Purpose Quotes

5907 Purpose quotes by 3153 unique authors

The purpose behind terrorism is to instill fear in people - the fear that electrical power, for instance, will be taken away or the transportation… — Vinton Cerf
Some nights, valor and cold purpose aren't enough. — Janet Morris
Any historian of the literature of the modern age will take virtually for granted the adversary intention, the actually subversive intention, that characterizes modern writing… — Lionel Trilling
The purpose of meditation practice is not enlightenment; it is to pay attention even at extraordinary times, to be of the present, nothing-but-in-the-present, to bear… — Peter Matthiessen
Adhere to your purpose and you will soon feel as well as you ever did. On the contrary, if you falter, and give up, you… — Abraham Lincoln
One extremely important purpose of emotions from an evolutionary perspective is to help us decide what to remember and what to forget. The cavewoman who… — Candace Pert
There is an illusion of central position, justifying one's own purposes as right and everybody else¹s as wrong, and providing a proper degree of paranoia.… — Henri Frederic Amiel
The church must never become a government factory, carrying on a nationalized industry of religion with the people as the bolts and nuts; with God… — Unknown Author
I don't wish to not be a woman, but I'd certainly like to be a woman whose sense of purpose comes from within. — Chiyo Uno
If you focus on the obstacles, then you give them more power. Instead focus on your purpose, on your most authentic and fundamental intentions. — Ralph Marston
I know that I have the ability to achieve the object of my Definite Purpose in life, therefore, I demand of myself persistent, continuous action… — Napoleon Hill
The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between the great and the insignificant, its energy - invincible determination -… — Sir Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet
Niko's angular face caught a flicker of firelight and Tempus saw his future there: sharp purpose, discipline, and power in perfect balance; love of man… — Janet Morris
What we determine we often break. Purpose is but the slave to memory. — William Shakespeare
It was meant to be that life would be a challenge. To suffer some anxiety, some depression, some disappointment, even some failure is normal. Teach… — Boyd K. Packer
God has a purpose behind every problem. He uses circumstances to develop our character. In fact, he depends more on circumstances to make us like… — Rick Warren
It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes. — Andrew Jackson
It will be the duty of the Executive, with sufficient appropriations for the purpose, to prosecute unsparingly all who have been engaged in depriving citizens… — Rutherford B. Hayes
When neither high purpose nor the categorical imperatives of religion will do, the only argument against suicide is life itself. You pause and attend: the… — Al Alvarez
The purpose of life is to amount to something and have it make some difference that you lived at all. — Abigail Van Buren
In judging others a man laboreth in vain; he often erreth, and easily falleth into sin; but in judging and examining himself he always laboreth… — Thomas a Kempis
Those wounds stay with you, and you turn them into a language and a purpose. — Bruce Springsteen
If, however, you are indulgent, but unable to make your authority felt; kind-hearted, but unable to enforce your commands; and incapable, moreover, of quelling disorder:… — Sun Tzu
We must distinguish between those who depend on others, that is between those who to achieve their purposes can force the issue and those who… — Niccolo Machiavelli
By altering his arrangements and changing his plans, the skillful general keeps the enemy without definite knowledge. By shifting his camp and taking circuitous routes,… — Sun Tzu

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