Motivational Quotes

Purpose

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

- Shakespeare, William

Best Quotes about Purpose

It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end

Hemingway, Ernest

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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All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.

Thurber, James

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

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

Tolstoy, Count Leo

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

People should follow their own energy.

Schultz, Will

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

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Pep without purpose is piffle.

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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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Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were entreating through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. [2 Corinthians 5:20]

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Your cause belongs to those that can avenge your wrongs.

Winkworth

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

Hildebrand, Kenneth

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

Ziglar, Zig

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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]

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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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Everything in the universe has a purpose. Indeed, the invisible intelligence that flows through everything in a purposeful fashion is also flowing through you.

Dyer, Wayne

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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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Winners are people with definite purpose in life.

Waitley, Denis

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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

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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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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

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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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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

Sophocles

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

Brooks, Garth

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Gschwandtner, Gerhard

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The secret to success is constancy to purpose.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Gide, Andre

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

Morgan, Arthur E.

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

Proverb

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

Thoreau, Henry David

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

Wizard, Her Majesty's

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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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Are we interested in sight seeing or soul saving?

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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 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.