Motivational Quotes

Purpose

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

- Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Best Quotes about Purpose

Many good purposes lie in the churchyard.

Henry, Philip

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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 see no business in life but the work of Christ.

Martyn, Henry

Mix a conviction with a man and something happens.

Powell, Adam Clayton

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

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

Fuller, Thomas

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

Thurber, James

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

Robbins, Anthony

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

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

Picasso, Pablo

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

Gschwandtner, Gerhard

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The secret to success is constancy to purpose.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

Irving, Washington

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The meaning of life is to give life meaning.

Hudgins, Ken

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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

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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

Diana, Princess of Wales

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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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The aims of life are the best defense against death.

Levi, Primo

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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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A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose.

Pilgrim, Peace

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

Socrates

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

Ziglar, Zig

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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

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

Proverb

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

Mayes, Charles

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What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Eliot, George

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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.

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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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Your cause belongs to those that can avenge your wrongs.

Winkworth

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

Wieder, Marcia

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when working to another aim.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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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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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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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

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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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People should follow their own energy.

Schultz, Will