Purpose Quotes

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When the function of libraries is put in terms of their contributions to the community, people see their centrality. The challenge to us is to… — Arthur Curley
The purpose of democracy - supplanting old belief in the necessary absoluteness of establish'd dynastic rulership, temporal, ecclesiastical, and scholastic, as furnishing the only security… — Walt Whitman
There is in the American Government...a want of unity.... The Sailors, the helmsman, the engineer, do not seem to have one purpose or obey one… — James Bryce
The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived… — Joan Robinson
As believers, we all have the responsibility to leverage our wealth for kingdom purposes. — Andy Stanley
Every individual's purpose in tithing is to open up his/her awareness of universal laws. Tithing opens you, to you. You are an unlimited individual, deprived… — Mark Victor Hansen
Competition is like experimentation in science, a discovery process, and it must rely on the self interest of producers, it must allow them to use… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Evolution works by selection, not by instruction. There is no final cause, no teleology, no purpose guiding the overall process — Gerald Edelman
Darwin's greatest achievement was to show that the appearance of purpose, planning, teleology (design), and intentionality in the origin and development of human and animal… — John Searle
The MD is well aware that the forecasts are no good but he needs them for planning purposes ... — Kenneth Arrow
If we assume that the purpose of the economy is to serve and improve the welfare of the entire body of citizens, the U.S. model… — Edward S. Herman
On Positive Liberty: The business of the State is to use its organizing powers for the purpose of furnishing the necessary conditions which allow this… — Adolf Hitler
Awareness by itself is not enough: it must be joined by mastery. We need gradually to develop a steering ability to keep ourselves from slipping… — Piero Ferrucci
Successful people, in all callings, never stop acquiring specialized knowledge related to their major purpose, business, or profession. — Napoleon Hill
The superior man is firm in the right way and not merely firm. — Confucius
Miserable are the persons who do not have something beyond themselves to search for. — Charles L. Allen
The historic period in which we live is a period of reawakening to a commitment of higher values, a reawakening of individual purpose, and a… — Robert Fritz
My research offers impressive evidence that we feel better when we attempt to make our world better...to have a purpose beyond one's self lends to… — Gail Sheehy
If you have a sense of purpose and a sense of direction, I believe people will follow you. Democracy isn't just about deducing what the… — Margaret Thatcher
The exercise of gratitude will never fail to strengthen your faith and renew your purpose. — Wallace D. Wattles

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