Motivational Quotes

Purpose

The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.

- Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

Best Quotes about Purpose

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

Tolstoy, Count Leo

The purpose of man is in action not thought.

Carlyle, Thomas

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

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

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

Buscaglia, Leo

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

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.

Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience.

Carnegie, Dale

The aims of life are the best defense against death.

Levi, Primo

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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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A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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

Craig Mary

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

Gide, Andre

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

Morgan, Arthur E.

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A purpose you impart is no longer your own.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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]

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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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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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I just wake up and say, You're a bum, go do something worthwhile today.

Brooks, Garth

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

Casals, Pablo

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

Robbins, Anthony

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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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Many good purposes lie in the churchyard.

Henry, Philip

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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 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 meaning of life is to give life meaning.

Hudgins, Ken

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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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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]

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

Allen, James

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Your cause belongs to those that can avenge your wrongs.

Winkworth

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

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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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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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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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The secret to success is constancy to purpose.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G.

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

Ziglar, Zig

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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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Purpose is what gives life a meaning.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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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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Winners are people with definite purpose in life.

Waitley, Denis

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von