My Purpose Quotes

Like black, do you? (Cassandra) It serves its purpose. It’s hard to look intimidating in pastels. (Wulf)

No idle word should be uttered. I understand a word to be idle when it serves no good purpose, either for myself or for another, and was not intended to do so.

The closer you live to God, the smaller everything else appears.

A true desire is not to have but to be. We are whole creatures in potential, and the true purpose of desire is to unfold that wholeness, to become what we can be.

A newspaper that is true to its purpose concerns itself not only with the way things are but with the way they ought to be.

Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose

To think what is true, to sense what is beautiful and to want what is good, hereby the spirit finds purpose of a life in reason.

Music is given to us with the sole purpose of establishing an order in things, including, and particularly, the coordination between man and time.

I told my wife she looks sexy with black fingernails. Now she thinks I slammed the car door on her hand on purpose.

I did not come here for the purpose of surrendering my command.

You can achieve a goal; you never really achieve your purpose, because your purpose is ongoing. It never stops.

Our highest endeavour must be to develop individuals who are able out of their own initiative to impart purpose & direction to their lives.

The struggle which is not joyous is the wrong struggle. The joy of the struggle is not hedonism and hilarity, but the sense of purpose, achievement and dignity.

Greatness comes from living with purpose and passion.

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

It is only in God that we discover our origin, our identity, our meaning, our purpose, our significance, and our destiny. Every other path leads to a dead end.

Words transform. Speak only with a good purpose. Say only things that serve you and others. Choose your words wisely.

The purpose of faith isn't always to keep us from having trouble. It is often to carry us through trouble. If we never had any trouble, we wouldn't need any faith.

If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.

all of us have a place in history. mine is clouds.

The purpose of a doctor or any human in general should not be to simply delay the death of the patient, but to increase the person's quality of life.

Society or culture or whatever you might want to call it, has created us all solely and wholly for the purpose of maintaining its continuity and status quo.

Trouble is here. It is for a purpose. Use it for the purpose for which it was intended - to help you grow. Thank God for your troubles.

When every action has a purpose, every action has a result

The power of prayer is like turning on a light as it illuminates God's purpose for our lives. There is no greater connection to knowing His will other than the word.

The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many men as possible.

The prime purpose of being four is to enjoy being four - of secondary importance is to prepare for being five.

Even if we don't see it, God is always working underneath the surface, behind the scenes and orchestrating His plans and purposes.

This was the purpose of the whole creation, that man should recognize and know Him and give praise to His Name.

You spend so much of your life basing yourself on what you think other people think of you. Then you realise that maybe one of the purposes of life is not to care.

Classical buildings endure because they are loved, admired and accepted, and enjoy an innate adaption to human needs and purposes.

I think photojournalism is documentary photography with a purpose.

Did you know that every human being is created with a purpose and that they have a responsibility to not only discover their purpose but also to fulfill it?

Let us have a Universal Mind that loves and protects all creation and helps all things grow and develop. To unify mind and body and become one with the Universe is the ultimate purpose of our study.

We are not moving towards some kind of goal. We are at the goal, and it is changing with us. If art has any purpose, it is to open our eyes to that fact.

Games have been called the lab for the development of moral attributes, but they will not, of themselves, accomplish this purpose. They must be properly conducted by competent individuals.

The thing to keep in mind is that laws are framed by those who happen to be in power and for the purpose of keeping them in power.

If work is just going in every day and getting a check, it's an ugly life. When you can make work a meaningful purpose, you've hit the jackpot for people.

Fortitude. ... It means fixity of purpose. It means endurance. It means having the strength to live with what constrains you.

Live performance has always been my thing. It’s my purpose to master and capture the moment every time I have you connected.

Self pity is of the devil, and if I wallow in it, I cannot be used by God for his purpose in the world.

To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.

God's purpose in increasing our trials is to sensitize us to people we never would have been able to relate to otherwise.

Success demands singleness of purpose.

Your mind was made to know and love God.

And in fact, I think one of the best guides to telling you who you are, and I think children use it all the time for this purpose, is fantasy.

We are hardwired to connect with others, it's what gives purpose and meaning to our lives, and without it there is suffering.

If you have a pulse, you have a purpose!

The State is the altar of political freedom and, like the religious altar, it is maintained for the purpose of human sacrifice.

Art is the image of life, it's purpose simply to enhance it.