My Purpose Quotes

The desert was held in a crazed communism by which Nature and the elements were for the free use of every known friendly person for his own purposes and no more.

The mind generally takes up various objects, runs into all sorts of things. That is the lower state. There is a higher state of the mind, when it takes up one object and excludes all others.

Whatever the method, the purpose of quieting the mind is always the same... to step out of you own way and touch a Universal Oneness with all things.

Man's life on earth has only one end and purpose: to identify himself with his eternal Self and so to come to unitive knowledge of the Divine Ground.

My familiarity with the successful use of very long steel ropes for mining purposes naturally suggested their adaptation to the new purpose of deep sea work.

The purpose of life is to increase the warm heart.

Whatever you are struggling with, is a reminder for you to find your true purpose in this lifetime.

The true purpose of education is to prepare young men and women for effective citizenship in a free form of government.

To me the purpose of life is to enjoy it! It's to enjoy the gift, and to make sure that other people have an opportunity to enjoy the gift.

Each of us was born to fulfill a divine purpose. As we open our hearts and minds to a new way of being, the purpose of our lives unfolds organically.

The meaning of life, Nikodemos, is to live life with meaning. The purpose of life is merely to live it, perhaps to give it.

The purpose of life is to get as close as we can to other people.

For some individuals - some soldiers, some contractors - combat provides a kind of purpose and meaning beyond which all else potentially pales in comparison.

We are all capable of greatness when we know without any doubt that we are directly connected to a higher purpose.

Leo Tolstoy said the purpose of art is to teach you to love life. And that's what I want.

Service to others should be one of the most basic purposes of family life and schooling.

There is an entire generation who was too young to read 'The Purpose Driven Life' 10 years ago but are now asking the critical question, 'What on earth am I here for?'

It is not enough to invent new machines, new regulations, or new institutions. We must understand differently and more perfectly the true purpose of our existence on this earth.

If you come face to face with some really challenging situations and tragic circumstances - you are going in there with a purpose. You are not going in there as a tourist.

You can do something other than working with God in His purpose, but it will always be something lesser, and you couldn't come up with something better.

It's important for everybody to have somewhere to go. Men and women need purpose [in life].

I just had a child on purpose at age 56, I'm pretty f---ing optimistic.

A man without a sense of purpose, even one whose bank accounts are stuffed with money, is always a small man.

a committee, of course, exists for the purpose of damping enthusiasms.

Could you please stop with the beating? (Kat) He’s being punished. Hello? This is Tartarus, remember the purpose of this part of the Underworld? We’re not really warm and fluffy over here. (Hades)

There are days when I am envious of my hens: when I hunger for a purpose as perfect and sure as a single daily egg.

The purpose of an elevator pitch is to describe a situation or solution so compelling that the person you're with wants to hear more even after the elevator ride is over.

The dreamer creates his dreams for his own purposes, selecting only those symbols which have meaning to him.

Is love supposed to ruin you? It seems to me you shouldn't destroy yourself out of life for purposes of love--or what good is it?

Design isn't Art. It's not about creating beautiful or thought-provoking things for the sake of it. Design is a discipline creating communication with a purpose.

I don't quite comprehend why you'd force someone to bow when the purpose of the gesture is to display allegiance and respect.

The purpose of money was to purchase one's freedom to pursue that which is useful and interesting.

It is a trap to presume that God wants to make us perfect specimens of what He can do— God’s purpose is to make us one with Himself.

God employs different strategies for different places or purposes

That afternoon I came to understand that one of the deepest purposes of intellectual sophistication is to provide distance between us and our most disturbing personal truths and gnawing fears.

The original Greek word for enthusiasm meant "to be filled with God." When we are "filled with God" we tend to lead on purpose.

Ships are to little purpose without skillful Sea Men.

The assignment of purpose to everything is called teleology. Children are native teleologists, and many never grow out of it.

Make the most of prayer. ... Prayer is the master-weapon. We should be wise if we used it more, and did so with a more specific purpose.

Purpose is a soft virtue- but it's what gives you steel in your spine.

My purpose as a writer is to communicate in such a way as to challenge the thinking of readers and touch their hearts.

There is most certainly a purpose you are yearning to fulfill. Find it, know it, follow it, and you can change the world.

The things he did on purpose were usually no different from the mistakes he made by accident.

I have seen many organizations where there is this sense of purpose in the headquarters but it never gets cascaded down to everybody within the organization.

Do not dare to live without some clear intention toward which your living shall be bent. Mean to be something with all your might.

The purpose of the whole [the Comedy] and of this portion [the Paradiso] is to remove those who are living in this life from the state of wretchedness, and to lead them to the state of blessedness.

It is difficult to spread the contagion of excitement without having a sense of purpose and direction.

Having a purpose and knowing exactly what your values are will add additional years to your life.

The very purpose of meditation is to discipline the mind and reduce afflictive emotions.

The question is not to know what is the meaning of life, but what meaning I can give to my life.