Motivational Quotes

Purpose

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

- Socrates

Best Quotes about Purpose

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

Shaw, George Bernard

The purpose of man is in action not thought.

Carlyle, Thomas

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

Moody, Dwight L.

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

Buddha

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

Simonides

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

Wieder, Marcia

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

Tallentyre, S. G.

Everything in the universe has a purpose. Indeed, the invisible intelligence that flows through everything in a purposeful fashion is also flowing through you.

Dyer, Wayne

The secret to success is constancy to purpose.

Disraeli, Benjamin

10.

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

Ustinov, Peter

11.

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

Fuller, Thomas

12.

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Eliot, George

14.

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

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

15.

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

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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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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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I just wake up and say, You're a bum, go do something worthwhile today.

Brooks, Garth

19.

People should follow their own energy.

Schultz, Will

20.

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

Brown, Les

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

Bible

26.

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

27.

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

Casals, Pablo

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When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.

Stone, W. Clement

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

30.

A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

31.

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

Tolstoy, Count Leo

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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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Everything happens for a reason and a purpose, and it serves you.

Robbins, Anthony

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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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At a turbulent public meeting once I lost my temper and said some harsh and sarcastic things. The proposal I was supporting was promptly defeated. My father who was there, said nothing, but that night, on my pillow I found a marked passage from Aristotle: Anybody can become angry--that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way -- that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.

Gordon, Arthur

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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

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

Frankl, Viktor E.

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

Martyn, Henry

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

42.

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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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

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Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes; lesser ones exist on wishes and inclinations.

Hildebrand, Kenneth

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

Shakespeare, William

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

Proverb

47.

Pep without purpose is piffle.

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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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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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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

Sophocles