Purpose Quotes

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A crusade is, simply put, something that's bigger than you are. It's a "cause" with an impact that reaches beyond your personal wants and needs. — Arthur L. Williams, Jr.
What allows us, as human beings, to psychologically survive life on earth, with all of its pain, drama, and challenges, is a sense of purpose… — Barbara De Angelis
There are some who question the scale of our ambitions, who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short,… — Barack Obama
With the ambitious, the failure of one expedient is the suggestion of another; but with the irresolute, defeat usually occasions abandonment of purpose. — Norm MacDonald
The purpose of nature is the advancement and development of life. — Wallace D. Wattles
The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who early in life, clearly discerns his object, and towards that object habitually directs his… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Art is purposiveness without purpose. — Immanuel Kant
To me the sole hope of human salvation lies in teaching Man to regard himself as an experiment in the realization of God, to regard… — George Bernard Shaw
The intention which is fixed on God as its only end will keep people steady in their purposes, and deliver them from being the joke… — Thomas a Kempis
Larry is like a son to me and we enjoy a most wonderful relationship, one with meaning, dignity, pride, understanding and purpose. But more importantly,… — Don King
Firmness of purpose is one of the best instruments of success. — Lord Chesterfield
To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life. — Alan Coren
No life can be pure in its purpose, and strong in its strife, and all life not be purer and stronger thereby. — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
If you would find happiness and joy, lose your life in some noble cause. A worthy purpose must be at the center of every worthy… — Jack H. Goaslind
The sum of the whole is this: walk and be happy; walk and be healthy. The best way to lengthen out our days is to… — Charles Dickens
I found the purpose of my existence, and also the purpose of my circumstance. There's a purpose for why you're in the fire. — Nick Vujicic
Those who improve with age embrace the power of personal growth and personal achievement and begin to replace youth with wisdom, innocence with understanding, and… — Robert Foster Bennett
The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a specious one, I feel. There are only individual egos,… — Niccolo Machiavelli
It's hard sometimes to remember why we do anything in the first place. It's nice to think there's a purpose, or even a real decision… — Dinaw Mengestu
Anyone who has ever studied the history of American diplomacy, especially military diplomacy, knows that you might start in a war with certain things on… — George F. Kennan

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