Purpose Quotes

5907 Purpose quotes by 3153 unique authors

Employees want to believe their company has a meaningful purpose. They want to know that their own job is worthwhile. They want to make a… — Quint Studer
The evident character of this defective cognition of which mathematics is proud, and on which it plumes itself before philosophy, rests solely on the poverty… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
The purpose of life is to conjecture and prove. — Paul Erdos
The purpose of polite behavior is never virtuous. Deceit, surrender, and concealment these are not virtues. The goal of the mannerly is comfort, per se. — June Jordan
So much of today's film culture, in England and America, is based on lies, really. The industry is very ambitious, and success has become such… — Joe Wright
Purpose is a soft virtue- but it's what gives you steel in your spine. — Unknown Author
I suppose if it has a practical purpose, I appreciate a pat on the back. I suppose it's rewarding, ultimately. — Brendan Fraser
This is true only because the purposes and objectives of the Committee for Industrial Organization find economic, social, political and moral justification in the hearts… — John L. Lewis
Music is given of God to further his purposes. Sweet melodies mellow the souls of men and help prepare them for the gospel. After men… — Bruce R. McConkie
The clitoris is pure in purpose. It is the only organ in the body designed purely for pleasure. — Eve Ensler
We desperately need some new thinking today about systems of global governance. We're stuck with the same obsolete, ignore-the-earth institutions that were brough into being… — Jonathon Porritt
Your purpose explains what you are doing with your life. Your vision explains how you are living your purpose. Your goals enable you to realize… — Bob Proctor
The highest benevolence acts without purpose. — Laozi
My belief of book writing is much the same as my belief as to shoemaking. The man who will work the hardest at it, and… — Anthony Trollope
Since the purpose of business is to satisfy existing desires, or stimulate new ones, if everyone were genuinely happy, there would be no need for… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
I know people want me to sort of defend myself, to sit here and be like, 'I'm a boy, but I wear makeup sometimes.' But,… — Andrej Pejic
The cocktail party has a simple function in modern society. Its basic purpose is to pay off social debts. — Hal Boyle
I always get back to the question, is it really necessary that men should consume so much of their bodily and mental energies in the… — William Allingham
For all time to come, the freedom and purity of the press are the test of national virtue and independence. No writer for the press,… — John Boyle O'Reilly
When the kirtan is harmonious with so many people, it’s a tumultuous beautiful sound. We can’t hear just one voice during the chorus; or rather… — Radhanath Swami
Those who love you are not fooled by mistakes you have made or dark images you hold about yourself. They remember your beauty when you… — Alan Cohen
Work may be your dominant thought, and joy an afterthought. But joy is your true purpose, and work the afterthought. — Alan Cohen
I live here among the ignorant like a lost man in fact like one whom the rest seemes careless of having anything to do with—they… — John Clare
The purpose of art is to re-present nature, not represent it. — Josef Albers
Real haiku is the soul of poetry. Anything that is not actually present in one's heart is not haiku. The moon glows, flowers bloom, insects… — Santoka Taneda

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