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You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.

— Woodrow Wilson

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

But I am not going to live for ever. And the more I know it, the more amazed I am by being here at all.

— William Hurt

You are the God-being that is here to create life, to breathe soul into your body, to walk this world as your own source of power, love, worth and life.

— Joy Page

I believe that if you don't derive a deep sense of purpose from what you do, if you don't come radiantly alive several times a day, if you don't feel deeply grateful at the tremendous good fortune that has been bestowed on you, then you are wasting your life. And life is too short to waste.

— Srikumar Rao

We are here to make another world.

— W. Edwards Deming

I intend to live life, not just exist.

— George Takei

What we do for a living does not matter so much as how we do it. It is the spirit in which we do our work that counts, and that counts through all eternity.

— Orison Swett Marden

I think we are here to challenge ourselves and make ourselves better people and not just sit around in the world simply floating through life. You should be trying to do something great and making yourself better. You should be trying to evolve. That's what I'm trying to do, and that is very important to me.

— Dominick Cruz

I've got a fantastic life. I enjoy what I do for a living. I see the blessings; I'm not blind.

— Nathan Fillion

If I can't be daring in my work or the way I live my life, then I don't really see the point of being on this planet.

— Madonna Ciccone

✗Opposing Perspectives

Life is here only to be lived so that we can, through life, earn the right to death, which to me is paradise. Whatever it is that will bring me the reward of paradise, I'll do the best I can.

— Anne Bancroft