“The great and glorious masterpiece of man is to live with purpose.”

“The greatest and glorious masterpiece of a man is how to live with a purpose.”

“To compose our character is our duty, not to compose books, and to win, not battles and provinces, but order and tranquility in our conduct. Our great and glorious masterpiece is to live appropriately. All other things, ruling, hoarding, building, are only little appendages and props, at most.”

“The great and glorious masterpiece of man is to live to the point.”

“No man is so exquisitely honest or upright in living, but that ten timesin his life he might not lawfully be hanged.”

“Life should be an aim unto itself, a purpose unto itself.”

“The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere is to be nowhere.es”