Motivational Quotes

Purpose

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

- Buscaglia, Leo

Best Quotes about Purpose

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

Are we interested in sight seeing or soul saving?

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

What we must try to be, of course, is ourselves and wholeheartedly. We must find out what we really are and what we really want.

Boswell, Nelson

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

Shakespeare, William

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

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

Shaw, George Bernard

A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose.

Pilgrim, Peace

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The purpose of man is in action not thought.

Carlyle, Thomas

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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

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

Morgan, Arthur E.

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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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What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Eliot, George

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

Hildebrand, Kenneth

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

Hubbard, L. Ron

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

Thoreau, Henry David

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

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Ordinary people think merely of spending time. Great people think of using it.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Tolstoy, Count Leo

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

Sharpman, Al

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To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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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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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

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

Seneca

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

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The whole life is but a point of time; let us enjoy it, therefore, while it lasts, and not spend it to no purpose.

Plutarch

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

Picasso, Pablo

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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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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

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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

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

Mayes, Charles

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Mix a conviction with a man and something happens.

Powell, Adam Clayton

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