Motivational Quotes

Purpose

I just wake up and say, You're a bum, go do something worthwhile today.

- Brooks, Garth

Best Quotes about Purpose

He who clings to life shall lose it -- but losing it in a right cause will gain it.

Purpose is what gives life a meaning.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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

How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to become -- to be at last, and to die in the fullness of his being.

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

The aims of life are the best defense against death.

Levi, Primo

Knowing our personal mission further enhances the flow of mysterious coincidences as we are guided toward our destinies. First we have a question, then dreams, daydreams, and intuitions lead us toward the answers, which usually are synchronistically provided by the wisdom of another human being.

Redfield, James

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

Socrates

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

Robbins, Anthony

You are only as strong as your purpose, therefore let us choose reasons to act that are big bold righteous and eternal.

Munro, Barry

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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]

Bible

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

Diana, Princess of Wales

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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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What we determine we often break. Purpose is but the slave to memory.

Shakespeare, William

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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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We need not only a purpose in life to give meaning to our existence but also something to give meaning to our suffering. We need as much something to suffer for as something to live for.

Hoffer, Eric

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The sense of paralysis proceeds not so much out of the mammoth size of the problem but out of the puniness of the purpose.

Cousins, Norman

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What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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Lack of something to feel important about is almost the greatest tragedy a man may have.

Morgan, Arthur E.

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Without knowing what I am and why I am here, life is impossible.

Tolstoy, Count Leo

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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

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

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When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds: Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great, and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and your discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.

Patanjali

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

Hildebrand, Kenneth

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Mix a conviction with a man and something happens.

Powell, Adam Clayton

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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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The first principle of ethical power is Purpose. By purpose, I don't mean your objective or intention-something toward which you are always striving. Purpose is something bigger. It is the picture you have of yourself-the kind of person you want to be or the kind of life you want to lead.

Blanchard, Ken

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

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.

Frankl, Viktor E.

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A purpose you impart is no longer your own.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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At a turbulent public meeting once I lost my temper and said some harsh and sarcastic things. The proposal I was supporting was promptly defeated. My father who was there, said nothing, but that night, on my pillow I found a marked passage from Aristotle: Anybody can become angry--that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way -- that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.

Gordon, Arthur

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The secret to success is constancy to purpose.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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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]

Bible

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Are we interested in sight seeing or soul saving?

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It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.

Gide, Andre

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The presence of a long-term, conscious goal has helped me maintain stability through the ubiquitous changes of over half a century.

Craig Mary

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I see no business in life but the work of Christ.

Martyn, Henry

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All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.

Thurber, James

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.

Buddha

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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.