My Purpose Quotes

In the New Yorker library, I have long been shelved between Nadine Gordimer and Brendan Gill; an eerie little space nestled between high seriousness of purpose and legendary lightness of touch.

Poetry has historically been allied with religion and morals; it has served the purpose of penetrating the mysterious depths of things.

The corset is?a mutilation, undergone for the purpose of lowering the subject's vitalityand rendering her permanentlyand obviously unfit for work.

The purpose of the first draft is not to get it right, but to get it written.

Her clarity gave her purpose and her purpose gave her clarity.

The daily struggle does not arise from a purpose or a program, but from an immediate need.

... one of art photography's most vigorous enterprises--[is] concentrating on victims, on the unfortunate--but without the compassionate purpose that such a project is expected to serve.

I wonder what book signings will be like when most of the books we read are electronic. Will authors sign something else? A flyer, perhaps? A special kind of card devised for the purpose?

Perhaps you have seen me. I know well, my purpose was merely that of a symbol, 'equals', 'times'... ; but what is said, for all that, was identity-less: a kind of live geometry.

Affirm continuously to yourself: I am in the right place, at the right time, for the right purpose.

Some men use no other means to acquire respect than by insisting on it; and it sometimes answers their purpose, as it does a highwayman's in regard to money.

It is not the purpose of literature to purvey news. For news consult the Almanac de Gotha.

My life's purpose is to write poetry - but behind the poetry must be the vision of a fresh revelation for men.

I got my driver's license photo taken out of focus on purpose. Now when I get pulled over, the cop looks at it [moving it nearer and farther, trying to see it clearly], and says, "Here, you can go"

I wrote a few children's books... not on purpose.

In regard to man's final end, all the higher religions are in complete agreement. The purpose of human life is the discovery of Truth, the unitive knowledge of the Godhead.

The purpose of discipline is not to punish, but to correct.

We look for meaning and purpose; children bring that.

My purpose isn't to be confrontational. My purpose is to find out about the world and play myself against it to the extent that it is even conceivable.

This sacrifice of a pawn nowadays is only played for drawing purposes. Especially against the very strongest masters it has proved to be quite useful to this end.

The purpose of education is to teach a defense against eloquence.

It is not my purpose as a poet to condemn war (or to be exact, modern warfare). I only wish to present the universal aspects of a particular event.

American business needs a lifting purpose greater than the struggle of materialism.

Whatever doubt there may be as to the quality or purpose of our free speech we certainly have ample volumes in production.

Our prime purpose in life is to serve others.

Doth Nature draw me, 'tis because, Unto my seeming, there doth lurk A lawlessness about her laws, More mood than purpose in her work.

Our social and economic system cannot march toward better days unless it is inspired by things of the Spirit. It is here that the higher purposes of individualism must find their sustenance.

I have a very, very good relationship with 10 percent of the audience. The only purpose of art is intimacy. That's the only point.

Art can be very political but that can't be the purpose of art, it can't be the driving force. It isn't with any of the books that I love, anyway.

Through the ages one increasing purpose runs.

What is the purpose of life? To elevate all, big or small.

MACE, n. A staff of office signifying authority. Its form, that of a heavy club, indicates its original purpose and use in dissuading from dissent.

The strongest wind cannot stagger a Spirit; it is a Spirit's breath. A just man's purpose cannot be split on any Grampus or material rock, but itself will split rocks till it succeeds.

MAGIC, n. An art of converting superstition into coin. There are other arts serving the same high purpose, but the discreet lexicographer does not name them.

If labor mainly, or to any considerable degree, serves the purpose of a police, to keep men out of mischief, it indicates a rottenness at the foundation of our community.

The purpose of concept art as a genre is to unbrainwash our mathematical and logical faculties.

The earth has Fates all her own. The earth has purpose. And we can only partially know what that purpose is.

For most purposes, a man with a machine is better than a man without a machine.

You work for God Incorporated.

A certain amount of taxes is of course indispensable to carry on essential government functions. Reasonable taxes for this purpose need not hurt production much.

...to kill animals for the purpose of feeding on their flesh is one of the most deplorable and shameful infirmities of the human state

Our Grub-street biographers watch for the death of a great man like so many undertakers on purpose to make a penny of him.

Tribulations often enrich, refine, and guide us to a deeper understanding of the purpose of our existence here in mortality and of the Atonement of Jesus Christ.

What is the purpose of memory? Is it a trick to make sure we don't forget who we are by reminding us of who we were?

I would rather like to think of God as being a kind of adventurer - even as Wells thought about him - or perhaps as something within us making for some unknown purpose.

Every day, take some time to meditate and cultivate inner quiet. Then ask yourself what I call the "soul questions": Who am I? What do I want? What is the purpose and meaning of my life?

Everyone has a dharma or purpose in life.

It takes a man to make a devil; and the fittest man for such a purpose is a snarling, waspish, red-hot, fiery creditor.

The purpose of life afterall is to live it.

The purpose of life is happiness. What else could it possibly be?