--- title: "13 Objective Life Quotes by 13 authors" description: "Browse 13 Objective Life quotes by 13 authors. Discover the best Objective Life sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/935/john-lubbock-8094_goals_our-own-happiness-ought-not-to-be-our-ma_2125216.png" --- > [Our own happiness ought not to be our main objective in life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lubbock/our-own-happiness-ought-not-to-be-our-main-objective-in-life/) [John Lubbock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lubbock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/935/john-lubbock-8094_goals_our-own-happiness-ought-not-to-be-our-ma_2125216.png) > [Life's objective is life itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/life-s-objective-is-life-itself/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/543/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_goals_life-s-objective-is-life-itself-2259188_2259188.jpg) > [Bodybuilding is not my main objective in life. It's just something I do on the side.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rich-piana/bodybuilding-is-not-my-main-objective-in-life-it-s-just-something-i/) [Rich Piana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rich-piana/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1a/rich-piana-34948_bodybuilding_bodybuilding-is-not-my-main-objective-in_3091325.jpg) > [I've learned through my own experiences that working toward an objective in your life can change who you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuichiro-miura/i-ve-learned-through-my-own-experiences-that-working-toward-an/) [Yuichiro Miura](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuichiro-miura/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d14/yuichiro-miura-38718_change_i-ve-learned-through-my-own-experiences_1781508.jpg) > [I always said, you have to have a goal and an objective in life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-c-driskell/i-always-said-you-have-to-have-a-goal-and-an-objective-in-life/) [David C. Driskell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-c-driskell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/350/david-c-driskell-23547_goal_i-always-said-you-have-to-have-a-goal-an_1419789.jpg) > [What is the purpose of life? What is the primary objective of life? To live. To sustain itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/what-is-the-purpose-of-life-what-is-the-primary-objective-of-life-to/) [Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a00/rush-limbaugh-28_goals_what-is-the-purpose-of-life-what-is-the_351441.jpg) > [To sum it all up, the objective of my life has been to give work a moral and economic dignity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brunello-cucinelli/to-sum-it-all-up-the-objective-of-my-life-has-been-to-give-work-a/) [Brunello Cucinelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brunello-cucinelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40c/brunello-cucinelli-16224_been_to-sum-it-all-up-the-objective-of-my-lif_2680967.jpg) > [I really loved football from a young age. And my only thought, my only objective in life, was to be a professional…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-pogba/i-really-loved-football-from-a-young-age-and-my-only-thought-my-only/) [Paul Pogba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-pogba/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc4/paul-pogba-14999_age_i-really-loved-football-from-a-young-age_1390535.jpg) > [Those who make happiness the chief objective of life are bound to fail, for happiness is a by-product rather than an end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-b-wirthlin/those-who-make-happiness-the-chief-objective-of-life-are-bound-to/) [Joseph B. Wirthlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-b-wirthlin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/570/joseph-b-wirthlin-822_goals_those-who-make-happiness-the-chief-objec_2389733.png) > [The individual has become a mere cog in an enormous organization of things and powers which tear from his hands all progress,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georg-simmel/the-individual-has-become-a-mere-cog-in-an-enormous-organization-of/) [Georg Simmel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georg-simmel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a52/georg-simmel-15330_enormous_the-individual-has-become-a-mere-cog-in_2093039.jpg) > [People or philosophers keep saying that our fundamental objective in life is to be happy! This is wrong! Our fundamental objective in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehmet-murat-ildan/people-or-philosophers-keep-saying-that-our-fundamental-objective-in/) [Mehmet Murat Ildan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mehmet-murat-ildan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abf/mehmet-murat-ildan-3_fundamentals_people-or-philosophers-keep-saying-that_1157886.jpg) > [The most important thing that I know about living is love. Nothing surpasses the benefits received by a human being who makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sargent-shriver/the-most-important-thing-that-i-know-about-living-is-love-nothing/) [Sargent Shriver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sargent-shriver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/224/sargent-shriver-13145_and-love_the-most-important-thing-that-i-know-abo_2678824.jpg) > [Ideas are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man in the desert…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-schurz/ideas-are-like-stars-you-will-not-succeed-in-touching-them-with-your/) [Carl Schurz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-schurz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09f/carl-schurz-28664_achieve_ideas-are-like-stars-you-will-not-succee_3073002.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/objective-life/#itemlist", "name": "Objective Life Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Our own happiness ought not to be our main objective in life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Lubbock" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lubbock/our-own-happiness-ought-not-to-be-our-main-objective-in-life/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/935/john-lubbock-8094_goals_our-own-happiness-ought-not-to-be-our-ma_2125216.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/935/john-lubbock-8094_goals_our-own-happiness-ought-not-to-be-our-ma_2125216.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/935/john-lubbock-8094_goals_our-own-happiness-ought-not-to-be-our-ma_2125216.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Our own happiness ought not to be our main objective in life.” — John Lubbock", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Life's objective is life itself.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/life-s-objective-is-life-itself/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/543/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_goals_life-s-objective-is-life-itself-2259188_2259188.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/543/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_goals_life-s-objective-is-life-itself-2259188_2259188.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/543/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe-36_goals_life-s-objective-is-life-itself-2259188_2259188.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Life's objective is life itself.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Bodybuilding is not my main objective in life. 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