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

It is good to follow one's own bent, so long as it leads upward.

Gide, Andre

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Proverb

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

Socrates

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

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

Thurber, James

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

Brown, Les

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

He who clings to life shall lose it -- but losing it in a right cause will gain it.

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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 purpose you impart is no longer your own.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Eliot, George

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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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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 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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The secret to success is constancy to purpose.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Halas, George

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

Wizard, Her Majesty's

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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

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

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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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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

Sophocles

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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For I say unto you in all sadness of conviction that to think great thoughts you must be heroes as well as idealists. Only when you have worked alone -- when you have felt around you are a black gulf of solitude more isolating than that which surrounds the dying man, and in hope and despair have trusted to your own unshaken will -- then only can you gain the secret isolated joy of the thinker, who knows that a hundred years after he is dead and forgotten men who have never heard of him will be moving to the measure of his thought -- the subtle rapture of postponed power, which the world knows not because it has no external trappings, but which to his prophetic vision is more real than that which commands an army. And if this joy should not be yours, still it is only thus you can know that you have done what lay in you to do -- can say that you have lived, and be ready for the end.

Holmes Jr., Oliver Wendell

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

Hubbard, L. Ron

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

Ziglar, Zig

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The aims of life are the best defense against death.

Levi, Primo

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

Buscaglia, Leo

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Winners are people with definite purpose in life.

Waitley, Denis

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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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Anyone can live heroically and successfully for one day. The man who achieves a high purpose makes that day the pattern for all the days of his life.

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A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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

Tallentyre, S. G.

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

Morgan, Arthur E.

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A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose.

Pilgrim, Peace

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes; lesser ones exist on wishes and inclinations.

Hildebrand, Kenneth