William Barclay Quotes

Everybody has a purpose.

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

It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?

The purpose of life is a life of purpose.

While goals are chosen, a purpose is discovered. Our purpose is something we have been doing all along, and will continue to do, regardless of circumstances, until the day we die.

I am waiting for a sign that will indicate to me what meaning I must give to my life, but right now my existence is satisfactory.

Most people are looking for something to give their life meaning.

Happiness means nothing to me. I just want to have meaning and purpose.

Everybody has a purpose in this world.

They say the two most important days in a person's life were the day you were born and the day you discover why you were born.

I'm not sure yet what my higher mission is, but I have a feeling it might be great. Before, I thought my mission was death, but now my mission is life.

Discovering your purpose doesn't have to be complicated. Look at what you do and why you do it. Is it to support your family? That's your purpose. Is it to make a difference in your customer's life? That's your purpose.

The bottom line is: We must be working on arriving at the destination for which we were put on this planet.

Football was not what I was put on this planet to do.

The two most important days in your life are the day your are born and the day you find out why.

There are two important days in a woman's life: the day she is born and the day she finds out why.

The meaning of life is to get meaning for life.

Success isn't always going to be a huge contract; success is going to be if you just live out your purpose in life.

After graduating in the summer of 1980, I knew I wanted my life to count.

I think essentially the meaning of life is probably the journey and not really any one thing or an outcome or a result. I think it's kinda the process and I think that if you can find happiness in the process then maybe that's it.

To find one's calling is perhaps not the easiest thing in the world, but probably the most important.

There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by the unfolding of his powers.

Despite my mother saying I have been destined to be an actress my whole life, I remember being the kid who grew up not knowing what I wanted to do with my life.

For a while now I've had this feeling that there's something that I'm supposed to be doing or something that I'm supposed to contribute. I don't know what that is yet, but it's been plaguing me - like I've missed my calling somehow.

Every human being is searching for a deep sense of meaning, and yet we're all chasing success. We've confused one for the other.