Payne Stewart Quotes

Little, indeed, does it concern us in this our mortal stage, to inquire whence the spirit hath come; but of what infinite concern is the consideration whither it is going. Surely such consideration demands the study of a life.

If I have no children what would be the point of living.

The meaning of life is not to be discovered only after death in some hidden, mysterious realm; on the contrary, it can be found by eating the succulent fruit of the Tree of Life and by living in the here and now as fully and creatively as we can.

At the end of our lives we all ask, 'Did I live? Did I love? Did I matter?'

Once is a man's life, for one mortal moment, he must make a grab for immorality; if not, he has not lived.

Death is a commingling of eternity with time; in the death of a good man, eternity is seen looking through time.

I always think about life, and I think that we are here with a mission, and once we have done our mission, we go somewhere else.

You weren't put on earth to be remembered. You were put here to prepare for eternity.

The decisive question for man is: Is he related to something infinite or not? That is the telling question of his life.

May I not seem to have lived in vain.

I want to run for eternal glory and track is great, but it's not what life is all about.

When a man sees his end, he wants to know there was some purpose to his life.

I believe we came from nowhere. We show up, and we are now here. It's all the same. It just is a question of spacing. While we are in the "now here," we all contemplate where we are going. Where we are going is back to the "nowhere." We are going to rejoin the spirit from which all things emanate. These are the big questions for me - always.

What is the meaning of life? To be happy and useful.

When I'm anywhere, I'm going to show God that I'm thankful just for life. I'm living out my dream. This is what I want to do.

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

I want to be all used up when I die.

I do think there must be some kind of interaction between your living life and the life that goes on from here.

What is it worth to possess the riches of the world, when a man comes to face Eternity?

Life is here only to be lived so that we can, through life, earn the right to death, which to me is paradise. Whatever it is that will bring me the reward of paradise, I'll do the best I can.

No man can pass into eternity, for he is already in it.

The meaning of life is life.

Life - a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.

I will burn, but this is a mere event. We shall continue our discussion in eternity.