PURPOSE : An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding. (Jacqueline K. Onassis: First Lady of the United States during the presidency of John F. Kennedy and who was regarded as an international icon of style and culture, 1929-1994)

PURPOSE : If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live. (Martin L. King Jr.: U.S. Baptist minister and activist who was a prominent leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, using the tactics of non-violence and civil disobedience, 1929-1968)

PURPOSE : The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. (Benjamin Mays: U.S. Baptist minister and civil rights leader who is credited with laying the intellectual foundations of the American civil rights movement, 1894-1984)

PURPOSE : There is no greater gift you can give or receive than to honor your calling. It's why you were born. And how you become most truly alive. (Oprah Winfrey: U.S. talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and philanthropist, born 1954.)

PURPOSE : To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life. (Eric Hoffer: U.S. moral and social philosopher and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1902-1983)

PURPOSE : True happiness . . . is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. (Helen A. Keller: U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968)