Lise Meitner Quotes

Happiness in the ordinary sense is not what one needs in life, though one is right to aim at it. The true satisfaction is to come through, and see those whom one lives come through.

An easy life is rarely meaningful and a meaningful life rarely easy.

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

A good life is a main argument.

I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.

I don't want to be 60 years old standing on stage telling some jokes. I want my life to mean something.

The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.

I want to live a full life - period.

The definition of success to me is not necessarily a price tag, not fame, but having a good life, and being able to say I did the right thing at the end of the day.

I'm just interested in carving out a meaningful life.

This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one.

You know what that reflects? Unsatisfied lives. Unfulfilled lives. Lives that haven't found meaning . Because if you've found meaning in your life, you don't want to go back. You want to go forward. You want to see more, do more. You can't wait until sixty-five.

LIFE is WORTH LIVING when you find PURPOSE.

Don't ask for life to be easy. Ask for it to be worth it.

I love my life, because I’ve seen my purpose.

Personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a checklist of acquisition. Your qualifications are not your life.

Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.

The measure of a man's life is the well spending of it, and not the length.

You can win the rat race but you're still a rat.

I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as 'making a life'.

A life well lived is the most exquisite work of art.

..there is more to life than just pleasure. We want to achieve our happiness and not just experience it.

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.

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

The earnestness of life is the only passport to satisfaction of life.