Jim Hodges Quotes

The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.

If I had one singular galvanizing ambition in life, I would try to reverse engineer toward it, but I don't.

We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives.

Her clarity gave her purpose and her purpose gave her clarity.

Having a sense of purpose is having a sense of self. A course to plot is a destination to hope for.

The value of identity of course is that so often with it comes purpose.

I think that anytime you get clear about what your mission is or what your focus wants to be, things start to come together in your life.

I need to have a reason why I'm doing something. Otherwise I'm lost.

I still don't know quite what I'm supposed to do or be.

I did find my direction at an early age.

It's hard for me... If I don't have a project going, I don't feel like I'm connected to anything. I don't even think it's that healthy for me. I like to get out of bed and have a purpose.

I want to live a life full of purpose and intention. Sometimes when we play sports and athletics you can lose your purpose.

You must have goals in your life, or otherwise be prepared to be used by those who do have them.

When you know your not going to die, you have to ask yourself... What's the highest and best use for myself.

One needs to have some sense of purpose. Next, you need to have a vision that grows out of that purpose.

Direction determines destination. So the question you must ask yourself; 'Are all the disciplines that I'm currently engaged in taking me where I want to go?'

The people who complain the loudest about never having an opportunity in life are usually the ones who have no idea what they really want.

People who don't have goals work for people who do.

Vision is knowing who you are, where you're going, and what will guide your journey.

A man needs a much bigger orbit than a woman. He needs a mission, a life purpose, and he needs to know his name. Only then is he fit for a woman, for only then does he have something to invite her into.

Every character is asking: 'What's my place? Why am I here? I don't want the answer to be 'Just because.' You find your own purpose. Each finds the reason to be here and how to contribute.

The obsessions we have are pretty much the same our whole lives. Mine are people, the human condition, life.

There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why.

Things can be really empty in this world, and I don't just mean the music world. It can become a very meaningless place if you don't really understand: 'who am I? Why am I here? What am I doing?' To feel fulfilment and have a deeper level of understanding, personally, that is the most important thing.

I don't know if I work in order to do something, or in order to know why I can't do what I want to do.