Purpose Quotes

5907 Purpose quotes by 3153 unique authors

There is no personal right to be armed for private purposes unrelated to the service in a well regulated militia. — Sarah Brady
Literature in the written sense represents the triumph of language over writing: the subversion of writing for purposes that have little or nothing to do… — Robert Bringhurst
The widespread diffusion of nuclear weapons would make many nations able, and in some cases also create the pressure, to aggravate an on-going crisis, or… — Herman Kahn
Music exists for the purpose of growing an admirable heart. — Shinichi Suzuki
If leadership requires a fired-up sense of purpose and imagination, it also demands a profound connection to the society to be led. — George Takei
The novelist now usurps the chair of the educator, the pulpit of the preacher, the columns of the journalist. Yet his original purpose of entertaining… — Philip Wylie
There is a purpose in life--to raise men nearer to the likeness of God. Whoever seeks that ideal, daily, finds joy; and in no other… — John Andreas Widtsoe
Evil by its very nature opposes the purposes of God, but God, in his sovereignty, can make even this evil serve his purposes. — David F. Wells
America's highways, roads, bridges, are an indispensable part of our lives. They link one end of our nation to the other. We use them each… — Christopher Dodd
What great philosophers do for us is not to hand out such an all-purpose system. It is to light up and clarify some special aspect… — Mary Midgley
Sometimes it may seem to us that there is no purpose in our lives, that going day after day for years to this office or… — Caryll Houselander
It's not my responsibility to be beautiful. I'm not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about how desirable you find me. — Warsan Shire
The purpose of education is to keep a culture from being drowned in senseless repetitions, each of which claims to offer a new insight. — Harold Rosenberg
My dear friends you are a royal generation. You were preserved to come to the earth in this time for a special purpose. Not just… — H. Burke Peterson
Granpa said if there was less words, there wouldn't be as much trouble in the world. He said privately to me that there was always… — Forrest Carter
Whenever I stumble over my own feet, or blurt out a thought that makes no sense at all, or leave the house wearing one pattern… — Paul Rudnick
There’s a time and purpose for being lost. If you don’t judge the being lost you get through it sooner. — Danielle LaPorte
The whole purpose of climbing something like Everest is to effect some sort of spiritual and physical gain. But if you compromise the process you’re an… — Yvon Chouinard
The whole purpose of an adventure is to gain some spiritual or emotional insight. When you compromise the process, you compromise the gain. — Yvon Chouinard
The Bible is the only credible guide either as to the real relationship between man and the earth and the great Creator of both or… — Joseph Franklin Rutherford
The Bible shows the clear statement of God's purposes concerning the earth, and man once made its prince. Its opening chapters show that it was… — Joseph Franklin Rutherford
The purpose of writing is to hold a mirror to nature, but too much today is written from small mirrors in vanity cases. — John Mason Brown
As we rise to meet the challenges that are a natural part of living, we awaken to our many undiscovered gifts, to our inner power… — Susan L. Taylor
The purpose of science is not to cure us of our sense of mystery and wonder, but to constantly reinvent and reinvigorate it. — Robert M. Sapolsky
If you look to lead, invest at least 40% of your time managing yourself - your ethics, character, principles, purpose, motivation, and conduct. Invest at… — Dee Hock

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