Purposes Quotes

776 Purposes quotes by 622 unique authors

To the free man, the country is the collection of individuals who compose it, not something over and above them. ... He recognizes no national… — Milton Friedman
God in his wisdom, to make and keep us humble and to teach us to walk by faith, has hidden from us almost everything that… — J I Packer
I would like to have an ample fund to spread the light of Republicanism, but I am willing to undergo the disadvantage to make certain… — William Howard Taft
That afternoon I came to understand that one of the deepest purposes of intellectual sophistication is to provide distance between us and our most disturbing… — Richard Russo
By common consent of the nations, gold and silver are the only true measure of value. They are the necessary regulators of trade. I have… — Hugh McCulloch
The major asset in this category is gold, currently a huge favorite of investors who fear almost all other assets, especially paper money (of whose… — Warren Buffett
There are five main purposes of central bank cooperation"..."the provision of international credits and joint efforts to influence asset prices (especially gold and foreign exchange)… — Unknown Author
Life is about letting God use you for his purposes, not using him for your own purpose. — Rick Warren
The church exists primarily for two closely correlated purposes: to worship God and to work for his kingdom in the world ... The church also… — N. T. Wright
The only sure rule is to remember that the Bible is indeed God's gift to the church, to equip that church for its work in… — N. T. Wright
Man doesnt have the patience or the power to wait. But God does. He has all eternity to accomplish His purposes. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Triumphant science and technology are only at the threshold of man's command over sources of energy so stupendous that, if used for military purposes, they… — Cordell Hull
I think it's undignified to read for the purposes of escape. After you grow up, you should start reading for other purposes — M. John Harrison
A girl is different. They want things. They need things on a regular schedule. Why, a girl's got purposes you and me can't even imagine.… — Kent Haruf
Our tools are extensions of our purposes, and so we find it natural to make metaphorical attributions of intentionality to them; but I take it… — John Searle
The king is as much bound by his oath not to infringe the legal rights of the people, as the people are bound to yield… — Jonathan Mayhew
The Rothschilds, and that class of money-lenders of whom they are the representatives and agents - men who never think of lending a shilling to… — Lysander Spooner
I was 48-years old before anybody talked me into it for medicinal purposes, instead of some of these drugs that they give you that will… — Merle Haggard
An abundant supply of excellent water, forming a volume equal in bulk to the human body, is conveyed by one of these pipes, and distributed… — Hernando Cortes
The Literary and Artistic heritage of humanity should be used for partisan propaganda purposes. — Gil J Wolman
If either man or woman would realize that the full power of personal beauty, it must be by cherishing noble thoughts and hopes and purposes;… — Unknown Author
Might is a fine thing, and useful for many purposes; for "one goes further with a handful of might than with a bagful of right." — Max Stirner
Meanwhile, spiritual submissiveness brings about the wiser use of our time, talents, and gifts as compared with our laboring diligently but conditionally to establish our… — Neal A. Maxwell
Then as now, whatever disagreements over policies existed among Americans - and there were many such bitter policy disputes - the purposes and goals for… — Allen Weinstein
Hitler did not have Mussolinis revolutionary socialist background. . . . Nevertheless, he shared the socialist hatred and contempt for the bourgeoisie and capitalism and… — Richard Pipes

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