"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education alone will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."
-Calvin Coolidge
Finding Purpose in Human Life:
“There is a fundamental human need for guiding ideals that give meaning to our actions”, states Roger Fisher.
Renowned psychiatrist Victor Frankl’s premise is that "man’s search for meaning" is the primary motivation of his life. He speaks of the "will to meaning" as opposed to Freud’s’ "will to pleasure" and Alfred Adler’s "will to power".
William Damon, Director of Stanford University's Center on Adolescence and leading scholar of human development, defines purpose as "a stable and generalized intention to accomplish something that is at once meaningful to the self and of consequence to the world beyond the self".
According to some philosophies, purpose is central to a good human life.
Helen Keller wrote that happiness comes from "fidelity to a worthy purpose".
Ayn Rand wrote that the three ruling values of life should be "reason, purpose, self-esteem".
Some people hold that purpose is not fixed, but instead freely chosen (or not chosen) by individuals and can change throughout life.
... ideas of purpose are based on the goal of seeking to clarify one's purpose in life, in which case the purpose of life is to be aware of one's purpose in life.
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