My Purpose Quotes

I am convinced that much more emphasis should be placed on history. The purpose of history is to learn how human beings react when exposed to the danger of wounds or death.

The heart of blogging is linking - linking and commenting. Connecting and communicating - the purpose of the Internet.

Life is simplified when there is one center; one reason, one motivation, one direction and purpose.

With drooping shoulders The majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed like Stony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose.

Sometimes I think my purpose is as a saboteur when I'm working with other people, derailing what they're trying to do or taking things to a ludicrous extremity.

Government is the assumption of authority over a given area and all within it, exercised generally for the double purpose of more complete oppression of its subjects and extension of its boundaries.

The purpose of schools should not be to prepare students for more school. We should be seeking to have fully engaged students now

To me, the only reason for guns in civilian hands is for sporting purposes.

Knowing the plumbing of the universe, intricate and awe-inspiring though that plumbing might be, is a far cry from discovering its purpose.

The purpose of the environmental movement is to establish control over the people.

To rid the world of aggression and contention is the purpose of Aikido

As the purpose of comedy is to correct the vices of men, I see no reason why anyone should be exempt.

Every living creature that comes into the world has something allotted him to perform; therefore, he should not stand an idle spectator of what others are doing.

I'm just taking one step at a time. I could zigzag one way, but it's not usually on purpose.

Man's ideal state is realized when he has fulfilled the purpose for which he is born. And what is it that reason demands of him? Something very easy-that he live in accordance with his own nature.

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

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.

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

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

The only purpose of customer service is to change feelings.

He had got himself a life. Now he had to find a purpose in it.

When people know they are created with a purpose, and not here by accident, it is life-changing.

No marriage or family, no ward or stake is likely to reach its full potential until husbands and wives, mothers and fathers, men and women work together in unity of purpose.

People want nothing but mirrors around them. To reflect them while they’re reflecting too ... Reflections of reflections and echoes of echoes. No beginning and no end. No center and no purpose.

The most depraved type of human being ... (is) the man without a purpose.

The United States is my subject, but as Hawthorne once wrote, "the United States are suited for many admirable purposes, but not to live in."

The purpose of man's life...is to become an abject zombie who serves a purpose he does not know, for reasons he is not to question.

Prancing around on stage is not the entire purpose of my life.

If you have grasped the purpose of life there is no point in trying to make life into something it is not or cannot be.

The ultimate purpose of life is to show that Jesus is more precious than life.

Purpose is the engine, the power that drives and directs our lives.

To use a big word or a foreign word when a small one and a familiar one will answer the same purpose, is a sign of ignorance. Great scholars and writers and polite speakers use simple words.

The Bible shows the clear statement of God's purposes concerning the earth, and man once made its prince. Its opening chapters show that it was intended for man's instruction.

Design in nature is but a concatenation of accidents, culled by natural selection until the result is so beautiful or effective as to seem a miracle of purpose.

The purpose of life is to realize God within ourselves. This can be done even whilst attending to our worldly duties.

I pray to be used in service to a greater purpose higher than my own

I realize that the New York Times probably not written for the express purpose of driving me mad; I think of it as liberalism's daily bulletin board.

Religion is something that is very well intentioned, for all intents and purposes, for everyone around the world, but sometimes it can start to get warped.

You were born by his purpose and for his purpose.

But especially, you know, I love the music. This is my purpose. I don't do anything else but music.

We discover that meaning and purpose only when we make God the reference point of our lives.

It feels good to know you contributed positively to another's life, to their happiness, to their survival. It gives us a sense of purpose.

I have finally figured out that the purpose of life is to enjoy it.

all the categories which we employ to describe conscious mental acts, such as ideas, purposes, resolutions, and so on, can be applied tothese latent states.

Because of my Calvinistic upbringing, I was trained to think that what you do has to have a purpose.

The purpose creates the machine.

When you make Service your sole purpose in life, it eliminates fear, focuses your mind and gives you meaning.

The purpose of battle is to attain the greatest heights within your own limits!

The purpose of laughter is to bring one to silence, and the purpose of silence is to bring one to laughter.

All metallics are neutrals. So it is absolutely fine to mix gold and silver; you just want it to look like it has purpose.