Motivational Quotes

Purpose

The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.

- Eliot, George

Best Quotes about Purpose

Are we interested in sight seeing or soul saving?

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

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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.

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

Make sure the thing you're living for is worth dying for.

Mayes, Charles

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

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

Wizard, Her Majesty's

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

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

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

Proverb

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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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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

Sophocles

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were entreating through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. [2 Corinthians 5:20]

Bible

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

Morgan, Arthur E.

19.

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

Irving, Washington

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What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Eliot, George

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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

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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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People should follow their own energy.

Schultz, Will

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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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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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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

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

Fuller, Thomas

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

Picasso, Pablo

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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

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A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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Mix a conviction with a man and something happens.

Powell, Adam Clayton

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

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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

Sharpman, Al

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

Brown, Les

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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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The meaning of life is to give life meaning.

Hudgins, Ken

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

Diana, Princess of Wales

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The secret to success is constancy to purpose.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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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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No one sat me down with a piece of paper and said, ?This is what is expected of you. But I?m lucky enough in the fact that I have found my role I love being with people.?

Diana, Princess of Wales

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

Robbins, Anthony

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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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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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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