Motivational Quotes

Purpose

Give me a man who says, This one thing I do, and not, These fifty things, I dabble in.

- Moody, Dwight L.

Best Quotes about Purpose

People should follow their own energy.

Schultz, Will

Many men go fishing their entire lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.

Thoreau, Henry David

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

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

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

What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G.

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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Pep without purpose is piffle.

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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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]

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

Martyn, Henry

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

Wizard, Her Majesty's

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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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Are we interested in sight seeing or soul saving?

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

Seneca

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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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A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose.

Pilgrim, Peace

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

Sharpman, Al

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

Robbins, Anthony

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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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A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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

Brown, Les

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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 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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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

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

Mayes, Charles

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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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Many good purposes lie in the churchyard.

Henry, Philip

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

Ziglar, Zig

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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The purpose in life is to collaborate for a common cause; the problem is nobody seems to know what it is.

Gschwandtner, Gerhard

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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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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

Sophocles

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

Picasso, Pablo

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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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Your cause belongs to those that can avenge your wrongs.

Winkworth

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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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Winners are people with definite purpose in life.

Waitley, Denis

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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.