Motivational Quotes

Purpose

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

Best Quotes about Purpose

The purpose of man is in action not thought.

Carlyle, Thomas

A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose.

Pilgrim, Peace

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

Your cause belongs to those that can avenge your wrongs.

Winkworth

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

Irving, Washington

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

The secret to success is constancy to purpose.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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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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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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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The first thing to do in life is to do with purpose what one purposes to do.

Casals, Pablo

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

Buddha

14.

Without knowing what I am and why I am here, life is impossible.

Tolstoy, Count Leo

15.

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

Fuller, Thomas

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Blessed are the single-hearted, for they shall enjoy much peace. If you refuse to be hurried and pressed, if you stay your soul on God, nothing can keep you from that clearness of spirit which is life and peace. In that stillness you will know what His will is.

Carmichael, Amy

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

Shakespeare, William

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

Sharpman, Al

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

Buscaglia, Leo

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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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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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Mix a conviction with a man and something happens.

Powell, Adam Clayton

25.

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

Seneca

26.

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

27.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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The whole life is but a point of time; let us enjoy it, therefore, while it lasts, and not spend it to no purpose.

Plutarch

29.

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

Robbins, Anthony

30.

Are we interested in sight seeing or soul saving?

31.

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 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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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]

Bible

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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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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

36.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

37.

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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You have to know what is right for you and go after it regardless of what others say.

Brown, Les

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Give me a man who says, This one thing I do, and not, These fifty things, I dabble in.

Moody, Dwight L.

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

Ziglar, Zig

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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.