756 Quotes About Meaningful

Any journey in life, if not done for human reasons of understanding and love, would be a very empty and lonely one.

What we call stress is just extension of being busy without meaning. When you do things that are not meaningful to you, just to get the sense of completion, just to feel like you got something done, your spirit feels empty. So, the most important thing for people to realize is that you have to control the flow of information in your life.

Self-development is the only thing that keeps a person from burning out. We all have many needs - the need for certainty, the need for variety, the need for significance, and the need for connection. But, ultimately, we must grow, and we must contribute in a meaningful way in order to feel fulfilled.

Do I really want to spend my whole life trying not to die by mistake?

Real meaningful endeavours, the biggies in human existence, often require the sacrifice of others.

The other thing is that it's really hard to separate out the harassment from everything we do. When we started creating Tropes, we were hyper-aware of the intense scrutiny, the intense harassment, and the intense pressure to do something meaningful given the attention both positive and negative. That's carried over in terms of making sure that I produce the best work that I can, that's the most accurate, the most sensitive and engaged.

I want to be remembered as a storyteller more than someone who had something meaningful to say.

Unkind criticism is never part of a meaningful critique of you. Its purpose is not to teach or to help, its purpose is to punish.

When Pinterest works well, it helps you find things that are meaningful to you. We want to build a system that helps you do that.