Motivational Quotes

Purpose

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

Best Quotes about Purpose

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Gschwandtner, Gerhard

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

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

Diana, Princess of Wales

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

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

When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.

Stone, W. Clement

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Martyn, Henry

10.

What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G.

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

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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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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

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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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Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

18.

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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The aims of life are the best defense against death.

Levi, Primo

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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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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

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

Brown, Les

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

Robbins, Anthony

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

Casals, Pablo

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Many good purposes lie in the churchyard.

Henry, Philip

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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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The crowning blessing of life is to be born with a bias to some pursuit.

Tallentyre, S. G.

29.

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

Seneca

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

Tolstoy, Count Leo

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

Mayes, Charles

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

33.

Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money.

Fuller, Thomas

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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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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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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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Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.

Cowper, William

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You are only as strong as your purpose, therefore let us choose reasons to act that are big bold righteous and eternal.

Munro, Barry

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

40.

Pep without purpose is piffle.

41.

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

Wizard, Her Majesty's

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Sharpman, Al

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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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Are we interested in sight seeing or soul saving?