Motivational Quotes

Purpose

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.

Best Quotes about Purpose

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

Wizard, Her Majesty's

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

Are we interested in sight seeing or soul saving?

I know of no such unquestionable badge and ensign of a sovereign mind as that of tenacity of purpose...

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

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

Casals, Pablo

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

Moody, Dwight L.

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

What on earth are you doing for Heaven's sake?

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

Socrates

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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The meaning of life is to give life meaning.

Hudgins, Ken

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

Ziglar, Zig

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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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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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Purpose is what gives life a meaning.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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

Shakespeare, William

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

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Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

Irving, Washington

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A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose.

Pilgrim, Peace

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What is my life if I am no longer useful to others.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

Sophocles

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

Brown, Les

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

Buddha

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

Bible

34.

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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Winners are people with definite purpose in life.

Waitley, Denis

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A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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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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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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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 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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Your cause belongs to those that can avenge your wrongs.

Winkworth

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

Proverb

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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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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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Many good purposes lie in the churchyard.

Henry, Philip

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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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Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when working to another aim.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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The purpose of man is in action not thought.

Carlyle, Thomas

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

Buscaglia, Leo

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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