Purpose Quotes

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One of the significant facts about the moment of birth is that it is an unconscious moment. No one ever knows when he is being… — Sterling W Sill
There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen." "Life is what happens when you are making other plans. — John Lennon
The ultimate purpose of marriage is not to make us happy but to glorify God. — Nancy Leigh DeMoss
I heard an Englishman, who had been long resident in America, declare that in following, in meeting, or in overtaking, in the street, on the… — Frances Trollope
We believe it wrong ever to take a dollar from a free citizen without a very necessary public purpose, because each such taking diminishes the… — Mitch Daniels
There's no obvious reason to assume that the very same rare properties that allow for our existence would also provide the best overall setting to… — Unknown Author
My main purpose in life is to make enough money to create ever more inventionsâ€¦. The dove is my emblemâ€¦. I want to save and… — Thomas A. Edison
I have been feeding pigeons, thousands of them for years. But there was one, a beautiful bird, pure white with light grey tips on its… — Nikola Tesla
There is no failure except failure to serve one's purpose. — Henry Ford
The greatest tragedy is not death, but life without purpose. — Rick Warren
The way in which we experience and interpret the world obviously depends very much indeed on the kind of ideas that fill our minds. If… — E F Schumacher
You can either read something many times in order to be assured that you got it all, or else you can define your purpose and… — E F Schumacher
I learned that the purpose of the Twelve Steps is to do the will of God. — Keith Miller
No human law can abolish the natural and original right of marriage, nor in any way limit the chief and principal purpose of marriage ordained… — Pope Leo XIII
We are not here in this world to find elegant solutions, pregnant with initiative, or to serve the ways and modes of profitable progress. No,… — Michael Foot
Purpose can never be about achievement; it is much bigger. — Ken Blanchard
Purpose has to do with one's calling - deciding what business you are in as a person. — Ken Blanchard
Half of what we know is wrong, the purpose of science is to determine which half. — Arthur Kornberg
The purpose of work is to give people a chance to utilize and develop their faculties; to enable them to overcome their ego-centeredness by joining… — E F Schumacher
Many who know something but not enough about dreams and their meaning...are liable to succumb to the prejudice that the dream actually has a moral… — Carl Jung

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