Motivational Quotes

Purpose

Ordinary people think merely of spending time. Great people think of using it.

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Best Quotes about Purpose

Many good purposes lie in the churchyard.

Henry, Philip

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

Martyn, Henry

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.

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

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Proverb

A purpose you impart is no longer your own.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Bible

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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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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The secret to success is constancy to purpose.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Fuller, Thomas

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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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What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Eliot, George

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Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

Irving, Washington

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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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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Mix a conviction with a man and something happens.

Powell, Adam Clayton

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

Socrates

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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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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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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

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Many men go fishing their entire lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

Thoreau, Henry David

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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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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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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.

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

Brown, Les

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

33.

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

Wieder, Marcia

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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 meaning of life is to give life meaning.

Hudgins, Ken

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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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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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A man should conceive of a legitimate purpose in his heart, and set out to accomplish it. He should make this purpose the centralizing point of his thoughts. It may take the form of a spiritual ideal, or it may be a worldly object, according to his nature at the time being; but whichever it is, he should steadily focus his thought forces upon the object which he has set before him. He should make this purpose his supreme duty, and should devote himself to its attainment, not allowing his thoughts to wander away into ephemeral fancies, longings, and imaginings. This is the royal road to self-control and true concentration of thought. Even if he fails again and again to accomplish his purpose (as he necessarily must until weakness is overcome), the strength of character gained will be the measure of his true success, and this will form a new starting point for future power and triumph.

Allen, James

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

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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]

Bible

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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

Brown, Les

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Pep without purpose is piffle.