Purpose Quotes

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The entire purpose of our existence is to overcome our negative habits. — Vilna Gaon
The majority of men cannot be made disinterested for life by exhortation, by religious services, by any expenditure of subsidized works, or even by grave… — Herbert Croly
It may be said that the power of preventing bad laws includes that of preventing good ones; and may be used to the one purpose… — Alexander Hamilton
I know of no such unquestionable badge and ensign of a sovereign mind as that of tenacity of purpose... — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The most fundamental paradox is that, if we're never to use force, we must be prepared to use it and to use it successfully. We… — Ronald Reagan
A passion for continual learning, a refined, discerning ear for the moral and ethical consequences of their actions, and an understanding of the purposes of… — Warren G. Bennis
People who have faith in life are like swimmers who entrust themselves to a rushing river. They neither abandon themselves to its current nor try… — David Steindl-Rast
As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy. — Samuel Johnson
It is not our affluence, or our plumbing, or our clogged freeways that grip the imagination of others. Rather, it is the values upon which… — J. William Fulbright
We look upon this shaken earth, and we declare our firm and fixed purpose-the building of a peace with justice in a world where moral… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
What happened at Hiroshima was not only that a scientific breakthrough had occurred and that a great part of the population of a city had… — Archibald MacLeish
If Germany is to become a colonizing power, all I say is, God speed her! She becomes our ally and partner in the execution of… — William E. Gladstone
People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life. — John C. Maxwell
What night gave Rafael was a formlessness in which everything had a purpose. As if darkness had a hidden musical language. — Michael Ondaatje
Generally we don't really consciously do it as a purpose-driven thing. ... It's really just a response to life. — David Crosby
Unknown objects are operating under intelligent control... It is imperative that we learn where UFOs come from and what their purpose is... — Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter
I wondered if I might not be in the grip of demons, if they were not making me suffer for their own purposes, or simply… — Whitley Strieber
The purpose of our lives is to add value to the people of this generation and those that follow. — R. Buckminster Fuller
It is unfortunate that we should find ourselves at this time the only disorganized group. Others have had the advantage of organization for centuries, so… — Marcus Garvey
Everything in the universe has a purpose. There are no misfits, there are no freaks, there are no accidents. There are only things we don't… — Marlo Morgan

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