Purpose Quotes

5907 Purpose quotes by 3153 unique authors

We do not condemn the preachers as an individual but we condemn what they teach. We urge that the preachers teach the truth, to teach… — Malcolm X
If you don’t have a dream, then you have nothing to work for, nothing to get up in the morning for, no reason.. and no… — Kai Greene
It’s therapy. It’s just something to do so you’re not lost in your own not-so-nice thoughts, and it’s an opportunity to think about something a… — Kai Greene
What then is the purpose of national education? Rather than devise complex theoretical interpretations, it is better to start by looking to the lovely child… — Tsunesaburo Makiguchi
The main purpose of my work is to provoke people into using their imagination. Most people spend their lives in dreary, grey-beige conformity, mortally afraid… — Verner Panton
The main purpose of my work is to provoke people into using their imagination and make their surroundings more exciting. — Verner Panton
When you read Marx (or Jesus) this way, you come to see that real wealth is not material wealth and real poverty is not just… — Grace Lee Boggs
Rebellions tend to be negative, to denounce and expose the enemy without providing a positive vision of a new future...A revolution is not just for… — Grace Lee Boggs
Sometimes I think I should get another job, and do this only for its own purpose. It's important to separate creative expression from making money. — Karin Dreijer Andersson
When one hears the word meditation, it conjures an image of Maharishi Yoga talking about finding a mantra and striving for nirvana. The purpose of… — E.W. Jackson
THE REAL PURPOSE OF HOLOCAUST REVISIONISM IS TO MAKE NATIONAL SOCIALISM AN ACCEPTABLE POLITICAL ALTERNATIVE AGAIN. — Harold Covington
The word dysfunction has, I think, served its purpose and now has lost its meaning. Every family, like every person, is imperfect, after all. The… — Susan Minot
My purpose is to create a mirror for the reader to see themselves, to create a light for people to see themselves in the characters,… — Kadir Nelson
I wondered what else in my life I perceived to be wrong or difficult instead of exploring to understand the true purpose. — Marlo Morgan
The Department of Justice believes, and the case law supports, that the president has inherent authority to conduct warrantless physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes,… — Unknown Author
Expectations of goals and rewards (such as Enlightenment) are recognized for what they are: last-ditch attempts by the ghostly self to subvert the process to… — Stephen Batchelor
Humans didn't really fight over skin tone or ideology; those were just handy cues for kin-selection purposes. Ultimately it always came down to bloodlines and… — Peter Watts
I was hugely relieved to discover there was a purpose for girls with loud voices. — Betty Buckley
The Greeks already understood that there was more interest in portraying an unusual character than a usual character - that is the purpose of films… — Isabelle Huppert
So yeah, it's nothing that I'm doing on purpose, I just think that the more records, the more songs that I write, the more records… — Kenny Chesney
Perhaps it won't matter, in the end, which country is the sower of the seed of exploration. The importance will be in the growth of… — Neil Armstrong
George W. Bush brought a lot of minorities into his administration, which was a positive thing, and they had some issues that they wanted to… — Josh Brolin
Biology is the study of complicated things that give the appearance of having been designed for a purpose — Richard Dawkins
If the universe were just electrons and selfish genes, meaningless tragedies ... are exactly what we should expect, along with equally meaningless good fortune. Such… — Richard Dawkins
In adolescence, it's 'How do I fit in?' In your 20s, 'What do I want to do?' Your 30s, 'Is this what I'm meant to… — Chris Pine

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