My Purpose Quotes

For the purpose of my life, I don't ask the question. First of all, I believe. I think the Five Books of Moses are inspired. Call it divine. I don't know. But I would certainly call it inspired.

Everyone serves a purpose.

Woe to him who saw no more sense in his life, no aim, no purpose, and therefore no point in carrying on.

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

War is in truth a disease in which the juices that serve health and maintenance are used for the sole purpose of nourishing something foreign, something at odds with nature.

My performances may have elements that some may find entertaining, but that's not my main purpose.

Even aimless journeys have a purpose.

The purpose of privilege is not to place parliamentarians above the law, but rather to allow them to carry out their duties independently and effectively, in the national interest.

Everyone has a purpose because God is a purposeful God.

But I don't want to be out there anymore; I don't want people asking me about my health issues, about my kids. I choose not to be a public paparazzi girl on purpose.

Our purpose is to consciously, deliberately evolve towards a wiser, more liberated and luminous state of being.

Was there ever a name more full of purpose than Chicago's? ... spoken as Chicagoans themselves speak it, with a bit of a spit to give heft to its slither, it is gloriously onomatopoetic.

Now among the other things proper to recreate man and give him pleasure, music is either the first or one of the principal;and we must think that it is a gift of God deputed for that purpose'.

The discovery that the universe has no purpose need not prevent a human being from having one.

In the present civil war it is quite possible that God's purpose is something different from the purpose of either party.

...it isn't foolish or wicked to enjoy. Wickedness is hurting people on purpose. I love what you are and who you are and how you are. You give me great joy. And you make horrible coffee.

Children who know they are loved, know they have a purpose, and know they have a hope are prepared for anything this world wants to dish up.

The universal and lasting establishment of peace constitutes not merely a part, but the whole final purpose and end of the science of right as viewed within the limits of reason.

When Mozart is playing in my room, I am in conjunction with something I can't explain... I don't need to. I know that if there's a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart.

One of the great purposes of religion itself is being hindered by an exclusive-ism that doesn't take into account the common elements and values that we actually share.

There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics none in which there is more need of good pilotage and of a single, unfaltering purpose when the waves rise high.

You need a purpose to express yourself, but that expression is its own purpose.

Develop a capacity for things like purpose, love, wonder, courage, and grace.

The point of civilization is to be civilized; the purpose of action is to perpetuate society, for only in society can philosophy truly take place.

God's purpose in redemption is to make worshipers out of rebels.

The desire to fulfill the purpose for which we were created is a gift from God.

Americanism is a question of spirit, of conviction and purpose, not creed or birthplaces. The test of our worth is the service we render.

I influenced the BG style by not being able to draw perspective. The BG artists developed cool graphic painting styles to make my bad backgrounds look like they were that way on purpose.

I have written every poem, every novel, for the same purpose-to find out what I think, to know where I stand.

I'm a grinder....I've never taken more than a week off in my adult life. I truly believe work is a virtue, it gives you purpose.

Life does not require you to sacrifice or compromise your joy to get what you want. Joy is what you want, so when you choose in harmony with it, you are fulfilling your purpose in living.

Were they, for some purpose almost too cunning for belief, only disguised as themselves?

To what purpose, April, do you return again? Beauty is not enough.

An entire life of solitude contradicts the purpose of our being, since death itself is scarcely an idea of more terror.

The purpose of school should be to prepare kids for the rest of their lives, but too often what kids need to be prepared for is surviving the school day itself.

The man who has submitted his will and purposes entirely to God, carries God with him in all his works and in all circumstances.

There is only one true purpose in life: to wake up from the delusion that you are separate from everything else.

The purpose of parenting is to provide steady and wide-ranging opportunities for a child. The child does the rest.

Baffling late-life discovery: Golfers wear those awful clothes on purpose.

I have not the slightest pretension to call my verses poetry; I write now and then for no other purpose than to relieve depression or to improve my English.

Every word that I say, every song that I sing, and literally every move that I make [ in Chicaho musical] has much purpose.

Some nights, valor and cold purpose aren't enough.

Power is the ability to achieve purpose.

The purpose of direct action is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation.

Leadership is an influence relationship among leaders and followers who intend real changes that reflect their mutual purposes.

We can only feel happy and fulfilled if we're engaged in our (soul's) purpose.

The only purpose of customer service is to change feelings.

You can't make people work harder. People have to want to work hard and make a difference. Purpose matters.

Everyone has a covenant and a purpose which is special, and if you do not fulfill it, - there is no one else who will.

That there should be a purpose to suffering, that a person should be chosen for it, special - these are houses of the mind, in which whole peoples have found shelter.