Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a purpose of amendment; confession of sins without… — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
The universe wants us to have fun doing more than one thing in life. That's how it learns. You don't have one… — James Altucher Copy Share Image
You can have anything you want if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The great end of all arts is to make an impression on the imagination and the feeling. The imitation of nature frequently… — Joshua Reynolds Copy Share Image
To write or speak is to communicate. To communicate is to share meanings, make them ‘common’ to all participants in the discourse.… — Robin Lakoff Copy Share Image
Worst case scenario, nothing I do has any value or purpose, but if I can make someone laugh, I'm at least as… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
There used to be a lot more politics in the Olympics, when the Soviet Bloc committed a lot of resources for propaganda… — Jim Courier Copy Share Image
“It's about purpose. About always coming back to being kind to another being instead of trying to get something from them.” — Dakota Lane Copy Share Image
The great purpose of school can be realized better in dark, airless, ugly places ... It is to master the physical self,… — William Torrey Harris Copy Share Image
The truth us that other systems of geometry are possible, yet after all, these other systems are not spaces but other methods… — Paul Carus Copy Share Image
When you are writing, you have to love all your characters. If you're writing something from a minor character's point of view,… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
Give us our parliament in Scotland. We will start with no traditions. We will start with ideals. We will start with purpose,… — James Maxton Copy Share Image
We stand by as children starve by the millions because we lack the will to end hunger. But we have found the… — Mark Hatfield Copy Share Image
It is as though the ancestors who made language and knew from what bestiality its use rescued them are saying to us:… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
The philosophical point is that our happiness and wellbeing is not based on incomes rising. This is not just the wisdom of… — Tim Jackson Copy Share Image
“Many are the lives of men unwritten, which have nevertheless as powerfully influenced civilization and progress as the more fortunate Great whose… — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
Almost anything that can be praised or advocated has been put to some disgusting use. There is no principle, however immaculate, that… — Wyndham Lewis Copy Share Image
It's sometimes a painful process. It's a change that has to be motivated by a higher purpose, by the willingness to subordinate… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In regard to man's final end, all the higher religions are in complete agreement. The purpose of human life is the discovery… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Great minds struggle to cure diseases so that people may live longer, but only madmen ask why. One lives longer in order… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
Just because the hustle is different doesn't mean the purpose is too. Good or bad everybody just trying to take care of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Character and purpose are directly linked to confidence and conviction. What links them? Courage – to be oneself, no matter what others… — Fennel Hudson Copy Share Image
“A woman can tolerate delays knowing they are not denials; she is diligent, and composed. She is not easily irritated like love;… — Agu Jaachynma N.E Copy Share Image
You shouldn't do science just to improve wealth - do science for the sake of human culture and knowledge. There must be… — Gerhard Copy Share Image
If there is a fence and you don't know its purpose, don't just assume there isn't one and tear it down. Find… — Jerry Vines Copy Share Image
“The way to becoming the best in your area of calling is to invest more time than anyone else in that area… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
Leadership will either lead you into a ditch or lead you into purpose. We need our leaders, especially those who are teaching… — Myles Munroe Copy Share Image
Don't follow the pleasurable life of someone without purpose and has nothing to lose; else you will live your life like a… — POB Bismark Copy Share Image
THE PATH OF PEACE is exceedingly vast, reflecting the grand design of the hidden and manifest worlds. A warrior is a living… — Morihei Ueshiba Copy Share Image
I define love thus: The will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth. — M. Scott Peck Copy Share Image
administrative purpose usually outruns the facts. Indeed the administrative official's ardor for facts usually begins when he wants to change the facts! — Mary Parker Follett Copy Share Image
My continued incarceration has served some good purposes. My defense committee has served as a training ground for other organizers in their… — Leonard Peltier Copy Share Image
“Because in all my own searching, I know now what the true meaning and purpose of life is. It is to be… — David Clement-Davies Copy Share Image
This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us; to live in such… — Oswald Spengler Copy Share Image
The very purpose of a bill of rights is to withdraw certain subjects from...political controversy, to place them beyond the reach of… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
“Reading is not an end in itself, but a means to an end. Its chief purpose is to help towards filling in… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only - and that is to support the ultimate… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You can produce as many products as you want in life if you just apply the principle of time conversion.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
“The purpose of life is to find your purpose. Run a marathon, sail oceans, cross deserts, climb the highest mountain but find… — Timothy Pina Copy Share Image
Every individual should have a purpose in life which is worthy of intense effort-and constantly work toward the definite goal ahead. — Roderick E. Stevens Copy Share Image
