Motivational Quotes

Purpose

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

- Seneca

Best Quotes about Purpose

Pep without purpose is piffle.

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

Sharpman, Al

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

The meaning of life is to give life meaning.

Hudgins, Ken

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

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

Gide, Andre

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

Casals, Pablo

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

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

Disraeli, Benjamin

10.

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

Brooks, Garth

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

Eliot, George

12.

You can come to understand your purpose in life by slowing down and feeling your heart's desires.

Wieder, Marcia

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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

14.

Mix a conviction with a man and something happens.

Powell, Adam Clayton

15.

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

Gschwandtner, Gerhard

17.

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

18.

The longest journey is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who has started upon his quest for the source of his being.

Hammarskjold, Dag

19.

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

Ziglar, Zig

20.

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

21.

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

22.

Your cause belongs to those that can avenge your wrongs.

Winkworth

23.

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]

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

25.

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

Fuller, Thomas

28.

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.

29.

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

Simonides

30.

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

31.

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

Brown, Les

32.

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

Morgan, Arthur E.

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

Robbins, Anthony

34.

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

35.

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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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

Sophocles

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

Mayes, Charles

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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

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

Thoreau, Henry David

40.

Every man is occasionally visited by the suspicion that the planet on which he is riding is not really going anywhere; that the Force which controls its measured eccentricities hasn't got anything special in mind. If he broods on this somber theme long enough he gets the doleful idea that the laughing children on a merry-go-round or the thin, fine hands of a lady's watch are revolving more purposely than he is.

Thurber, James

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

Seneca

42.

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

Tolstoy, Count Leo

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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

45.

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

Irving, Washington

46.

A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

47.

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

Picasso, Pablo

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The secret of man's being is not only to live but to have something to live for.