Motivational Quotes

Purpose

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

- Disraeli, Benjamin

Best Quotes about Purpose

The aims of life are the best defense against death.

Levi, Primo

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Eliot, George

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

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

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

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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

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

Shakespeare, William

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

Eliot, George

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

Simonides

10.

The secret to success is constancy to purpose.

Disraeli, Benjamin

11.

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

Wieder, Marcia

12.

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

Picasso, Pablo

13.

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

14.

Purpose is what gives life a meaning.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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

Morgan, Arthur E.

16.

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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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

18.

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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Our chief usefulness to humanity rests on our combining power with high purpose. Power undirected by high purpose spells calamity, and high purpose by itself is utterly useless if the power to put it into effect is lacking.

Roosevelt, Theodore

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

21.

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

Robbins, Anthony

22.

Are we interested in sight seeing or soul saving?

23.

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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Ever more people today have the means to live, but no meaning to live for.

Frankl, Viktor E.

25.

Winners are people with definite purpose in life.

Waitley, Denis

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A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

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

Thurber, James

28.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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Blessed are the single-hearted, for they shall enjoy much peace. If you refuse to be hurried and pressed, if you stay your soul on God, nothing can keep you from that clearness of spirit which is life and peace. In that stillness you will know what His will is.

Carmichael, Amy

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Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

Irving, Washington

33.

Many good purposes lie in the churchyard.

Henry, Philip

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They are not only idle who do nothing, but they are idle also who might be better employed.

Socrates

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

Hildebrand, Kenneth

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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

39.

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

Ziglar, Zig

40.

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

Mayes, Charles

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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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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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Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it.

Buddha

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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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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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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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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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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

49.

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

Seneca

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

Proverb