--- title: "10 Men Purpose Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 10 Men Purpose quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Men Purpose sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2aa/kazeem-akintilo-97498_love-life_once-you-start-dating-men-with-purpose-i_439029.jpg" --- > [“Once you start dating men with purpose instead of swag you'll become a wife on purpose”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazeem-akintilo/once-you-start-dating-men-with-purpose-instead-of-swag-you-ll-become/) [Kazeem Akintilo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazeem-akintilo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2aa/kazeem-akintilo-97498_love-life_once-you-start-dating-men-with-purpose-i_439029.jpg) > [Most men have no purpose but to exist, Abraham; to pass quietly through history as minor characters upon a stage they cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-grahame-smith/most-men-have-no-purpose-but-to-exist-abraham-to-pass-quietly-through/) [Seth Grahame-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-grahame-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b43/seth-grahame-smith-2321_abraham_most-men-have-no-purpose-but-to-exist-ab_2030569.png) > [Men had no purpose on earth whereas women were gods walking unrecognized among them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-atkinson/men-had-no-purpose-on-earth-whereas-women-were-gods-walking/) [Kate Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-atkinson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/790/kate-atkinson-1265_earth_men-had-no-purpose-on-earth-whereas-wome_1427978.jpg) > [“It should be understood that it was not necessary for God to redeem men. The purpose to redeem is of the free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-murray/it-should-be-understood-that-it-was-not-necessary-for-god-to-redeem/) [John Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-murray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f62/john-murray-18190_love_it-should-be-understood-that-it-was-not_633640.jpg) > [The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/the-important-thing-is-that-men-should-have-a-purpose-in-life-it/) [Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d30/dalai-lama-89_good_the-important-thing-is-that-men-should-h_1566514.jpg) > [Prison does strange things to men. Although its purpose is to break the free spirit of a man, in many cases it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-powell/prison-does-strange-things-to-men-although-its-purpose-is-to-break/) [William Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d8/william-powell-20136_add_prison-does-strange-things-to-men-althou_3101197.jpg) > [“Most men have no purpose but to exist, Abraham; to pass quietly through history as minor characters upon a stage they cannot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-grahame-smith/most-men-have-no-purpose-but-to-exist-abraham-to-pass-quietly-through-2/) [Seth Grahame-Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-grahame-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a7/seth-grahame-smith-2321_abraham_most-men-have-no-purpose-but-to-exist-ab_2884342.jpg) > [Aristocracy: A combination of many powerful men, for the purpose of maintaining their own particular interests. It is consequently a concentration of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-f-cooper/aristocracy-a-combination-of-many-powerful-men-for-the-purpose-of/) [James F. Cooper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-f-cooper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f14/james-f-cooper-7716_aristocracy_aristocracy-a-combination-of-many-powerf_2162550.jpg) > [Remember blessed children of men that the purpose of the real science should be to increase the happiness and to free the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/count-of-st-germain/remember-blessed-children-of-men-that-the-purpose-of-the-real-science/) [Count of St. Germain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/count-of-st-germain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f9/count-of-st-germain-67046_beneficial_remember-blessed-children-of-men-that-th_1173729.jpg) > [Some are dinning in our ears that we Americans, and moderns generally, are intellectual dwarfs compared with the ancients, or eventhe Elizabethan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/some-are-dinning-in-our-ears-that-we-americans-and-moderns-generally/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb8/henry-david-thoreau-20_dog_some-are-dinning-in-our-ears-that-we-ame_206508.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men-purpose/#itemlist", "name": "Men Purpose Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Once you start dating men with purpose instead of swag you'll become a wife on purpose”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kazeem Akintilo" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazeem-akintilo/once-you-start-dating-men-with-purpose-instead-of-swag-you-ll-become/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2aa/kazeem-akintilo-97498_love-life_once-you-start-dating-men-with-purpose-i_439029.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2aa/kazeem-akintilo-97498_love-life_once-you-start-dating-men-with-purpose-i_439029.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2aa/kazeem-akintilo-97498_love-life_once-you-start-dating-men-with-purpose-i_439029.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Once you start dating men with purpose instead of swag you'll become a wife on purpose” — Kazeem Akintilo", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Most men have no purpose but to exist, Abraham; to pass quietly through history as minor characters upon a stage they cannot even see", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Seth Grahame-Smith" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-grahame-smith/most-men-have-no-purpose-but-to-exist-abraham-to-pass-quietly-through/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b43/seth-grahame-smith-2321_abraham_most-men-have-no-purpose-but-to-exist-ab_2030569.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b43/seth-grahame-smith-2321_abraham_most-men-have-no-purpose-but-to-exist-ab_2030569.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b43/seth-grahame-smith-2321_abraham_most-men-have-no-purpose-but-to-exist-ab_2030569.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Most men have no purpose but to exist, Abraham; to pass quietly through history as minor characters upon a…” — Seth Grahame-Smith", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Men had no purpose on earth whereas women were gods walking unrecognized among them.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kate Atkinson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-atkinson/men-had-no-purpose-on-earth-whereas-women-were-gods-walking/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/790/kate-atkinson-1265_earth_men-had-no-purpose-on-earth-whereas-wome_1427978.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/790/kate-atkinson-1265_earth_men-had-no-purpose-on-earth-whereas-wome_1427978.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/790/kate-atkinson-1265_earth_men-had-no-purpose-on-earth-whereas-wome_1427978.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Men had no purpose on earth whereas women were gods walking unrecognized among them.” — Kate Atkinson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It should be understood that it was not necessary for God to redeem men. 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