Purpose Quotes

5907 quotes by 3153 authors

My real purpose was to see you, and to judge, if I could, whether I might ever hope to make you love me. — Unknown Author
Creativity not committed to public purpose is merely therapy or ego satisfaction. — Ernest A Jones
Without a firm idea of himself and the purpose of his life, man cannot live, and would sooner destroy himself than remain on earth, even… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
If the creator had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely meant us to stick it out — Arthur Koestler
All mankind lives and each man strives by codes of conduct mutually agreed. Perhaps these codes are good, perhaps theyre bad, its only evident theyre… — L. Ron Hubbard
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heavens. [Ecclesiastes 3:1] — Bible
Nothing can resist the human will that will stake even its existence on its stated purpose. — Benjamin Disraeli
The purpose of words is to convey ideas. When the ideas are grapsed, the words are forgotten. Where can I find a man who has… — Chuang Tzu
To understand God's thoughts we must study statistics, for these are the measure of His purpose — Florence Nightingale
And if I remain in the dark about our purpose here, and meaning of eternity, I have nonetheless arrived at an understanding of a few… — Jon Krakauer
A kiss is a lovely trick, designed by nature, to stop words when speech becomes superfluous. — Unknown Author
Our minds are finite, and yet even in these circumstances of infinitude we are surrounded by possibilities that are infinite, and the purpose of life… — Alfred North Whitehead
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman where the Self Help section was. She said if she told me it would defeat the… — Dennis Miller
There is scarcely any part of science or any thing in nature, which those impostors and blasphemers of science, called priests, as well as Christians… — Thomas Paine
Teaching music is not my main purpose. I want to make good citizens. If children hear fine music from the day of their birth and… — Shinichi Suzuki
Other music exists to heal wounds; but the tango when sung and played is for the purpose of opening them, for the purpose of sticking… — Henry Rollins
Many persons have the wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. — Helen Keller
The sensors have many potential practical uses - in Government buildings, train carriages, cargo containers, on a soldier's lapel - and are a thousand times… — Anne Campbell
I never married because I have three pets at home that answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a dog that growls every… — Marie Corelli
The purpose of all war is peace. — Unknown Author

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