Mary Kay Ash Quotes

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

Instead of asking, “what do I want from life?,” a more powerful question is, “what does life want from me?

All my life, I always wanted to be somebody. Now I see that I should have been more specific.

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

All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

I had moved back to Kenya after undergrad, and I went through this crisis of, 'What is my life going to be about?'

Inner-life questions are the kind everyone asks, with or without benefit of God-talk: 'Does my life have meaning and purpose?' 'Do I have gifts that the world wants and needs?' 'Whom and what shall I serve?' 'Whom and what can I trust?' 'How can I rise above my fears?'

My work is about my life, and what I want to do with it.

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?

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.

Be a life long or short, its completeness depends on what it was lived for.

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

My philosophy in life, where I was trying to get, could have been a little bit different.

I feel like in a world where we all try to figure out our place and our purpose here, your passions are one of your most obvious guides.

Getting in touch with your life purpose is important.

At some point in your life, you need to sit down and say, 'What do I want to do? How do I want to be remembered? What's my legacy? And what's important to me?'

When I was in the eighth grade, I wrote this huge long paper about how I had no idea what I was gonna do with my life, but that I wanted to make a difference and touch even if it was like one person's life... inspire them.

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.

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

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.

It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.

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

I auditioned in Chicago for Juilliard and didn't get in. I was basically living in a back room of my parents' house, paying rent and not doing anything with my life. I'd like to say it was patriotic to join the Marines, but it was also that I was doing nothing honorable with my life and spending too much time at McDonald's.

Not sure of my place in the world (still up for debate) and not sure what I wanted to do with my life (not really up for debate).