Motivational Quotes

Purpose

Many good purposes lie in the churchyard.

- Henry, Philip

Best Quotes about Purpose

The presence of a long-term, conscious goal has helped me maintain stability through the ubiquitous changes of over half a century.

Craig Mary

The secret to success is constancy to purpose.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

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

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

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

Hubbard, L. Ron

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

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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

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

Mayes, Charles

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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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The aims of life are the best defense against death.

Levi, Primo

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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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A purpose you impart is no longer your own.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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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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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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What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G.

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Tolstoy, Count Leo

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Mix a conviction with a man and something happens.

Powell, Adam Clayton

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

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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I see no business in life but the work of Christ.

Martyn, Henry

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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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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.

Bible

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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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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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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

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

Fuller, Thomas

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

Ziglar, Zig

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

Diana, Princess of Wales

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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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A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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

Buddha

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

Morgan, Arthur E.

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

Sharpman, Al

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

Wizard, Her Majesty's

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