Motivational Quotes

Purpose

Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ; so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel. [Philippians 1:27]

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Best Quotes about Purpose

It is essential that we enable young people to see themselves as participants in one of the most exciting eras in history, and to have a sense of purpose in relation to it.

Rockefeller, Nelson

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

Ustinov, Peter

What is my life if I am no longer useful to others.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Seneca

The purpose of a man's heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out. [Proverbs 20:5]

Bible

Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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

Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.

Cowper, William

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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.

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Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes; lesser ones exist on wishes and inclinations.

Hildebrand, Kenneth

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What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G.

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The first thing to do in life is to do with purpose what one purposes to do.

Casals, Pablo

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It is your work in life that is your ultimate seduction.

Picasso, Pablo

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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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Are we interested in sight seeing or soul saving?

17.

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

Sharpman, Al

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A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose.

Pilgrim, Peace

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

Brown, Les

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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

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

Mayes, Charles

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I know of no such unquestionable badge and ensign of a sovereign mind as that of tenacity of purpose...

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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Many people flounder about in life because they do not have a purpose, an objective toward which to work.

Halas, George

26.

What on earth are you doing for Heaven's sake?

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The meaning of life is to give life meaning.

Hudgins, Ken

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

Thoreau, Henry David

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

Proverb

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Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience.

Carnegie, Dale

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Winners are people with definite purpose in life.

Waitley, Denis

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Purpose is what gives life a meaning.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

34.

Bring me men to match my mountains: Bring me men to match my plains: Men with empires in their purpose and new eras in their brains.

Foss, Sam Walter

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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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Nothing can resist the human will that will stake even its existence on its stated purpose.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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The purpose of man is in action not thought.

Carlyle, Thomas

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The purpose in life is to collaborate for a common cause; the problem is nobody seems to know what it is.

Gschwandtner, Gerhard

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Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were entreating through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. [2 Corinthians 5:20]

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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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Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.

Allen, James

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A purpose you impart is no longer your own.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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One thing I have desired of the Lord, that will I seek: That I may dwell in the house f the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in His temple. [Psalms 27:4]

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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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They are not only idle who do nothing, but they are idle also who might be better employed.

Socrates

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Pep without purpose is piffle.

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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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We know there is intention and purpose in the universe, because there is intention and purpose in us.

Shaw, George Bernard