Motivational Quotes

Purpose

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

- Morgan, Arthur E.

Best Quotes about Purpose

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

Morgan, Arthur E.

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

Irving, Washington

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

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

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

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Diana, Princess of Wales

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

Brooks, Garth

A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

10.

The purpose of a man's heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out. [Proverbs 20:5]

Bible

11.

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

12.

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

Proverb

13.

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

Brown, Les

14.

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

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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.

16.

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

Sharpman, Al

17.

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

Mayes, Charles

18.

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

19.

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

Frankl, Viktor E.

20.

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

21.

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 people flounder about in life because they do not have a purpose, an objective toward which to work.

Halas, George

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I think that a lot of women are made to feel that they have not done the one thing that they were put on the earth to do if they didn't do the normal thing, if they didn't take the most traveled path. And it's unfortunate.

Griffith, Nanci

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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

25.

There is no better test of a man's work than time, which also reveals the thoughts which lay hidden in his breast.

Simonides

26.

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

Buddha

27.

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

Picasso, Pablo

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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

29.

Are we interested in sight seeing or soul saving?

30.

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

31.

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

Casals, Pablo

32.

What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G.

33.

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

34.

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

Moody, Dwight L.

37.

You have to know what is right for you and go after it regardless of what others say.

Brown, Les

38.

My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I'm happy. I can't figure it out. What am I doing right.

Schulz, Charles M.

39.

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

Craig Mary

40.

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

41.

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

42.

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

Gschwandtner, Gerhard

43.

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.

44.

In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

Sophocles

45.

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

Martyn, Henry

46.

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

Socrates

48.

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

Gide, Andre

49.

Mix a conviction with a man and something happens.

Powell, Adam Clayton

50.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.