Motivational Quotes

Purpose

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

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

People should follow their own energy.

Schultz, Will

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

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

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

Morgan, Arthur E.

There is no better test of a man's work than time, which also reveals the thoughts which lay hidden in his breast.

Simonides

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

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

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

Fuller, Thomas

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Many people flounder about in life because they do not have a purpose, an objective toward which to work.

Halas, George

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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

Sophocles

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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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Nothing can resist the human will that will stake even its existence on its stated purpose.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Tolstoy, Count Leo

19.

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

O'Connor, Mary

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

Diana, Princess of Wales

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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 meaning of life is to give life meaning.

Hudgins, Ken

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

Martyn, Henry

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A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose.

Pilgrim, Peace

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What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Eliot, George

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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.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

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Purpose is what gives life a meaning.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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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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A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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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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Your cause belongs to those that can avenge your wrongs.

Winkworth

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

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Pep without purpose is piffle.

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

Thoreau, Henry David

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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]

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The crowning blessing of life is to be born with a bias to some pursuit.

Tallentyre, S. G.

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

Sharpman, Al