Motivational Quotes

Purpose

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

- Sharpman, Al

Best Quotes about Purpose

1.

The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.

Eliot, George

2.

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

3.

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

Morgan, Arthur E.

4.

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

Buscaglia, Leo

5.

People should follow their own energy.

Schultz, Will

6.

Your cause belongs to those that can avenge your wrongs.

Winkworth

7.

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

8.

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

Socrates

9.

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]

Bible

10.

A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

11.

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.

12.

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

Bible

13.

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

14.

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

15.

Our chief usefulness to humanity rests on our combining power with high purpose. Power undirected by high purpose spells calamity, and high purpose by itself is utterly useless if the power to put it into effect is lacking.

Roosevelt, Theodore

16.

It is essential that we enable young people to see themselves as participants in one of the most exciting eras in history, and to have a sense of purpose in relation to it.

Rockefeller, Nelson

17.

The meaning of life is to give life meaning.

Hudgins, Ken

18.

Winners are people with definite purpose in life.

Waitley, Denis

19.

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

20.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Eliot, George

21.

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

Proverb

22.

A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose.

Pilgrim, Peace

23.

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

Craig Mary

24.

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

Halas, George

25.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

26.

It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.

Gide, Andre

27.

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

28.

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

Sharpman, Al

29.

Pep without purpose is piffle.

30.

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

Thurber, James

31.

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

Frankl, Viktor E.

32.

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

Shakespeare, William

33.

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

Brown, Les

34.

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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35.

Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.

Ustinov, Peter

36.

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

Irving, Washington

37.

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

Brown, Les

38.

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

Munro, Barry

39.

He who clings to life shall lose it -- but losing it in a right cause will gain it.

40.

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

Shaw, George Bernard

41.

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

Tolstoy, Count Leo

42.

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

43.

The secret to success is constancy to purpose.

Disraeli, Benjamin

44.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

45.

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

Seneca

46.

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