Purpose Quotes

5907 Purpose quotes by 3153 unique authors

Nothing is a surprise to God; nothing is a setback to His plans; nothing can thwart His purposes; and nothing is beyond His control. — Joni Eareckson Tada
It is not the being seen of men that is wrong, but doing these things for the purpose of being seen of men. The problem… — Saint Augustine
The purpose of God's discipline is not to punish us but to transform us. — Jerry Bridges
God is using your present circumstances to make you more useful for later roles in His unfolding story. — Louie Giglio
God's purposes and plans will not fail. Before you spend all your prayer time telling Him about yours, ask about His. — Louie Giglio
The chief purpose of prayer is that God may be glorified in the answer. — Reuben Archer Torrey
Finding your purpose may be a lifelong pursuit or you may have discovered it when you were 5 years old. There's no absolute timeline for… — Donald Trump
Faith is an orientation of the total person, giving purpose and goal to one's hopes and strivings, thoughts and actions. — James W. Fowler
The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I know of no realm of life that can provide more companionship in a lonely world or greater feelings of security and purpose in chaotic… — Charles R. Swindoll
She knows what is the best purpose of education: not to be frightened by the best but to treat it as part of daily life. — John Mason Brown
Few have been taught to any purpose who have not been their own teachers. — Joshua Reynolds
Friendship, on the other hand, serves a great host of different purposes all at the same time. In whatever direction you turn, it still remains… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Most people enter into relationships with an eye toward what they can get out of them, rather than what they can put into them. The… — Neale Donald Walsch
Affirm continuously to yourself: I am in the right place, at the right time, for the right purpose. — Unknown Author
But this had been a sin of passion, not of principle, nor even purpose. — Nathaniel Hawthorne
The path to realizing our dreams is never smooth. Invariably we encounter bends, turns, detours, and roadblocks. Sometimes our frustrations make us want to give… — Susan L. Taylor
Be brave and be patient. Have faith in yourself; trust in the significance of your life and the purpose of your passion. — Jillian Michaels
Our purpose in this project is to begin to turn that fear of cancer, actually America's greatest fear, into a future, not only free of… — Andrew von Eschenbach
To the contrary: His life hummed with meaning and purpose. But the meaning he wrestled from existence lay beyond the comfortable path: McCandless distrusted the… — Jon Krakauer
You're some special kind of hostage, that's for sure. Maybe, well, do you think my purpose in life is to give myself up to the… — Unknown Author
We are vanishing from the earth, yet I cannot think we are useless or else Usen would not have created us. He created all tribes… — Geronimo
The tea party saved the Republican Party. In a broad sense, the tea party rescued it from being the fat, unhappy, querulous creature it had… — Peggy Noonan
I have no purpose to introduce political and social equality between the white and black races. There is physical difference between the two which, in… — Abraham Lincoln
Liberals don't care. Their approach is to rip out society's foundations without asking if they serve any purpose. Why do we have immigration laws? What's… — Ann Coulter

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