short arc of a large circle than to describe the whole circumference of a small circle.

Success is... knowing your purpose in life, growing to reach your maximum potential, and sowing seeds that benefit others.

What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable?

It is the acquisition of skills in particular, irrespective of their utility, that is potent in making life meaningful. Since man has no inborn skills, the survival of the species has depended on the ability to acquire and perfect skills. Hence the mastery of skills is a uniquely human activity and yields deep satisfaction.

If someone saw a movie of your life so far, when the credits rolled, would they say, “Wow, that was awesome?” Or would they scratch their heads and say, “I wonder what that was all about?

Set stretch goals. Don't ever settle for mediocrity. The key to stretch is to reach for more than you think is possible. Don't sell yourself short by thinking that you'll fail.

True happiness involves the pursuit of worth goals; without dreams, without risks, only a trivial semblance of living can be achieved.

All life is a purposeful struggle, and your only choice is the choice of a goal.

At the end of our life our questions are simple: Did I live fully? Did I love well?

The truth is, if what we choose to do with our lives won't make a story meaningful, it won't make a life meaningful either.

There's not a drug on earth can make life meaningful

Honestly, being a part of any worthy life story is a goal of mine.

Whoever does not know how to find the way to his ideal lives more frivolously and impudently than the man without an ideal.

A man without a sense of purpose, even one whose bank accounts are stuffed with money, is always a small man.