It was more than 50 years ago that Paul Oscar Johnson, a Major League Baseball outfielder said: “The word ‘meaningful’ when used today is nearly always meaningless.”
We’ll try to prove him wrong… There are many great meaningful words, from the past as well as from the present.
Our hand-picked selection of quotes explores the philosophical concept according to which we create meaning and knowledge for ourselves. Each quote is a true affirmation of positive thinking.
The quotes are sorted chronologically by birth date of the originator. Enjoy, feel inspired and share with your friends!
Your work is
to discover your work,
and then with all your heart,
to give yourself to it.
Gautama Buddha
There are two mistakes
one can make
along the road to truth…
not going all the way,
and not starting.
Gautama Buddha
Tell me
and I will forget.
Show me
and I will remember.
Involve me
and I will understand.
Confucius
Choose a job you love,
and you will never
have to work a day
in your life.
Confucius
There is nothing permanent
except change.
Heraclitus of Ephesus
We are
what we repeatedly do.
Excellence then,
is not an act,
but a habit.
Aristotle
Happiness is not
something ready-made.
It comes
from your own actions.
Dalai Lama
founded by Tsongkhapa, 1357 – 1419)
Many people die at twenty five
and aren’t buried
until they are seventy five.
Benjamin Franklin
And in the end,
it’s not the years in your life
that count.
It’s the life
in your years.
Abraham Lincoln
The first condition of education is
being able
to put someone to
wholesome and meaningful work.
John Ruskin
art patron, social thinker and philanthropist)