Motivational Quotes

Purpose

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.

Best Quotes about Purpose

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

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

A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose.

Pilgrim, Peace

The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.

Eliot, George

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

Craig Mary

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.

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

The meaning of life is to give life meaning.

Hudgins, Ken

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

11.

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Picasso, Pablo

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

Gide, Andre

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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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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

Sophocles

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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

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What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Eliot, George

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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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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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The aims of life are the best defense against death.

Levi, Primo

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Shakespeare, William

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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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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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Are we interested in sight seeing or soul saving?

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

Wizard, Her Majesty's

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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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Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes; lesser ones exist on wishes and inclinations.

Hildebrand, Kenneth

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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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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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A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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

Proverb

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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]

Bible

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Pep without purpose is piffle.

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

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

Tolstoy, Count Leo

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Winners are people with definite purpose in life.

Waitley, Denis

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Your cause belongs to those that can avenge your wrongs.

Winkworth

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