People with a sense of purpose have learned to let life question them and have moved the focus of their attention and concern away from themselves to others. Purpose, then, is not a job or a role or a goal. It is the belief that our lives, our part in the whole of things, truly matters.

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"The trouble is, when a number—your age—becomes your identity, you’ve given away your power to choose your future."

- Richard J. Leider

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"It is not what you look like on the outside, but what you are on the inside that counts."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"It is the heart that makes a person beautiful, not the outward appearance."

- Beauty and the Beast

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"The mind is everything. What you think you become."

- Buddha

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"It’s not always possible to do what we want to do, but it’s important to believe in something before you actually do it."

- Might Guy

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"Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it."

- Josephus Daniels

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