Motivational Quotes

Purpose

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

Best Quotes about Purpose

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.

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

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

Shakespeare, William

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

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

You, betrayed by time and space, Seek and find your proper place.

Wizard, Her Majesty's

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

Hemingway, Ernest

The meaning of life is to give life meaning.

Hudgins, Ken

The purpose of man is in action not thought.

Carlyle, Thomas

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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 good purposes lie in the churchyard.

Henry, Philip

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

Buscaglia, Leo

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

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A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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

Seneca

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Purpose is what gives life a meaning.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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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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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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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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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

Sophocles

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The aims of life are the best defense against death.

Levi, Primo

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

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

Martyn, Henry

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

Tolstoy, Count Leo

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money.

Fuller, Thomas

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

Hildebrand, Kenneth

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Winners are people with definite purpose in life.

Waitley, Denis

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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]

Bible

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

Morgan, Arthur E.

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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.

Bible

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Hildebrand, Kenneth

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

Gide, Andre

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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]

Bible

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

Shaw, George Bernard

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

Robbins, Anthony