Motivational Quotes

Purpose

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

Best Quotes about Purpose

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

Halas, George

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

Mayes, Charles

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

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

Sharpman, Al

I know of no such unquestionable badge and ensign of a sovereign mind as that of tenacity of purpose...

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Hildebrand, Kenneth

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

People should follow their own energy.

Schultz, Will

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

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

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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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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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Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Brooks, Garth

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

Wizard, Her Majesty's

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The secret to success is constancy to purpose.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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The purpose of man is in action not thought.

Carlyle, Thomas

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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 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

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Are we interested in sight seeing or soul saving?

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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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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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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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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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Bring me men to match my mountains: Bring me men to match my plains: Men with empires in their purpose and new eras in their brains.

Foss, Sam Walter

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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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What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Eliot, George

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

Ziglar, Zig

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

Buscaglia, Leo

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Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

Irving, Washington

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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 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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Purpose is what gives life a meaning.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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]

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Your cause belongs to those that can avenge your wrongs.

Winkworth

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

Buddha

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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 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

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