Motivational Quotes

Purpose

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

- Wizard, Her Majesty's

Best Quotes about Purpose

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

Diana, Princess of Wales

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.

It's not so much how busy you are, but why you are busy. The bee is praised. The mosquito is swatted.

O'Connor, Mary

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

Many people flounder about in life because they do not have a purpose, an objective toward which to work.

Halas, George

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

Robbins, Anthony

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

Your cause belongs to those that can avenge your wrongs.

Winkworth

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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Mix a conviction with a man and something happens.

Powell, Adam Clayton

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

Brown, Les

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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 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

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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 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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Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience.

Carnegie, Dale

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

Hildebrand, Kenneth

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

Gide, Andre

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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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The purpose of man is in action not thought.

Carlyle, Thomas

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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]

Bible

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Winners are people with definite purpose in life.

Waitley, Denis

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

Thurber, James

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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

Sophocles

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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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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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A purpose you impart is no longer your own.

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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What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G.

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

Wieder, Marcia

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

Morgan, Arthur E.

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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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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

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

Tallentyre, S. G.

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

Shakespeare, William

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

Moody, Dwight L.

48.

Are we interested in sight seeing or soul saving?

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A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose.

Pilgrim, Peace

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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