Motivational Quotes

Purpose

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

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Best Quotes about Purpose

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

Each of our acts makes a statement as to our purpose.

Buscaglia, Leo

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

Hubbard, L. Ron

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

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

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.

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

Picasso, Pablo

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Winners are people with definite purpose in life.

Waitley, Denis

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

Brown, Les

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

Robbins, Anthony

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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]

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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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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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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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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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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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Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.

Ustinov, Peter

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What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.

Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G.

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

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

Hemingway, Ernest

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A purpose you impart is no longer your own.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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

Socrates

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The meaning of life is to give life meaning.

Hudgins, Ken

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Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.

Irving, Washington

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Mix a conviction with a man and something happens.

Powell, Adam Clayton

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

Thoreau, Henry David

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Purpose is what gives life a meaning.

Parkhurst, Charles H.

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

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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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 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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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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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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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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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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To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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