Motivational Quotes

Purpose

Give me a man who says, This one thing I do, and not, These fifty things, I dabble in.

- Moody, Dwight L.

Best Quotes about Purpose

What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G.

A purpose you impart is no longer your own.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Allen, James

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

Socrates

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

Picasso, Pablo

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

Shaw, George Bernard

Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.

Lippmann, Walter

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

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

Munro, Barry

11.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Mix a conviction with a man and something happens.

Powell, Adam Clayton

16.

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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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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My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I'm happy. I can't figure it out. What am I doing right.

Schulz, Charles M.

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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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Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

Irving, Washington

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Blessed are the single-hearted, for they shall enjoy much peace. If you refuse to be hurried and pressed, if you stay your soul on God, nothing can keep you from that clearness of spirit which is life and peace. In that stillness you will know what His will is.

Carmichael, Amy

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

Buscaglia, Leo

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The purpose of man is in action not thought.

Carlyle, Thomas

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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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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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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

27.

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

Seneca

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

Fuller, Thomas

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

Martyn, Henry

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Are we interested in sight seeing or soul saving?

33.

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

34.

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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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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The secret to success is constancy to purpose.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Eliot, George

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

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

Hubbard, L. Ron

43.

It's not so much how busy you are, but why you are busy. The bee is praised. The mosquito is swatted.

O'Connor, Mary

44.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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Give me a man who says, This one thing I do, and not, These fifty things, I dabble in.

Moody, Dwight L.

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