Purpose Quotes

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...this bill will require the creation of a Federal police force of mammoth proportions. It also bids fair to result in the development of an… — Barry Goldwater
It is time enough, for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere [in the propagation of religious teachings] when principles break… — Thomas Jefferson
The most effectual means of preventing the perversion of power into tyranny are to illuminate, as far as practicable, the minds of the people at… — Thomas Jefferson
The purpose of God is the sovereign cause of all that good that is in man, and of all that external, internal and eternal good… — Thomas Brooks
The right procedure: You begin at the wrong end if you first dispute about your election. Prove your conversion, and then never doubt your election.… — Joseph Alleine
Do not stand still disputing about your election, but set to repenting and believing. Cry to God for converting grace. Revealed things belong to you;… — Joseph Alleine
One of the ordinary modes, by which tyrants accomplish their purposes without resistance, is, by disarming the people, and making it an offense to keep… — Joseph Story
...I am opposed to all attempts to license or restrict the arming of individuals... I consider such laws a violation of civil liberty, subversive of… — Robert A. Heinlein
Nobody should be owning a gun which does not have a sporting purpose. — Janet Reno
We have to start with a ban on the manufacturing and import of handguns. From there we register the guns which are currently owned, and… — Major Owens
To me, the only reason for guns in civilian hands is for sporting purposes. — Sarah Brady
Let me lay my cards on the table. If I were to give an award for the single best idea anyone ever had, I'd give… — Daniel Dennett
When you realize that the laws of nature must be incredibly finely tuned to produce the universe we see, that conspires to plant the idea… — John Polkinghorne
Would it not be strange if a universe without purpose accidentally created humans who are so obsessed with purpose? — John Templeton
Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not. — Oscar Wilde
The purpose of life is to be beautiful, to be bountiful, to be blissful, to be graceful and grateful. What a wonderful English word-grateful. If… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
The purpose is to be in gratitude forever. Live with applied consciousness, prosperity will break through the walls, flood you with it. You do prayer… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
It is our hypocrisy and self-focus that drains us. When we become purpose centered, internally directed other focused and externally open, we discover energy we… — Robert E. Quinn
When you live for a strong purpose, then hard work isn't an option. It's a necessity. — Steve Pavlina
The old must pass away. It has served its purpose in the cycles of evolution and must now make way for a new, more expanded… — David Spangler

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