Motivational Quotes

Purpose

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

- Hildebrand, Kenneth

Best Quotes about Purpose

The purpose of man is in action not thought.

Carlyle, Thomas

The meaning of life is to give life meaning.

Hudgins, Ken

People should follow their own energy.

Schultz, Will

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

Brown, Les

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

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

Wieder, Marcia

What allows us, as human beings, to psychologically survive life on earth, with all of its pain, drama, and challenges, is a sense of purpose and meaning

Angelis, Barbara De

In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

Sophocles

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

Fuller, Thomas

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Pep without purpose is piffle.

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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 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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Nothing can resist the human will that will stake even its existence on its stated purpose.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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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 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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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

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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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What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G.

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

Ziglar, Zig

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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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Bring me men to match my mountains: Bring me men to match my plains: Men with empires in their purpose and new eras in their brains.

Foss, Sam Walter

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A purpose you impart is no longer your own.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Morgan, Arthur E.

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Many good purposes lie in the churchyard.

Henry, Philip

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

Picasso, Pablo

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

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

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Your cause belongs to those that can avenge your wrongs.

Winkworth

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

Wizard, Her Majesty's

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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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Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.

Allen, James

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Socrates

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

Proverb

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