Hortense Odlum Quotes

I can't tell you what your purpose is, that's got to come from you.

The whole purpose of climbing something like Everest is to effect some sort of spiritual and physical gain. But if you compromise the process you’re an asshole when you start out and an asshole when you get back.

By my existence I am nothing more than an empty place, an outline,that is reserved within being in general. Given with it, though, is the duty to fill in this empty place. That is my life.

People will always try to find themselves and their place in the world.

If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both.

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.

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

I don't think things happen for a reason, but I think it's perfectly possible to experience life meaningfully.

I just think that the only way we come to ourselves is through each other.

Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed.

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.

We need you. The best version of you. You're here for a reason, and we can't wait to see what that is. Stay in your lane. Run that race.

All of us, regardless of how we identify, need a community in which to grow our faith. We require the tangle of other souls to enlarge our hearts, to perfect our relationships with one another and to help us understand more deeply our better Selves (big 'S').

I think God has blessed each of us with at least one gift. So I think it's a matter of do we find it within our lifetime.

I believe people are in our lives for a reason. We're here to learn from each other.

I've learned that life is very tricky business: Each person needs to find what they want to do in life and not be dissuaded when people question them.

How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be?

My relationship with God is what gives me a moral compass on what decisions to make and that stuff. I'm thankful that I have the people around me that I do, and they remind me each day of who I am and what I stand for.

All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don't discover why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.

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

It's not like during your normal day, anyone says, 'How do having meaning in your life? How do you make meaning in your life?'

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 world is set up - as foreign as that can be to some people who are very materialistic - but there is a force in this world, once we step into it, that opens doors for us, that gives us a sense of purpose and the greatest life there is, in my view.

Being true to yourself really means being true to all the complexities of the human spirit.

I needed to carve out my own place and find out what I was going to do.