Purpose Quotes

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Human consciousness arose but a minute before midnight on the geological clock. Yet we mayflies try to bend an ancient world to our purposes, ignorant… — Stephen Jay Gould
You have to temper the iron. Every hardship is an opportunity that you are given, an opportunity to grow. To grow is the sole purpose… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
The purpose of government is to rein in the rights of the people. — William J. Clinton
The justification and the purpose of freedom of speech is not to indulge those who want to speak their minds. It is to prevent error… — Henry Steele Commager
The function of free speech under our system of government is to invite dispute. It may indeed best serve its high purpose when it invites… — William O. Douglas
He is free who lives as he wishes to live; who is neither subject to compulsion nor to hindrance, nor to force; whose movements to… — Epictetus
Absolute power corrupts even when exercised for humane purposes. The benevolent despot who sees himself as a shepherd of the people still demands from others… — Eric Hoffer
In every country and every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in… — Thomas Jefferson
I think there will come a time when civilized people will look back in horror on our generation and the ones that have preceded it;… — Dennis Weaver
He that compares what he has done with what he has left undone, will feel the effect which must always follow the comparison of imagination… — Samuel Johnson
What will your children remember? We can change the world inside our own houses. Take the gift of this moment and make something beautiful of… — Gloria Gaither
There is such a thing as perfection...and our purpose for living is to find that perfection and show it forth....Each of us is in truth… — Richard Bach
The purpose of life for man is growth, just as the purpose of life for trees and plants is growth. Trees and plants grow automatically… — Wallace D. Wattles
They know how to work without waste of energy. In order to get the best that is within themselves, they learn to eliminate from their… — Walter Russell
Control is not leadership; management is not leadership; leadership is leadership is leadership. If you seek to lead, invest at least 50% of your time… — Dee Hock
...the statement, "The purpose of the law is to cause justice to reign," is not a rigorously accurate statement. It ought to be stated that… — Frederic Bastiat
...if the citizens neglect their Duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted; laws will be made, not for the… — Noah Webster
By unlinking your money motivation from anger, fear, and the need to prove yourself, you can install new links for earning your money through purpose,… — T. Harv Eker
The most fundamental purpose of government is defense, not empire. — Joseph Sobran
The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man's rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence. — Ayn Rand

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