My Purpose Quotes

What we call knowledge does not and cannot have the purpose of producing representations of an independent reality, but instead has an adaptive function.

Self-realization is, in fact, the only religion. For it is the true purpose of religion, no matter how people define their beliefs.

The purpose of the heart is to know yourself, to be yourself, and yet one with God.

For the material, at best, is only temporal, or temporary, while that which may be built from spiritual desire, spiritual purposes, is eternal.

...for limited purposes only, let me define religion as a set of symbolic forms and acts which relate man to the ultimate conditions of his existence.

The Kremlin is constantly changing the rules of the game to suit its purposes. We are not playing chess, we're playing roulette.

Every guitar I own gets used and has its purpose.

The tie's a multi purpose accessory, y'know, belt, school boy, Rambo.

In America, communities existed before governments. There were many groups of people with a common sense of purpose and a feeling of duty to one another before there were political institutions.

Suffering presents us with a challenge: to find our goals and purpose in our lives that make even the worst situation worth living through.

Beauty always had a purpose: to be of service to life.

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

She knows what is the best purpose of education: not to be frightened by the best but to treat it as part of daily life.

The only reason I took steroids was for my health purposes. I did not take steroids to get any gain for any strength purposes.

A man’s life may stagnate as literally as water may stagnate, and just as motion and direction are the remedy for one, so purpose and activity are the remedy for the other.

Might is a fine thing, and useful for many purposes; for "one goes further with a handful of might than with a bagful of right."

I have been used for a purpose, and there will be a certain tragic occurrence happening if you don't take my testimony and somehow vindicate me so my people don't suffer because of what I have done.

We shall never prevent the abuse of power if we are not prepared to limit power in a way which occasionally may prevent its use for desirable purposes.

I don't feel frightened by not knowing things, by being lost in the mysterious universe without any purpose - which is the way it really is, as far as I can tell. Possibly. It doesn't frighten me.

The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails whereon my soul is grooved to run

There are no separate systems. The world is a continuum. Where to draw a boundary around a system depends on the purpose of the discussion.

Party leads to vicious, corrupt and unprofitable legislation, for the sole purpose of defeating party.

I’ve been more places by accident than most people have been on purpose.

THE PATH OF PEACE is exceedingly vast, reflecting the grand design of the hidden and manifest worlds. A warrior is a living shrine of the divine, one who serves that grand purpose.

Our cultural dilemma has nothing to do with children who don't read very well. It lies instead in the difficulty of finding a way to restore meaning and purpose to modern life.

Our purpose is simple... To Love To love each other, to love all life and to love our earth.

We were created for the purpose of giving God's invisible character a glimpse of visibility.

Leadership is the capacity to influence others through inspiration motivated by passion, generated by vision, produced by a conviction, ignited by a purpose.

We are all part of some great cycle, some pattern that it was only God's purpose to understand.

The pursuit of your life is to come into [your] purpose. And the waste of your life is to miss that purpose.

The apparatus defeats its own purpose if its purpose is to create a humane existence on the basis of a humanized nature.

Fixedness of purpose is the root of all successful efforts.

For me, the greater purpose of the story is just to illuminate some pattern of human truth.

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul producing holy witness Is like a villain with a smiling cheek, A goodly apple rotten at the heart. O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!

All created forms are fractal, as is their purpose, use, and allotted time for existence.

I believe we come to earth with sealed orders. I believe that only those who lack passion look down on purpose.

The purpose of prayer is not to change God's mind, which always knows your wholeness and your deservingness. The purpose of prayer is to change your mind so you can see through the eyes of God.

Part of success is preparation on purpose.

Art brings people back to their sensibility as human beings. This is the purpose of art: To bring people together and bring back the humanity as well.

My purpose is far greater than my pain

The first principle of ethical power is Purpose... It is the picture you have of yourself - the kind of person you want to be or the kind of life you want to lead.

The most practical of all methods for controlling the mind is the habit of keeping it busy with a definite purpose, backed by a definite plan.

You are a mirror of the Almighty...this is the reason you were created...your purpose.

I work hard to show my mother that her child has a purpose.

We must not only give what we have, we must give what we are.

There is no failure except failure to serve one's purpose.

Success isn't about acquiring things, it's about discovering your life purpose and following the call

The establishment of a clear, central purpose or goal in life is the starting point of all success

Everybody knows that abstract art can be art, and most people know that they may not like it, even if they understand there's another purpose to it.

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