Purpose Quotes

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The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; the new… — Hannah Arendt
Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right… — Aristotle
The health of the people is of supreme importance. All measures looking to their protection against the spread of contagious diseases and to the increase… — Chester A. Arthur
We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have a goal. My… — Mary Kay Ash
Stories serve the purpose of consolidating whatever gains people or their leaders have made or imagine they have made in their existing journey thorough the… — Chinua Achebe
The purpose of all wars, is peace. — Saint Augustine
There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for their knowledge, it becomes an… — Charles Babbage
I think it's important that people know what raising the debt ceiling is. It's Congress giving permission to the federal government to borrow more money… — Michele Bachmann
Listen, I think movies serve many different purposes, from those movies that are frivolous and just an entertainment, to movies that just go to exploring… — Antonio Banderas
The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where their interests are… — Henry Adams
What is the purpose of the giant sequoia tree? The purpose of the giant sequoia tree is to provide shade for the tiny titmouse. — Edward Abbey
I am not the only person who uses his computer mainly for the purpose of diddling with his computer. — Dave Barry
The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many men as possible. — Bernard Baruch
Music is intended and designed for sentient beings that have hopes and purposes and emotions. — Jacques Barzun
Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace,… — Cecil Beaton
I'm just taking one step at a time. I could zigzag one way, but it's not usually on purpose. — Beck
All religious leaders and spiritual teachers emphasize finding a place within us that is true. People who obsessively follow these leaders instead of their own… — Martha Beck
A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better. — Henry Ward Beecher
Some people are born to lift heavy weights, some are born to juggle golden balls. — Max Beerbohm
The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences. — Ruth Benedict

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