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Purpose Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- He that compares what he has done with what he has left undone, will feel the effect which must always follow the comparison of imagination…
- As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy.
- There is no temper more unpropitious to interest than desultory application and unlimited inquiry, by which the desires are held in a perpetual equipoise, and…
- The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy the power of pleasing must be blown aside
- Some read for style, and some for argument: one has little care about the sentiment, he observes only how it is expressed; another regards not…
- Life is surely given us for higher purposes than to gather what our ancestors have wisely thrown away, and to learn what is of no…
- These papers of the day have uses more adequate to the purposes of common life than more pompous and durable volumes.
More Purpose Quotes
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- We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have… — Mary Kay Ash
- I think it's important that people know what raising the debt ceiling is. It's Congress giving permission to the federal government to… — Michele Bachmann
- Prayer is not intended to change God's purpose, nor is it to move Him to form fresh purposes. God has decreed that… — Arthur W. Pink
- God's purpose for man is to acquire a seeing eye and an understanding heart." "God gave you life and bestowed upon you… — Rumi
- If a person forges ahead in the light and yet has lost his care for the others, the purpose of the light… — Johan Oscar Smith
- The health of the people is of supreme importance. All measures looking to their protection against the spread of contagious diseases and… — Chester A. Arthur
- The purpose of all wars, is peace. — Saint Augustine