Motivational Quotes

Purpose

Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended, but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward toward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

- Bible

Best Quotes about Purpose

The longest journey is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who has started upon his quest for the source of his being.

Hammarskjold, Dag

The only way you can be successful on a post or win at it is to be at cause over it.

Hubbard, L. Ron

A purpose you impart is no longer your own.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

Make sure the thing you're living for is worth dying for.

Mayes, Charles

I think that a lot of women are made to feel that they have not done the one thing that they were put on the earth to do if they didn't do the normal thing, if they didn't take the most traveled path. And it's unfortunate.

Griffith, Nanci

The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder -- waif, a nothing, a no man. Have a purpose in life, and, having it, throw such strength of mind and muscle into your work as God has given you.

Carlyle, Thomas

If we don't stand for something, we may fall for anything.

Many men go fishing their entire lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

Thoreau, Henry David

Each of our acts makes a statement as to our purpose.

Buscaglia, Leo

10.

Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.

Lippmann, Walter

11.

The purpose of man is in action not thought.

Carlyle, Thomas

12.

Multitudes of people, drifting aimlessly to and fro without a set purpose, deny themselves such fulfillment of their capacities, and the satisfying happiness which attends it. They are not wicked, they are only shallow. They are not mean or vicious; they simply are empty -- shake them and they would rattle like gourds. They lack range, depth, and conviction. Without purpose their lives ultimately wander into the morass of dissatisfaction. As we harness our abilities to a steady purpose and undertake the long pull toward its accomplishment, rich compensations reward us. A sense of purpose simplifies life and therefore concentrates our abilities; and concentration adds power.

Hildebrand, Kenneth

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Everything in the universe has a purpose. Indeed, the invisible intelligence that flows through everything in a purposeful fashion is also flowing through you.

Dyer, Wayne

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When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.

Stone, W. Clement

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The secret of man's being is not only to live but to have something to live for.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

16.

Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?

Seneca

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I live for my sons. I would be lost without them.

Diana, Princess of Wales

18.

Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.

Ustinov, Peter

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Anyone can live heroically and successfully for one day. The man who achieves a high purpose makes that day the pattern for all the days of his life.

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The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.

Eliot, George

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Never be afraid to treat the path alone. Know which is your path and follow it wherever it may lead you; do not feel you have to follow in someone else's footsteps.

Bellin, Gita

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A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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Give me a man who says, This one thing I do, and not, These fifty things, I dabble in.

Moody, Dwight L.

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Every man is occasionally visited by the suspicion that the planet on which he is riding is not really going anywhere; that the Force which controls its measured eccentricities hasn't got anything special in mind. If he broods on this somber theme long enough he gets the doleful idea that the laughing children on a merry-go-round or the thin, fine hands of a lady's watch are revolving more purposely than he is.

Thurber, James

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Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when working to another aim.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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There is no road to success but through a clear strong purpose. Nothing can take its place. A purpose underlies character, culture, position, attainment of every part.

Munger, Thornton T.

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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

Sophocles

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Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing.

Sharpman, Al

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Battle doesn't need a purpose; the battle is its own purpose.

Proverb

30.

No one sat me down with a piece of paper and said, ?This is what is expected of you. But I?m lucky enough in the fact that I have found my role I love being with people.?

Diana, Princess of Wales

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It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end

Hemingway, Ernest

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Blessed are the single-hearted, for they shall enjoy much peace. If you refuse to be hurried and pressed, if you stay your soul on God, nothing can keep you from that clearness of spirit which is life and peace. In that stillness you will know what His will is.

Carmichael, Amy

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The one who adapts his policy to the times prospers, and likewise that the one whose policy clashes with the demands of the times does not.

Machiavelli, Niccolo

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Man becomes greater in proportion to knowing himself and his faculties. Let him become conscious of what he is and he will soon also learn what he should be.

Schelling, Felix E.

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You can come to understand your purpose in life by slowing down and feeling your heart's desires.

Wieder, Marcia

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A man should conceive of a legitimate purpose in his heart, and set out to accomplish it. He should make this purpose the centralizing point of his thoughts. It may take the form of a spiritual ideal, or it may be a worldly object, according to his nature at the time being; but whichever it is, he should steadily focus his thought forces upon the object which he has set before him. He should make this purpose his supreme duty, and should devote himself to its attainment, not allowing his thoughts to wander away into ephemeral fancies, longings, and imaginings. This is the royal road to self-control and true concentration of thought. Even if he fails again and again to accomplish his purpose (as he necessarily must until weakness is overcome), the strength of character gained will be the measure of his true success, and this will form a new starting point for future power and triumph.

Allen, James

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If you don't stand up for something, you may fall for anything.

Brown, Les

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The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started.

Cousins, Norman

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Everything happens for a reason and a purpose, and it serves you.

Robbins, Anthony

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Purpose is what gives life a meaning.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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You have to know what is right for you and go after it regardless of what others say.

Brown, Les

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What allows us, as human beings, to psychologically survive life on earth, with all of its pain, drama, and challenges, is a sense of purpose and meaning

Angelis, Barbara De

43.

It's not so much how busy you are, but why you are busy. The bee is praised. The mosquito is swatted.

O'Connor, Mary

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Our chief usefulness to humanity rests on our combining power with high purpose. Power undirected by high purpose spells calamity, and high purpose by itself is utterly useless if the power to put it into effect is lacking.

Roosevelt, Theodore

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Mix a conviction with a man and something happens.

Powell, Adam Clayton

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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The aims of life are the best defense against death.

Levi, Primo

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What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Eliot, George

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Don't become a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific.

Ziglar, Zig

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To be a Sufi is to cease from taking trouble; and there is no greater trouble for thee than thine own self, for when thou art occupied with thyself, thou remainest away from God.

Sa'id, Abu