(noun) An objective to be reached; a target; an aim; a goal.
"Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence."
"Busy is not your purpose."
"I know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and the impossible."
"Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living."
"The life that is unexamined is not worth living."
"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well."
"I don't want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death."
"The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions that have been hidden by the answers."
"Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it."
"It does not matter how long you are spending on the earth, how much money you have gathered or how much attention you have received. It is the amount of positive vibration you have radiated in life that matters,"
"I believe that the very purpose of life is to be happy."