My Purpose Quotes

That's the purpose of old age... To give us a breathing space before we die, in which to see why we did what we did.

Riches are intended for the comfort of life, and not life for the purpose of hoarding riches.

Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him.' Whatever happens is to His good purpose and for His glory. I am not afraid.

Let individuals contribute as they desire; but let us prohibit in effective fashion all corporations from making contributions for any political purpose, directly or indirectly.

Morality comes from humanism and is stolen by religion for its own purposes.

Texas is dicktown. No basement in the alamo. I didnt capitalize that on purpose.

Fortunate is the person who has developed the self-control to steer a straight course towards his objectives in life, without being swayed from his purpose by either commendation or condemnation.

It is only of life on Earth, however, that one can speak with any certainty. It seems to me that all life on Earth, the sum total of life upon the Earth, has purpose.

The legal tender quality [of money] is only valuable for the purposes of dishonesty.

Say to yourself, 'I'm here on purpose, I can accomplish anything I desire, and I do it by being in harmony with the all-pervading creative force in the universe.

A person with a clear purpose will make progress, even on the roughest road. A person with no purpose will make no progress, even on the smoothest road.

All human discoveries seem to be made only for the purpose of confirming more strongly the truths come from on high, and contained in the sacred writings.

The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense.

The purpose of life is life.

You will be your best self when you take time to understand what you really need, feel and want.

You will have fewer regrets in life if you start focusing and taking responsiblity for where you are and where you want to be.

Making duplicate copies and computer printouts of things no one wanted even one of in the first place is giving America a new sense of purpose.

The photograph reverses the purpose of travel, which until now had been to encounter the strange and unfamiliar.

Beauty is the purest feeling of the soul. Beauty arises when soul is satisfied.

Progress apart from purpose ends in arrogance.

The enduring attraction of war is this: Even with its destruction and carnage it can give us what we long for in life. It can give us purpose, meaning, a reason for living.

Faith is an orientation of the total person, giving purpose and goal to one's hopes and strivings, thoughts and actions.

Let each moment be guided by positive purpose. And let your whole life express the beauty of who you truly are.

Empires do not suffer emptiness of purpose at the time of their creation. It is when they have become established that aims are lost and replaced by vague ritual.

Without God there is for mankind no purpose, no goal, no hope, only a wavering future, an eternal dread of every darkness.

Take a firm grasp on God’s sovereignty and trust His love even when you don’t understand His purpose.

I learned that the purpose of the Twelve Steps is to do the will of God.

What I have said may serve to recommend mathematics for acquiring a vigorous constitution of mind; for which purpose they are as useful as exercise is for procuring health and strength to the body.

In sum, the purpose is to contest the popular view, because popular opinions are so frequently found to be untimely, misled (by propaganda), or plainly wrong.

The solution to low self-esteem is to get over yourself and get a higher purpose.

It was instilled in me that the money I was given was not to be lost or spent on any other purpose.

The MD is well aware that the forecasts are no good but he needs them for planning purposes.

You always have to know what the ambition of the scene is, what the purpose of that scene is in the telling of the story overall, so that you're there to support the story.

All excellence involves discipline and tenacity of purpose.

The strength of even the strongest individual can always be overpowered by the many, who often will combine for no other purpose than to ruin strength precisely because of its peculiar independence.

Once wide coercive powers are given to governmental agencies for particular purposes, such powers cannot be effectively controlled by democratic assemblies.

The greatest gift you can give someone is your personal development.

I do not photograph for ulterior purposes. I photograph for the thing itself - for the photograph - without consideration of how it may be used.

The purpose of foreign policy is not to provide an outlet for our own sentiments of hope or indignation; it is to shape real events in a real world.

Living on purpose is a lifestyle, a way of being and a lifelong spiritual practice that will refine your Soul. This isn't a 10-day or 30-day plan. This is a lifelong adventure!

Jesus did not die just to give us peace and a purpose in life; he died to save us from the wrath of God.

Eventually, alas, I realized the main purpose of buying cocaine is to run out of it.

Remember this. Bear Bryant retired at age 69, and he died 28 days after he stopped coaching. If you don't have something, and a purpose in your life, you're gonna die.

If there is a fence and you don't know its purpose, don't just assume there isn't one and tear it down. Find out what the fence is intended to accomplish. You might see it needs to stay.

As long as we want to be different from what God wants us to be at the time, we are only tormenting ourselves to no purpose.

The purpose of the Bible is simply to proclaim God's plan to save His children.

Would it not be strange if a universe without purpose accidentally created humans who are so obsessed with purpose?

You come into the world with nothing, and the purpose of your life is to make something out of nothing.

The developing science departs at the same time more and more from its original scope and purpose and threatens to sacrifice its earlier unity and split into diverse branches.

Though we may not be able to see His purpose or His plan, the Lord of heaven is on His throne and in firm control of the universe and our lives.