Bryant H. McGill Quotes

I think people get satisfaction from living for a cause that's greater than themselves. They want to leave an imprint. By writing books, I'm trying to do that in a modest way.

Only a life lived in a certain spirit is worth living. It is a remarkable fact that a life lived entirely from the ego is dull not only for the person himself but for all concerned.

We have to have a purpose greater than the endless struggle to satisfy personal desires.

Nothing would mean anything if I didn't live a life of use to others.

To give life a meaning, one must have a purpose larger than self.

The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.

To find a cause that's larger than yourself and then to give your life to it.

Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.

Joy can only be real if people look upon their life as a service and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.

My life is not important here.

No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.

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

Being human always points, and is directed, to something or someone, other than oneself - be it a meaning to fulfill or another human being to encounter.

I knew that to live a fulfilling life I had to live a purposeful life; a life of service.

Your heart, my friend, is the size of a stadium. If you try to fill it with small things - a new car, a vacation, a promotion at work, a bigger home, a stock portfolio - a mournful echo will fill your life. But if you fill your stadium with all of humanity and search for ways to make their lives better each day, you will find yourself in the right place at the right time, doing the right thing in the right way.

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

If you're not doing something with your life, then it doesn’t matter how long you live. If you're doing something with your life, then it doesn't matter how short your life may be. A life is not measured by years lived, but by its usefulness. If you are giving, loving, serving, helping, encouraging, and adding value to others, then you're living a life that counts!

Your life has purpose as long as you dedicate it to love. It's not what we do but who we are that forms our biggest contribution.

Maybe getting more isn't the answer to life. Maybe it's giving.

One cannot lead a life that is truly excellent without feeling that one belongs to something greater and more permanent than oneself.

Nothing in life is more liberating than to fight for a cause larger than yourself, something that encompasses you but is not defined by your existence alone.

Only Love conceives things worthy enough to stand greater than individual accomplishment.

You’re not a human being until you value something more than the life of your body. And the greater the thing you live and die for the greater you are.

Life is not worth living unless it is lived for others.

If you don't live a life in service of a greater good, you've gotta at least die a death in service of a greater good, you know? And I fear that I won't get either a life or a death that means anything.