Purpose Quotes

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Those are weaklings who know the truth and uphold it as long as it suits their purpose, and then abandon it. — Blaise Pascal
From long familiarity, we know what honor is. It is what enables the individual to do right in the face of complacency and cowardice. It… — Mark Helprin
If it doesn't feel right, don't do it. That is the lesson, and that lesson alone will save you a lot of grief. — Oprah Winfrey
Toil and risk are the price of glory, but it is a lovely thing to live with courage and die leaving an everlasting fame. — Alexander the Great
Love without action is meaningless and action without love is irrelevant. — Deepak Chopra
Circumstance does not make the man. Circumstance reveals man to himself. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The purpose of life is not to fight against evil and misfortune; it is to unveil magnificence. — Alan Cohen
Life has meaning only if you do what is meaningful to you. — Alan Cohen
I had found a kind of serenity, a new maturity... I didn't feel better or stronger than anyone else but it seemed no longer important… — Beverly Sills
If art has a purpose, it is to interpret life, reproduce it in fresh visions. — Catherine Drinker Bowen
Search and you will find that at the base and birth of every great business organization was an enthusiast, man consumed with earnestness of purpose,… — B. C. Forbes
Singleness of purpose is essential for success in life. — John D. Rockefeller
We cannot be separated in interest or divided in purpose. We stand together until the end. — Woodrow Wilson
The successful men of today are men of one overmastering idea, one unwavering aim, men of single and intense purpose. — Orison Swett Marden
We know there is intention and purpose in the universe, because there is intention and purpose in us. — George Bernard Shaw
We need not only a purpose in life to give meaning to our existence but also something to give meaning to our suffering. We need… — Eric Hoffer
To give life a meaning, one must have a purpose larger than self. — Will Durant
My one purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others. — Jamie Zawinski
Without God there is for mankind no purpose, no goal, no hope, only a wavering future, an eternal dread of every darkness. — Jean Paul
A miracle is an event which creates faith. That is the purpose and nature of miracles. Frauds deceive. An event which creates faith does not… — George Bernard Shaw

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