--- title: "8 Person Purpose Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Person Purpose quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Person Purpose sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4b/israelmore-ayivor-79_breath_a-person-without-a-purpose-is-a-human-be_172088.jpg" --- > [“A person without a purpose is a human being merely breathing because he does not know where he is, let alone knowing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/israelmore-ayivor/a-person-without-a-purpose-is-a-human-being-merely-breathing-because/) [Israelmore Ayivor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/israelmore-ayivor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4b/israelmore-ayivor-79_breath_a-person-without-a-purpose-is-a-human-be_172088.jpg) > [The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to place their entire life in the hands of some other person. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-crisp/the-consuming-desire-of-most-human-beings-is-deliberately-to-place/) [Quentin Crisp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-crisp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c8/quentin-crisp-1163_beastly_the-consuming-desire-of-most-human-being_220614.png) > [“You must have purpose in your life. A person without purpose is like a mighty river without its source, a soaring tree…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/val-edward-simone/you-must-have-purpose-in-your-life-a-person-without-purpose-is-like-a/) [Val Edward Simone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/val-edward-simone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e07/val-edward-simone-12639_inspiration_you-must-have-purpose-in-your-life-a-per_229239.jpg) > [“Third, one who is "in love" is not genuinely interested in fostering the personal growth of the other person. "If we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-chapman/third-one-who-is-in-love-is-not-genuinely-interested-in-fostering-the/) [Gary Chapman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-chapman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba0/gary-chapman-1325_fall-in-love_third-one-who-is-in-love-is-not-genuinel_1358784.png) > [A person with a clear purpose will make progress, even on the roughest road. A person with no purpose will make no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-carlyle/a-person-with-a-clear-purpose-will-make-progress-even-on-the-roughest/) [Thomas Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-carlyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa1/thomas-carlyle-207_clear_a-person-with-a-clear-purpose-will-make_1453974.jpg) > [“If there is anything in life I know to be true, it is that life itself is a matter of the spirit.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/randall-wallace/if-there-is-anything-in-life-i-know-to-be-true-it-is-that-life-itself/) [Randall Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/randall-wallace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/574/randall-wallace-26300_broken-spirit_if-there-is-anything-in-life-i-know-to-b_1677302.png) > [We all are born with a certain package. We are who we are: where we were born, who we were born as,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roger-ebert/we-all-are-born-with-a-certain-package-we-are-who-we-are-where-we/) [Roger Ebert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roger-ebert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6e/roger-ebert-655_able_we-all-are-born-with-a-certain-package-w_2596466.jpg) > [A dream worth pursuing is a picture and blueprint of a person's purpose and potential](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-c-maxwell/a-dream-worth-pursuing-is-a-picture-and-blueprint-of-a-person-s/) [John C. Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-c-maxwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db7/john-c-maxwell-113_blueprints_a-dream-worth-pursuing-is-a-picture-and_2738982.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/person-purpose/#itemlist", "name": "Person Purpose Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“A person without a purpose is a human being merely breathing because he does not know where he is, let alone knowing where he is going. 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