Purpose Quotes

5907 Purpose quotes by 3153 unique authors

In the absence of any short term in common use to represent all desirable things, or things that satisfy human wants, we may use the… — Alfred Marshall
Men follow their sentiments and their self-interest, but it pleases them to imagine that they follow reason. And so they look for, and always find,… — Vilfredo Pareto
The way to know about championship quality is to learn from champions, and that I did; studying them with professional purpose during my time in… — Gene Tunney
There are four purposes of improvement: easier, better, faster, and cheaper. These four goals appear in the order of priority. — Shigeo Shingo
The purpose of narrative is to present us with complexity and ambiguity. — Scott Turow
If any of [my stories] succeed in causing their readers to feel pleasantly uncomfortable when walking along a solitary road at nightfall, or sitting over… — M. R. James
Why produce even females? Why should there be future generations? What is their purpose? When aging and death are eliminated, why continue to reproduce? Why… — Valerie Solanas
For any serious purpose, intelligence is a very minor gift. — G. H. Hardy
The State did not originate in any form of social agreement, or with any disinterested view of promoting order and justice. Far otherwise. The State… — Albert J. Nock
It sometimes seems as if curbing entropy is our quixotic purpose in this universe. — James Gleick
The spectacle we find in true religions has as its purpose enchantment, not entertainment. The distinction is critical. By endowing things with magic, enchantment is… — Neil Postman
The trip I made to Angola to study the prehistoric contents of the gravel beds as a means of deciding the age of the deposits… — Louis Leakey
Years ago I used to commiserate with all people who suffered. Now I commiserate only with those who suffer in ignorance, who do not understand… — Bill W.
It must never be forgotten that the purpose of Alcoholics Anonymous is to sober up alcoholics. There is no religious or spiritual requirement for membership.… — Bill W.
An awakened imagination works with a purpose. It creates and conserves the desirable, and transforms or destroys the undesirable. — Neville Goddard
Aristotle [would] probably conclude most Americans, for all intents and purposes, are slaves. — David Graeber
Let children alone... the education of habit is successful in so far as it enables the mother to let her children alone, not teasing them… — Charlotte Mason
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event may my image or name or any music or any artistic property created by me be used… — Adam Yauch
Through the triumphs there has come a greater confidence and through the challenges has come a greater clarity of purpose. — O. J. Brigance
Regardless of what we go through in life, there is always purpose wrapped within the pain. — O. J. Brigance
As a species, we tend to be doers, forever shaping and reshaping the world to better suit our purposes. — Mariella Frostrup
There are two ways of approaching your time on this planet: one is to sit around waiting for something to happen that will make sense… — Mariella Frostrup
It is not enough for us to know what is right and to believe it is good. We must be willing to stand up and… — Dean L. Larsen
The only purpose of advertising is to sell. It has no other function worth mentioning. — Raymond Rubicam
Where there is purpose, there is happiness as well. — Swami Abhedananda

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