Motivational Quotes

Purpose

It is your work in life that is your ultimate seduction.

- Picasso, Pablo

Best Quotes about Purpose

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

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

Shaw, George Bernard

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

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

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

Your cause belongs to those that can avenge your wrongs.

Winkworth

When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds: Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great, and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and your discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.

Patanjali

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

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

Socrates

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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

Sophocles

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

Buscaglia, Leo

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Mix a conviction with a man and something happens.

Powell, Adam Clayton

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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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What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G.

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

Morgan, Arthur E.

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

Shakespeare, William

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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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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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I live for my sons. I would be lost without them.

Diana, Princess of Wales

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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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A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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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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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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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.

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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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Purpose is what gives life a meaning.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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

Buddha

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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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The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started.

Cousins, Norman

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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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People should follow their own energy.

Schultz, Will

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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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Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended, but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward toward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Bible

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It is your work in life that is your ultimate seduction.

Picasso, Pablo

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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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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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A purpose you impart is no longer your own.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

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

Robbins, Anthony

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

Thoreau, Henry David

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

Wieder, Marcia

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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.