Motivational Quotes

Purpose

What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.

- Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G.

Best Quotes about Purpose

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

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

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

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

Simonides

Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?

Seneca

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

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

Socrates

The purpose of man is in action not thought.

Carlyle, Thomas

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

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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

11.

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

Morgan, Arthur E.

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A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose.

Pilgrim, Peace

15.

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

16.

In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

Sophocles

17.

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

Ziglar, Zig

18.

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

19.

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

20.

A purpose you impart is no longer your own.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

21.

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

Bible

22.

What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G.

23.

Pep without purpose is piffle.

24.

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

Fuller, Thomas

25.

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

Buddha

26.

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

27.

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

Wieder, Marcia

28.

The aims of life are the best defense against death.

Levi, Primo

29.

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

Buscaglia, Leo

30.

The secret to success is constancy to purpose.

Disraeli, Benjamin

31.

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

32.

Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.

Cowper, William

33.

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

Ustinov, Peter

34.

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

35.

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

Thoreau, Henry David

37.

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

Moody, Dwight L.

38.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

39.

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

Proverb

40.

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

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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

42.

The presence of a long-term, conscious goal has helped me maintain stability through the ubiquitous changes of over half a century.

Craig Mary

43.

People should follow their own energy.

Schultz, Will

44.

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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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

47.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

48.

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

49.

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.

50.

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