Motivational Quotes

Purpose

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

- Sharpman, Al

Best Quotes about Purpose

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

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

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

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

Irving, Washington

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

A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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

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

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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

Wieder, Marcia

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Purpose is what gives life a meaning.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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

Morgan, Arthur E.

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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

19.

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

Seneca

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

Robbins, Anthony

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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

Sophocles

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

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Mix a conviction with a man and something happens.

Powell, Adam Clayton

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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]

Bible

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The first principle of ethical power is Purpose. By purpose, I don't mean your objective or intention-something toward which you are always striving. Purpose is something bigger. It is the picture you have of yourself-the kind of person you want to be or the kind of life you want to lead.

Blanchard, Ken

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A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose.

Pilgrim, Peace

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

Bible

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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 secret to success is constancy to purpose.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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At a turbulent public meeting once I lost my temper and said some harsh and sarcastic things. The proposal I was supporting was promptly defeated. My father who was there, said nothing, but that night, on my pillow I found a marked passage from Aristotle: Anybody can become angry--that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way -- that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.

Gordon, Arthur

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

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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

Mayes, Charles

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My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I'm happy. I can't figure it out. What am I doing right.

Schulz, Charles M.

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

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

Tolstoy, Count Leo

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The purpose of man is in action not thought.

Carlyle, Thomas

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

Ziglar, Zig

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

Wizard, Her Majesty's

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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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The only way you can be successful on a post or win at it is to be at cause over it.

Hubbard, L. Ron

47.

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

Moody, Dwight L.

48.

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

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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