Motivational Quotes

Purpose

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

- Seneca

Best Quotes about Purpose

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

Martyn, Henry

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

Allen, James

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

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

In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

Sophocles

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

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

Shakespeare, William

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

Shaw, George Bernard

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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Don't become a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific.

Ziglar, Zig

11.

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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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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Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.

Frankl, Viktor E.

15.

Are we interested in sight seeing or soul saving?

16.

A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose.

Pilgrim, Peace

17.

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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18.

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

Seneca

19.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Eliot, George

20.

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

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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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Purpose is what gives life a meaning.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

25.

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

Brown, Les

27.

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

28.

Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.

Buddha

29.

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

30.

Pep without purpose is piffle.

31.

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

Tolstoy, Count Leo

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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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A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

34.

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

Mayes, Charles

35.

Your cause belongs to those that can avenge your wrongs.

Winkworth

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

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

Thurber, James

44.

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

Irving, Washington

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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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The presence of a long-term, conscious goal has helped me maintain stability through the ubiquitous changes of over half a century.

Craig Mary

47.

Many good purposes lie in the churchyard.

Henry, Philip

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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.

49.

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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The meaning of life is to give life meaning.

Hudgins, Ken