Motivational Quotes

Purpose

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

- Ustinov, Peter

Best Quotes about Purpose

Many good purposes lie in the churchyard.

Henry, Philip

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

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

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

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

Morgan, Arthur E.

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

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

Shaw, George Bernard

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

Thurber, James

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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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Are we interested in sight seeing or soul saving?

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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]

Bible

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Purpose is what gives life a meaning.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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

Shakespeare, William

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The secret to success is constancy to purpose.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Brown, Les

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

Socrates

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience.

Carnegie, Dale

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

Casals, Pablo

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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

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

Brown, Les

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A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose.

Pilgrim, Peace

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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 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

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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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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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Pep without purpose is piffle.

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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 aims of life are the best defense against death.

Levi, Primo

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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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People should follow their own energy.

Schultz, Will

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The only way you can be successful on a post or win at it is to be at cause over it.

Hubbard, L. Ron

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

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

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Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

Irving, Washington