Motivational Quotes

Purpose

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

- Disraeli, Benjamin

Best Quotes about Purpose

Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Knowing our personal mission further enhances the flow of mysterious coincidences as we are guided toward our destinies. First we have a question, then dreams, daydreams, and intuitions lead us toward the answers, which usually are synchronistically provided by the wisdom of another human being.

Redfield, James

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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.

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

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Hubbard, L. Ron

Your cause belongs to those that can avenge your wrongs.

Winkworth

10.

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

Proverb

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

Buddha

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

Seneca

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

Morgan, Arthur E.

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Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

Irving, Washington

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Mix a conviction with a man and something happens.

Powell, Adam Clayton

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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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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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Many good purposes lie in the churchyard.

Henry, Philip

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

Tallentyre, S. G.

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

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

27.

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

Allen, James

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A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose.

Pilgrim, Peace

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

Picasso, Pablo

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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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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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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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What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G.

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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 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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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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People should follow their own energy.

Schultz, Will

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

Brown, Les

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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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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

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Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing.

Sharpman, Al

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The secret of man's being is not only to live but to have something to live for.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

44.

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

45.

Are we interested in sight seeing or soul saving?

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

Fuller, Thomas

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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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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