Purpose Quotes

5907 Purpose quotes by 3153 unique authors

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 inventions…. The dove is my emblem…. 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
Purpose, pattern, and people, the three P's at the heart of life. — Charles Handy
If then, said I, the question is put to me would I rather have a miserable ape for a grandfather or a man highly endowed… — Thomas Huxley
... shortly before she died Janis Joplin gave me the Gibson Hummingbird she recorded "Me and Bobbby McGee" on ... Janis was a good guitar… — Sam Andrew
The true purpose of life is the perfection of humanity through individual effort, under the guidance of God's inspiration. — David O. McKay
Purpose provides activation energy for living. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
But to change all existence into a flow experience, it is not sufficient to learn merely how to control moment-by-moment states of consciousness. It is… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The purpose of painting is to decorate the walls. Therefore it has to be as rich as possible — Pierre-Auguste Renoir
My one purpose in life is to help people find a personal relationship with God, which, I believe, comes through knowing Christ. — Billy Graham
Everything God does has purpose and intention behind that design. It is a master design, and every little thing has its proper place and function. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Achieving the summit of a mountain was tangible, immutable, concrete. The incumbent hazards lent the activity a seriousness of purpose that was sorely missing from… — Jon Krakauer

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