Motivational Quotes

Purpose

A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes.

- Dostoevsky, Fyodor

Best Quotes about Purpose

The purpose in life is to collaborate for a common cause; the problem is nobody seems to know what it is.

Gschwandtner, Gerhard

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

Brown, Les

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

I just wake up and say, You're a bum, go do something worthwhile today.

Brooks, Garth

Are we interested in sight seeing or soul saving?

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

Proverb

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

Ziglar, Zig

Many people flounder about in life because they do not have a purpose, an objective toward which to work.

Halas, George

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

Robbins, Anthony

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Buscaglia, Leo

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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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I see no business in life but the work of Christ.

Martyn, Henry

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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

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

Picasso, Pablo

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A purpose you impart is no longer your own.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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]

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

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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]

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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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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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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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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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Purpose is what gives life a meaning.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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

Shakespeare, William

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

Allen, James

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