Motivational Quotes

Purpose

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

- Irving, Washington

Best Quotes about Purpose

The secret to success is constancy to purpose.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

Are we interested in sight seeing or soul saving?

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

Robbins, Anthony

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

A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose.

Pilgrim, Peace

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

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

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

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

Fuller, Thomas

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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

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Hildebrand, Kenneth

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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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People should follow their own energy.

Schultz, Will

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

Buscaglia, Leo

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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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Winners are people with definite purpose in life.

Waitley, Denis

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

Mayes, Charles

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

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

Wizard, Her Majesty's

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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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Pep without purpose is piffle.

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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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What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Eliot, George

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

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

Brooks, Garth

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For an athlete to function properly, he must be intent. There has to be a definite purpose and goal if you are to progress. If you are not intent about what you are doing, you aren't able to resist the temptation to do something else that might be more fun at the moment.

Wooden, John

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

Seneca

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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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A purpose you impart is no longer your own.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Brown, Les

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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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