Motivational Quotes

Purpose

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

Best Quotes about Purpose

The meaning of life is to give life meaning.

Hudgins, Ken

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

You have to know what is right for you and go after it regardless of what others say.

Brown, Les

The purpose in life is to collaborate for a common cause; the problem is nobody seems to know what it is.

Gschwandtner, Gerhard

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

Shakespeare, William

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

Bible

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

Allen, James

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

Brown, Les

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

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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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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]

Bible

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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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Winners are people with definite purpose in life.

Waitley, Denis

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A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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

Martyn, Henry

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

Socrates

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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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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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Mix a conviction with a man and something happens.

Powell, Adam Clayton

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

Wizard, Her Majesty's

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Purpose is what gives life a meaning.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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The first thing to do in life is to do with purpose what one purposes to do.

Casals, Pablo

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People should follow their own energy.

Schultz, Will

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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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You can come to understand your purpose in life by slowing down and feeling your heart's desires.

Wieder, Marcia

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

Proverb

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

Sharpman, Al

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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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What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G.

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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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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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Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

Irving, Washington

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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 better test of a man's work than time, which also reveals the thoughts which lay hidden in his breast.

Simonides

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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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All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.

Thurber, James

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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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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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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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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

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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