Their Purpose Quotes

71 quotes by 63 authors

Our ideas are only intellectual instruments which we use to break into phenomena; we must change them when they have served their purpose, as we… — Claude Bernard
Generous gestures yield the most when that isn't their purpose. — Malcolm Forbes
The obstacles in our path are not blocking us-they are redirecting us. Their purpose is not to interfere with our happiness; it is to point… — Barbara De Angelis
Science is incapable of supplying answers to ultimate questions about why things exist and what their purpose is. — Unknown Author
I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to… — Barry Goldwater
Creation stories had never been regarded as historically accurate; their purpose was therapeutic. But once you start reading Genesis as scientifically valid, you have bad… — Karen Armstrong
I am convinced that those who get themselves involved in the machinery of power politics, even for the purpose of destroying it, are bound to… — Vinoba Bhave
The idea of death robs inquiry of its passionate vitality and empties our efforts of their purpose by coming to one predestined conclusion, death. Why… — James Hillman
As soon as error is corrected, it is important that the error be forgotten and only the successful attempts be remembered. Errors, mistakes, and humiliations… — Vince Lombardi
There is no word in our language which has been so much misused and prostituted as the word love. It has been preached by those… — Erich Fromm
I don't want my kids safe and comfortable. I want them BRAVE. ... I don't want to be the reason my kids choose safety over… — Jen Hatmaker
Perhaps there will be prattlers who, although completely ignorant of mathematics, nevertheless take it upon themselves to pass judgment on mathematical questions, and on account… — Nicolaus Copernicus
Written things are not for speech; their form is literary; they are stiff, inflexible, and will not lend themselves to happy and effective delivery with… — Mark Twain
All created forms are fractal, as is their purpose, use, and allotted time for existence. — Guy Finley
Basically, fundamentalism is a modern phenomenon. In the same way that Hitler evoked a mythological religion of German purity and the glory of the past,… — Azar Nafisi
I am indeed a fortunate man and today's hours are but a bonus, undeserved. Why have I been allowed to live this extra day when… — Og Mandino
Itâ€™s no longer about the Lost Boys. They keep trying to make their way out, then they meet other people and empathize with them. Itâ€™s… — Emmanuel Jal
Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. But if it is from… — Gamaliel
If you don't love where you are right now, you won't love where you are going. Here is what I know: People who are passionate… — John C. Maxwell
However, those who have used those words use half the sentence to fit their purpose, which, of course, I believe is to discredit me and… — Louis Farrakhan

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