Purpose Quotes

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This army is powerful because all its members have a conscious discipline; they have come together and they fight not for the private interests of… — Mao Zedong
Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes. — Henry Taylor
I sit in my garden, gazing upon a beauty that cannot gaze upon itself. And I find sufficient purpose for my day. — Robert Breault
Today's patience can transform yesterday's discouragements into tomorrow's discoveries. Today's purposes can turn yesterday's defeats into tomorrow's determination. — William Arthur Ward
No matter what a man does, he is not fully sane or human unless there is a spirit of freedom in him, a soul unconfined… — Charles Horton Cooley
Every well built house started in the form of a definite purpose plus a definite plan in the nature of a set of blueprints. — Napoleon Hill
The purpose of art is to stop time. — Bob Dylan
...as soon as we examine suicide from the standpoint of religion we immediately see it in its true light. We have been placed in this… — Immanuel Kant
I saw my name: THOMAS, Petria. Saw my time, 57.72. Saw the number one next to them. I'd done it. Me! Petria Thomas, Olympic champion.… — Petria Thomas
That atomic energy though harnessed by American scientists and army men for destructive purposes may be utilised by other scientists for humanitarian purposes is undoubtedly… — Mahatma Gandhi
Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow. — Helen Keller
Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the Government's purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally… — Louis D. Brandeis
Leadership is understanding people and involving them to help you do a job. That takes all of the good characteristics, like integrity, dedication of purpose,… — Arleigh Burke
We stand by as children starve by the millions because we lack the will to end hunger. But we have found the will to develop… — Mark Hatfield
Rich people should consider that they are only trustees for what they possess, and should show their wealth to be more in doing good than… — Joseph Hall
If you throw away all thoughts of attainment, you will then come to see the real purpose of your quest. — Seungsahn
We live that our souls may grow. The development of the soul is the purpose of existence. God Almighty is trying to obtain some decent… — John G. Lake
I still believe that standing up for the truth of God is the greatest thing in the world. This is the end (purpose) of life.… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I knew from experience of the past that this butchering of people was done for the express purpose of defeating the eight-hour movement. — August Spies
Every path serves a purpose. — Gene Oliver

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