A man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder. —Thomas Carlyle
“A man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder.”

Thomas Carlyle ESSAYIST, SATIRIST, HISTORIAN

Purpose
Pass It On®
Pass It On®

  email   print

Your Comments
Anonymous JUNE 28, 2018
you need to have goal in life for you to have a purpose.
Neha AUGUST 5, 2017
Nice people will inspire regarding this

Here are some other inspiring quotes you might like.
Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. #<Author:0x00007f50a63d6ac8>
GRATITUDE
We can choose to be affected by the world or we can choose to affect the world. #<Author:0x00007f50a63e5c58>
MAKING A DIFFERENCE
All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why. #<Author:0x00007f50a63f7700>
INSPIRATION
If you wait until you can do everything for everybody, instead of something for somebody, you'll end up not doing anything for anybody. #<Author:0x00007f50a6402448>
GIVING BACK
We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do. #<Author:0x00007f50a640c740>
SMILE
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. #<Author:0x00007f50a642df30>
CREATIVITY
life, seek the company of a friendly book… from the reading of ‘good books’ there comes a richness of life that can be obtained in no other way. #<Author:0x00007f50a643e4e8>
LITERACY
Watch the sunrise at least once a year, put a lot of marshmallows in your hot chocolate, lie on your back and look at the stars, never buy a coffee table you can't put your feet on, never pass up a chance to jump on a trampoline, don't overlook life's small joys while searching for the big ones. #<Author:0x00007f50a64486f0>
JOY
Listening is an art that requires attention over talent, spirit over ego, others over self. #<Author:0x00007f50a645ad28>
LISTENING
There's something about love that people just have to respond to. #<Author:0x00007f50a6465b60>
LOVE
What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn't have any doubt - it is sure to get where it is going, and it doesn't want to go anywhere else. #<Author:0x00007f50a64703d0>
AMBITION
I will sprinkle compliments and uplifting words everywhere I go. #<Author:0x00007f50a6482a08>
COMPLIMENTS
There is no mistaking love. It is the common fiber of life, the flame that heats our soul, energizes our spirit and supplies passion to our lives. #<Author:0x00007f50a648d7c8>
LOVE
I'm not going to school just for the academics - I wanted to share ideas, to be around people who are passionate about learning. #<Author:0x00007f50a64983a8>
LEARNING
It isn’t enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn’t enough to believe in it. One must work at it. #<Author:0x00007f50a64aa260>
PEACE
Don’t practice until you get it right. Practice until you can’t get it wrong. #<Author:0x00007f50a64b43f0>
PRACTICE
All Pass It On® Quotes