Purpose Quotes

5907 Purpose quotes by 3153 unique authors

The purpose of prayer is not to influence God to grant you special favors, but rather to remind yourself that you are always connected to… — Wayne Dyer
The only legitimate purpose of government is to serve citizens, and ... the only legitimate purpose of technology is to improve our lives, not to… — Rebecca MacKinnon
Social networks are these intricate things of beauty, and they're so elaborate and so complex and so ubiquitous that one has to ask what purpose… — Nicholas A. Christakis
That's the purpose of stress. It's a friend. It's an alarm clock, built in to let you know that it's time to do The Work. — Byron Katie
I address you with neither rancor nor bitterness in the fading twilight of life, with but one purpose in mind: to serve my country. The… — Douglas MacArthur
This army is powerful because all its members have a conscious discipline; they have come together and they fight not for the private interests of… — Mao Zedong
Where there are large powers with little ambition... nature may be said to have fallen short of her purposes. — Henry Taylor
I sit in my garden, gazing upon a beauty that cannot gaze upon itself. And I find sufficient purpose for my day. — Robert Breault
Today's patience can transform yesterday's discouragements into tomorrow's discoveries. Today's purposes can turn yesterday's defeats into tomorrow's determination. — William Arthur Ward
No matter what a man does, he is not fully sane or human unless there is a spirit of freedom in him, a soul unconfined… — Charles Horton Cooley
Every well built house started in the form of a definite purpose plus a definite plan in the nature of a set of blueprints. — Napoleon Hill
The purpose of art is to stop time. — Bob Dylan
...as soon as we examine suicide from the standpoint of religion we immediately see it in its true light. We have been placed in this… — Immanuel Kant
I saw my name: THOMAS, Petria. Saw my time, 57.72. Saw the number one next to them. I'd done it. Me! Petria Thomas, Olympic champion.… — Unknown Author
That atomic energy though harnessed by American scientists and army men for destructive purposes may be utilised by other scientists for humanitarian purposes is undoubtedly… — Mahatma Gandhi
Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow. — Helen Keller
Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the Government's purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally… — Louis D. Brandeis
Leadership is understanding people and involving them to help you do a job. That takes all of the good characteristics, like integrity, dedication of purpose,… — Arleigh Burke
We stand by as children starve by the millions because we lack the will to end hunger. But we have found the will to develop… — Mark Hatfield
Rich people should consider that they are only trustees for what they possess, and should show their wealth to be more in doing good than… — Joseph Hall
If you throw away all thoughts of attainment, you will then come to see the real purpose of your quest. — Seungsahn
We live that our souls may grow. The development of the soul is the purpose of existence. God Almighty is trying to obtain some decent… — John G. Lake
I still believe that standing up for the truth of God is the greatest thing in the world. This is the end (purpose) of life.… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I knew from experience of the past that this butchering of people was done for the express purpose of defeating the eight-hour movement. — August Spies
Every path serves a purpose. — Gene Oliver

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