Motivational Quotes

Purpose

The purpose of man is in action not thought.

- Carlyle, Thomas

Best Quotes about Purpose

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

Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.

Allen, James

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.

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

Brown, Les

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

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

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

Mix a conviction with a man and something happens.

Powell, Adam Clayton

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

Hildebrand, Kenneth

10.

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

Picasso, Pablo

11.

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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Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.

Frankl, Viktor E.

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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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A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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

Proverb

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People should follow their own energy.

Schultz, Will

17.

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

Wieder, Marcia

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The crowning blessing of life is to be born with a bias to some pursuit.

Tallentyre, S. G.

19.

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

Thurber, James

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

Ziglar, Zig

22.

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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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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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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A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose.

Pilgrim, Peace

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Many good purposes lie in the churchyard.

Henry, Philip

27.

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

28.

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

29.

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

30.

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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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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Winners are people with definite purpose in life.

Waitley, Denis

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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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For an athlete to function properly, he must be intent. There has to be a definite purpose and goal if you are to progress. If you are not intent about what you are doing, you aren't able to resist the temptation to do something else that might be more fun at the moment.

Wooden, John

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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]

Bible

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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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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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The secret to success is constancy to purpose.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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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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Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

Irving, Washington

41.

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 aims of life are the best defense against death.

Levi, Primo

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

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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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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

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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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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

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

Wizard, Her Majesty's

50.

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