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title: "7 Purpose Like Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Purpose Like quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Purpose Like sayings and thoughts."
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> [“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)

> [When you find your purpose, it is like your heart has been set alight with passion. You know it absolutely, without any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhonda-byrne/when-you-find-your-purpose-it-is-like-your-heart-has-been-set-alight/)

[Rhonda Byrne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhonda-byrne/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e20/rhonda-byrne-585_doubt_when-you-find-your-purpose-it-is-like-yo_262753.png)

> [Where can you find purpose? Like success and happiness, our purpose exists in the present, and we constantly strive toward the future…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-zimbardo/where-can-you-find-purpose-like-success-and-happiness-our-purpose/)

[Philip Zimbardo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-zimbardo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df4/philip-zimbardo-8654_happiness_where-can-you-find-purpose-like-success_1017262.png)

> [“Purpose, like time, only exists when observed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alyssa-skyes/purpose-like-time-only-exists-when-observed/)

[Alyssa Skyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alyssa-skyes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca7/alyssa-skyes-51403_awareness_purpose-like-time-only-exists-when-obser_2559217.jpg)

> [Every musical phrase has a purpose. It's like talking. If you talk with a particular purpose, people listen to you, but if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/itzhak-perlman/every-musical-phrase-has-a-purpose-it-s-like-talking-if-you-talk-with/)

[Itzhak Perlman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/itzhak-perlman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e9/itzhak-perlman-9909_ifs_every-musical-phrase-has-a-purpose-it-s_2639951.jpg)

> [If you lose your purpose ... it's like you're broken.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-selznick/if-you-lose-your-purpose-it-s-like-you-re-broken/)

[Brian Selznick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-selznick/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93c/brian-selznick-9443_broken_if-you-lose-your-purpose-it-s-like-you-r_2778604.jpg)

> [A speech without a specific purpose is like a journey without a destination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-c-smedley/a-speech-without-a-specific-purpose-is-like-a-journey-without-a/)

[Ralph C. Smedley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-c-smedley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9a/ralph-c-smedley-58031_communication_a-speech-without-a-specific-purpose-is-l_3162221.png)

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