Jack Canfield Quotes

In anything we do, any endeavor, it's not what you do; it's why you do it

Perhaps that is the secret. It is not what we do, so much as why we do it.

It doesn't matter what you can do if you don't know why you're doing it.

No good fish goes anywhere without a porpoise.

Purpose is stronger than object.

I would have to think about it for two or three months before I decided to do something which would have meaning. And it would have to be more than just an impression or pleasure. I would need an objective, a meaning. That is the only thing that could help me.

The emphasis should be on why we do a job.

Purpose is what gives life a meaning.

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

It is futile to fight against, if one does not know what one is fighting for.

Anything I do, I'm doing it for a reason.

I always have a reason for why I do something.

What are we doing here, that is the question.

Never forget why you're really doing what you're doing.

Free from what? What does that matter to Zarathustra! Clearly, however, shall your eye show to me: free for what?

A desire presupposes the possibility of action to achieve it; action presupposes a goal which is worth achieving.

He who knows how will always work for he who knows why.

I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.

Focus on a specific intention... A goal is often fueled by fear... An intention is fueled by a sense of purpose.

Was there a reason behind it? There would be no point in asking Zaphod, he never appeared to have a reason for anything he did at all: he had turned unfathomability into an art form. He attacked everything in life with a mixture of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence and it was often difficult to tell which was which.

When someone wants something, they must know why they are fighting. This is the only reason to seek a reward.

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

When you know your reason for existence, it should effect the decisions you make.

Purpose directs energy, and purpose makes energy.

I do not need the musing of the philosophers to tell me what I am doing. It would be more interesting to let me know why I am doing it.