Purpose Quotes

Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes.
Kenneth Hildebrand

Good luck is another name for tenacity of purpose.

There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.

Thought allied fearlessly to purpose becomes creative force.

To love what you do and feel that it matters - how could anything be more fun?
Katharine Graham

A determinate purpose in life and a steady adhesion to it through all disadvantages, are indispensable conditions of success.
William Punshon

The great thing in this world is not so much where you stand, as in what direction you are moving.

Having thus chosen our course, without guile and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in God, and go forward without fear and with manly hearts.

Everything in the universe has a purpose. Indeed, the invisible intelligence that flows through everything in a purposeful fashion is also flowing through you.

To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.

Is it not good to know what follows from what, even if it is not necessarily FAPP? [FAPP is Bell's suggested abbreviation of "for all practical purposes."] Suppose for example that quantum mechanics were found to resist precise formulation. Suppose that when formulation beyond FAPP was attempted, we find an unmovable finger obstinately pointing outside the subject, to the mind of the observor, to the Hindu scriptures, to God, or even only Gravitation? Would that not be very, very interesting?
John Stewart Bell

There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.
PETER F. DRUCKE

A useless life is an early death.

Service is the rent we pay to be living. It is the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare time.

Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
SUSAN ERTZ

Purpose is what gives life a meaning.
Charles H. Perkhurst

Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing; every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves, 'This day let me make a sound beginning, for what we have hitherto done is naught!'

A warriorÖfeeds his body well; he trains it; works on it. Where he lacks knowledge, he studies. But above all he must believe. He must believe in his strength of will, of purpose, of heart and soul.
David Gemmell

The first principle of ethical power is purpose. By purpose, I don't mean your objective or intention-something toward which you are always striving. Purpose is something bigger. It is the picture you have of yourself-the kind of person you want to be or the kind of life you want to lead.

A difficult time can be more readily endured if we retain the conviction that our existence holds a purpose - a cause to pursue, a person to love, a goal to achieve.
John Maxwell

Cherish your visions; cherish your ideals; cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts, for out of them will grow delightful conditions, all heavenly environment; of these if you but remain true to them, your world will at last be built.

Make your work to be in keeping with your purpose.

To put away aimlessness and weakness, and to begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment; who make all conditions serve them, and who think strongly, attempt fearlessly, and accomplish masterfully.







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