I believe that a worthwhile life is defined by a kind of spiritual journey and a sense of obligation.
Interpretation
A meaningful life involves personal growth and a commitment to serve others.
William J. Clinton's quote emphasizes that a meaningful existence goes beyond mere achievements; it encompasses a personal journey where one seeks spiritual growth and feels a responsibility to contribute to society. This perspective suggests that fulfillment comes not only from personal satisfaction but also from recognizing and fulfilling one's duties towards others.
In practice
In a motivational speech about finding purpose in life.
You know, there was a recent poll which said that young people in the generation of the students here felt it was far more likely that they would see a UFO than that they would draw Social Security... It's very important you understand this. Once you understand this, you realize this is not an episode from the X Files, and you're not more likely to see a UFO if you do certain specific things.
When we got organized as a country, [and] wrote a fairly radical Constitution, with a radical Bill of Rights, giving radical amounts of freedom to Americans, it was assumed that Americans who had that freedom would use it responsibly...When personal freedom is being abused, you have to move to limit it.
For too long we've been told about 'us' and 'them.' Each and every election we see a new slate of arguments and ads telling us that 'they' are the problem, not 'us.' But there can be no 'them' in America. There's only us.
There is a huge body of business evidence now showing that energy savings give better service at lower cost with higher profit. We have to tear down barriers to successful markets and we have to create incentives to enter them.
Demand that your government pays more attention. It's immoral that people in Africa die like flies of diseases that no one dies of in the United States. And the more disease there is, the more political unrest there will be, leading to more Darfurs, which the U.S. will have to pay to fix.
I was not elected to produce a pile of vetoes.
We call an intention good which is right in itself, but the action is good, not because it contains within it some good, but because it issues from a good intention.
God makes us as broken bread and poured-out wine to please Him. Beware of competing calls once the call of God grips you.
No man should be alone when he opposes Satan. The Church and the ministry of the Word were instituted for this purpose, that hands may be joined together and one may help another.
I was drawn to all the wrong things: I liked to drink, I was lazy, I didn't have a god, politics, ideas, ideals.
All are called to be what in the reality of God they are already.
You don't have to love animals to recognize that it is immoral and unjust to exploit them. But if you do love animals, but you continue to participate in their exploitation, you need to rethink your idea of what love means.
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