Motivational Quotes

Purpose

We know there is intention and purpose in the universe, because there is intention and purpose in us.

- Shaw, George Bernard

Best Quotes about Purpose

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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

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

Hemingway, Ernest

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

Morgan, Arthur 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

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

The secret to success is constancy to purpose.

Disraeli, Benjamin

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

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

The aims of life are the best defense against death.

Levi, Primo

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Many good purposes lie in the churchyard.

Henry, Philip

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I see no business in life but the work of Christ.

Martyn, Henry

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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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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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Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.

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

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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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What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Eliot, George

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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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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

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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.

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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

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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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A just cause is not ruined by a few mistakes.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor

29.

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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Purpose is what gives life a meaning.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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

Tolstoy, Count Leo

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Pep without purpose is piffle.

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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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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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The purpose of man is in action not thought.

Carlyle, Thomas

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Are we interested in sight seeing or soul saving?

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

Wizard, Her Majesty's

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

Thurber, James

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

Brown, Les

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

Tallentyre, S. G.

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Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

Irving, Washington

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

Bible

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