Ralph Ellison Quotes

~The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them ~

I have a calling in my soul, if you like, to try to make my life in some way worthwhile. What is the value of my existence?

It's not like during your normal day, anyone says, 'How do having meaning in your life? How do you make meaning in your life?'

Does life have any meaningful purpose?

Life is everything, and you haven't lived it properly until you believe.

The meaning of my life is to help others find meaning in theirs.

The meaning of life is that it is to be lived.

I choose to fill my days with what I'm passionate about, and live with purpose.

The fact that life has no meaning is a reason to live - moreover, the only one.

Each of us must become impassioned, finding meaning and self-fulfillment in our own life's journey.

You only have one life and if you're not doing what you love, what's the point?

When you don't have children you have to define and make your own purpose, and make your own reason for being here.

How shall we live so as to have the consciousness of not having lived in vain?

If you don't wake up and have your own thing, whether it's writing or reading or traveling or acting or dancing or singing or being a mother or a father, something that drives you, then it's all worth nothing. One of the key elements in happiness is purpose.

The greatest tragedy in life is not to die, it is to live as if dead, to let the life within us wither. Toward what goal or achievement are we striving in life? This is the important question to ask ourselves.

Why live? Life was its own answer. Life was the propagation of more life and the living of as good a life as possible.

The life is worth living. It's not true, what the tired and reactionary say. We're not on this earth to suffer and die. We're here to fulfill a mission.

It is better to lose your life than to waste it.

You will find meaning in life only if you create it.It is a poetry to be composed. It is a song to be sung.It is a dance to be danced.

Your mission in life is to have a "why" to live for, to use your best qualities in the service of the kind of world in which you would like to live. That is your purpose. This is what life expects of you. And when you live according to your purpose, setting goals that support it, you may find the pieces of your life drawn together into a strong internal whole. Then, no matter how difficult life's experiences may prove to be, you can be able to endure and even prevail.

When you understand that life is a test, you realize that nothing is insignificant in your life.

I know many lives worth living.

The purpose of life is to live it.

You can't say life is useless because it ends in the grave.