My Purpose Quotes

Golf. Trying to knock a tiny ball into an even smaller hole with implements ill suited to the purpose.

The chief purpose of government is to protect life. Abandon that and you have abandoned all.

The true purpose of the strong is to promote greater strength in the weak, and not to keep the weak in that state where they are at the mercy of the strong.

Preparation for old age should begin not later than one's teens. A life which is empty of purpose until 65 will not suddenly become filled on retirement.

There is a divine purpose behind everything - and therefore a divine presence in everything.

It is amazing how much we can endure when we are convinced there is a purpose to our struggle.

The purpose of our life is to help others through it.

The sole purpose of marketing is to sell more to more people, more often and at higher prices. There is no other reason to do it.

If we lose sight of people, we lose sight of the very purpose of leadership.

The purpose of life is to amount to something and have it make some difference that you lived at all.

It is what we do easily and what we like to do that we do well.

Your pain has a purpose. Your problems, struggles, heartaches, and hassles cooperate toward one end-the glory of God.

We live that our souls may grow. The development of the soul is the purpose of existence. God Almighty is trying to obtain some decent association for Himself.

Purpose, or mission, is determined by the development of values, balance, ethics, humor, morality, and sensitivities. It manifests itself in the way we look at life.

If you really want to be successful and you really want to be happy, don't have a job, have a purpose. ...When you've got a purpose, the whole world is your office.

That is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great.

If the winds of fortune are temporarily blowing against you, remember that you can harness them and make them carry you toward your definite purpose, through the use of your imagination.

Frankness is not a license to say anything you want, wherever and whenever you want. It is not rudeness.

I will not be distracted by noise, chatter, or setbacks. Patience, commitment, grace, and purpose will guide me.

The conscious purpose of science is control of Nature; its unconscious effect is disruption and chaos.

The purpose of labor is to learn; when you know it, the labor is over.

The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broadswords, or canals, or statues, or songs.

There's no need to curse God if you're an ugly duckling. He chooses those strong enough to endure it so that they can guide others who've felt the same.

There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.

The purpose of influence is to "speak up for those who have no influence." (Pr.31:8) It's not about you.

The purpose of all prayer is to find God's will and to make that our prayer

Profit isn't a purpose, it's a result. To have purpose means the things we do are of real value to others.

Determine what specific goal you want to achieve. Then dedicate yourself to its attainment with unswerving singleness of purpose, the trenchant zeal of a crusader.

What is the ultimate purpose of life? It's to give.

Weight every purpose in the light of eternity. A trivial pursuit is that which is out side the will of God & detached from the glory of God.

The purpose of psychotherapy is to set people free.

The purpose and cause of the incarnation was that He might illuminate the world by His wisdom and excite it to the love of Himself.

I've never sung a single song in my whole life on purpose to shock anyone. My 'hot numbers' are all, if you will notice, written about something that is real in the lives of millions of people.

The purpose of art is to re-present nature, not represent it.

Alluding to hell is a warning that a person can completely neglect his purpose in life. I don't believe in an eternal hell.

Has creation a final purpose at all, and if so why is it not attained immediately, why does perfection not exist from the very beginning?

Circumstances and crises are God's tools to move you into your purpose and the maximizing of your potential.

You are not saved for the sole purpose of going to heaven; you are saved to finish your assignment on earth

When you have a Clear purpose, you won't have time for negativity

For me a work of art must be an elevated interpretation of nature. The search for the ideal has been the purpose of my life. In landscape or seascape, I love above all the poetic motif.

If I can make people smile, then I have served my purpose for God.

I found the purpose of my existence, and also the purpose of my circumstance. There's a purpose for why you're in the fire.

To give away money is an easy matter and in any man's power. But to decide to whom to give it and how large and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man's power nor an easy matter.

That each sorrow has its purpose, By the sorrowing oft unguessed, But as sure as the sun brings morning, Whatever is-is best.

What if your purpose is to take impeccable care of yourself so that you have the energy and joy to serve others?

No matter how explicit the pledge, people will turn and twist the text to suit their own purpose

The purpose of our lives is to add value to the people of this generation and those that follow.

Purpose must be deliberately conceived and chosen, and then pursued.

Act with purpose, courage, confidence, competence and intelligence until these qualities 'lock in' to your subconscious mind.

Music exists for the purpose of growing an admirable heart.