Erwin McManus Quotes

Make your life a mission - not an intermission.

Show me a man or woman with a mission, and I'll show you somebody that's tougher to beat.

Live with a purpose, play with a purpose.

Everything changes when you make a decision to be one of the courageous ones, someone who chooses to make a life, rather than a living.

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

I choose to live, not just exist.

Some instinct - and I think it was a correct one - led me to do something difficult enough to give my life meaning.

I think that nothing is impossible when you want to fulfill a dream. A lot of people will tell you that you can't do it, that you don't have what it takes, but if it is in your heart and you feel it, there is nothing that will stop you. It is like the sun - you can't block it: it will shine regardless, if that is what you want.

Our obligation is to give meaning to life and in doing so to overcome the passive, indifferent life.

A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the 'why' for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any 'how.'

You can go slow. Allow your dreams and goals to change, but live an intentional life.

Life is too short to just go through the motions.

I don't do anything just for the sake of it. I don't live my life for the sake of it.

I know what I'm about. My teammates know, my family knows, everything else, I can't worry about.

Everything that I do is with a purpose and intent of wanting to make a difference.

We are not a typical family that goes for a movie on Sunday or has dinner together every night. But we are strong as the Great Wall of China. Nothing can stop us from supporting one another and enduring each other's pain as well.

I have heart, and you can't break heart.

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

A life without purpose is like a novel without a plot. It wanders all over the place, is hard to follow, and in the end, doesn't get particularly good reviews.

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

You only have so much time in life so everything you do needs to mean something to you.

Today is an opportunity to do something positive. Today is your chance to add new value to your life and to your world. Make the commitment to fill this day with meaningful richness and purposeful effort. This is your day to live, so do so with vigor and enthusiasm.

... it has always been the depth of my belief, my faith, or my love that was the mainspring of my behavior. When once I believed in doing a thing, nothing could prevent my doing it.

Until a man selects a DEFINITE PURPOSE IN LIFE, he dissipates his energies & spreads his thoughts over so many subjects & in so many different directions that they lead not to power, but to indecision & weakness.

Clarity precedes mastery and the more clear you can get on what you want to create in life, the more focused you will be in your daily behaviors.