Motivational Quotes

Purpose

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

Best Quotes about Purpose

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

Martyn, Henry

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

Craig Mary

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

Sharpman, Al

The meaning of life is to give life meaning.

Hudgins, Ken

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

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

Diana, Princess of Wales

Your cause belongs to those that can avenge your wrongs.

Winkworth

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

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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

Shakespeare, William

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

Ziglar, Zig

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A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose.

Pilgrim, Peace

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

Thurber, James

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Mix a conviction with a man and something happens.

Powell, Adam Clayton

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

Hildebrand, Kenneth

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No one sat me down with a piece of paper and said, ?This is what is expected of you. But I?m lucky enough in the fact that I have found my role I love being with people.?

Diana, Princess of Wales

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

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For an athlete to function properly, he must be intent. There has to be a definite purpose and goal if you are to progress. If you are not intent about what you are doing, you aren't able to resist the temptation to do something else that might be more fun at the moment.

Wooden, John

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

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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

29.

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

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

Tolstoy, Count Leo

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

Buscaglia, Leo

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

Wizard, Her Majesty's

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

Wieder, Marcia

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

Robbins, Anthony

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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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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

Sophocles

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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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People should follow their own energy.

Schultz, Will

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

Frankl, Viktor E.

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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.