Purpose Quotes

5907 quotes by 3354 authors

God has a purpose behind every problem. He uses circumstances to develop our character. In fact, he depends more on circumstances to make us like… — Rick Warren
It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes. — Andrew Jackson
It will be the duty of the Executive, with sufficient appropriations for the purpose, to prosecute unsparingly all who have been engaged in depriving citizens… — Rutherford B. Hayes
When neither high purpose nor the categorical imperatives of religion will do, the only argument against suicide is life itself. You pause and attend: the… — Al Alvarez
The purpose of life is to amount to something and have it make some difference that you lived at all. — Abigail Van Buren
In judging others a man laboreth in vain; he often erreth, and easily falleth into sin; but in judging and examining himself he always laboreth… — Thomas a Kempis
Those wounds stay with you, and you turn them into a language and a purpose. — Bruce Springsteen
If, however, you are indulgent, but unable to make your authority felt; kind-hearted, but unable to enforce your commands; and incapable, moreover, of quelling disorder:… — Sun Tzu
We must distinguish between those who depend on others, that is between those who to achieve their purposes can force the issue and those who… — Niccolo Machiavelli
By altering his arrangements and changing his plans, the skillful general keeps the enemy without definite knowledge. By shifting his camp and taking circuitous routes,… — Sun Tzu
Success in warfare is gained by carefully accommodating ourselves to the enemy's purpose. — Sun Tzu
A prince, therefore, must not mind incurring the charge of cruelty for the purpose of keeping his subjects united and confident; for, with a very… — Niccolo Machiavelli
The General who in advancing does not seek personal fame, and in withdrawing is not concerned with avoiding punishment, but whose only purpose is to… — Sun Tzu
He whose ranks are united in purpose will be victorious. — Sun Tzu
If they embark on this course the difference between the old and the new education will be an important one. Where the old initiated, the… — C.S. Lewis
I believe that the community's duty to education is, therefore, its paramount moral duty. By law and punishment, by social agitation and discussion, society can… — John Dewey
There is nothing obscure about the objectives of educational exchange. Its purpose is to acquaint Americans with the world as it is and to acquaint… — J. William Fulbright
The essence of intercultural education is the acquisition of empathy-the ability to see the world as others see it, and to allow for the possibility… — J. William Fulbright
Loneliness is not lack of company, loneliness is lack of purpose. — Guillermo Maldonado
Our purpose is to be able to measure the intellectual capacity of a child who is brought to us in order to know whether he… — Alfred Binet

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