Purpose Quotes

5907 Purpose quotes by 3153 unique authors

Nothing has a greater tendency to lessen the reverence which mankind ought to have for the Supreme Being, than a careless repetition of his name… — Noah Webster
The ultimate purpose of collecting the data is to provide a basis for action or a recommendation. — W. Edwards Deming
Because its purpose is to create a customer, the business has two and only two functions: Marketing and Innovation. Marketing and Innovation produce results. All… — Peter Drucker
I am now . . . on a subject, which fills me with inexpressible concern . . . . But as it has been a… — George Washington
I trust that the proposed Constitution afford a genuine specimen of representative government and republican government; and that it will answer, in an eminent degree,… — Alexander Hamilton
To answer the purpose of the adversaries of the Constitution, they ought to prove, not merely that particular provisions in it are not the best,… — Alexander Hamilton
Nothing can be more evident, than that an exclusive power of regulating elections for the National Government, in the hands of the State Legislatures, would… — Alexander Hamilton
[M]y fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe; who presides in the councils of nations; and whose providential aid can supply… — George Washington
It is a well-known fact that in countries in which the national debt is properly funded, and an object of established confidence, it answers most… — Alexander Hamilton
There is at this present juncture, a certain fermentation of mind, a certain activity of speculation and enterprise which if properly directed may be made… — Alexander Hamilton
Frequent elections are unquestionably the only policy by which this dependence and sympathy can be effectually secured. But what particular degree of frequency may be… — James Madison
There is nothing absurd or impracticable in the idea of a league or alliance between independent nations for certain defined purposes precisely stated in a… — Alexander Hamilton
The truth is, after all the declamations we have heard, that the Constitution is itself, in every rational sense, and to every useful purpose, A… — Alexander Hamilton
The purpose of life is joy! When you're in joy, you attract the highest and best in every area of your life. Joy increases to… — Rhonda Byrne
Believe that there is a purpose in your pain. — Kay Warren
In "The Myth of Sisyphus", his most important non-fiction work, Albert Camus suggested that if we believed what most people claim to be the purpose… — Unknown Author
Language, the machine of the poet, is best fitted for his purpose in its rudest state. Nations, like individuals, first perceive, and then abstract. They… — Thomas B. Macaulay
I would never use a long word, even, where a short one would answer the purpose. — Oliver Wendell Holmes
I want relations which are not purely personal, based on purely personal qualities; but relations based upon some unanimous accord in truth or belief, and… — D. H. Lawrence
The meaning of life, Nikodemos, is to live life with meaning. The purpose of life is merely to live it, perhaps to give it. — Janet Morris
The fundamental magic of flying, a miracle that has nothing to do with any of its practical purposes - purposes of speed, accessibility, and convenience… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
I was taught that the world had a lot of problems; that I could struggle and change them; that intellectual and material gifts brought the… — Marian Wright Edelman
The principal purposes to be answered by union are these the common defense of the members; the preservation of the public peace as well against… — Alexander Hamilton
The powers of congress must be defined, but their means must be adequate to the purposes of their constitution. It is possible there may be… — Oliver Ellsworth
The constitution of the United States is to receive a reasonable interpretation of its language, and its powers, keeping in view the objects and purposes,… — Joseph Story

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