Motivational Quotes

Purpose

It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end

- Hemingway, Ernest

Best Quotes about Purpose

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

Morgan, Arthur E.

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

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

Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.

Frankl, Viktor E.

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

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

Hubbard, L. Ron

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

Halas, George

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

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

Casals, Pablo

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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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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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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 purpose of man is in action not thought.

Carlyle, Thomas

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What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Eliot, George

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

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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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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Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

Irving, Washington

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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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Pep without purpose is piffle.

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

Seneca

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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

Buscaglia, Leo

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

Fuller, Thomas

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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]

Bible

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

Shakespeare, William

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

34.

Man becomes greater in proportion to knowing himself and his faculties. Let him become conscious of what he is and he will soon also learn what he should be.

Schelling, Felix E.

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

Brown, Les

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

Brown, Les

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

Mayes, Charles

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

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The secret to success is constancy to purpose.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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.

Ustinov, Peter

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

Ziglar, Zig

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

Wieder, Marcia