Purpose Quotes


Nothing can resist the human will that will stake even its existence on its stated purpose. Benjamin Disraeli Purpose 320
The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder-a wait, a nothing, a no man. Thomas Carlyle Purpose 189
What is the quality of your intent? Thurgood Marshall Purpose 157
The secret to success is constancy to purpose. Benjamin Disraeli Purpose 129
Without knowing what I am and why I am here, life is impossible. Leo Tolstoy Purpose 129
I am sure of nothing so little as my own intentions. Lord (George Gordon) Byron Purpose 126
His designs were strictly honorable, as the phrase is; that is, to rob a lady of her fortune by way of marriage. Henry Fielding Purpose 118
The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere. Michel de Montaigne Purpose 117
You are only as strong as your purpose, therefore let us choose reasons to act that are big bold righteous and eternal. Barry Munro Purpose 110
What makes life dreary is the want of a motive. George Eliot Purpose 109
Find a purpose in life so big it will challenge every capacity to be at your best. David O. McKay Purpose 107
The great and glorious masterpiece of man is how to live with purpose. Michel de Montaigne Purpose 106
If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place. Margaret Mead Purpose 104
One thing I have desired of the Lord, that will I seek: That I may dwell in the house f the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in His temple. Psalms 27:4 Bible Purpose 96
Every person above the ordinary has a certain mission that they are called to fulfill. Johann von Goethe Purpose 93
The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started. Norman Cousins Purpose 93
Give me a man who says, This one thing I do, and not, These fifty things, I dabble in. Dwight L. Moody Purpose 93
Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes; lesser ones exist on wishes and inclinations. Kenneth Hildebrand Purpose 92
I realized then that even though I was a tiny speck in an infinite cosmos a blip on the timeline of eternity I was not without purpose. R.J. Anderson Purpose 91
We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it. The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely. Oscar Wilde Purpose 91
Our chief usefulness to humanity rests on our combining power with high purpose. Power undirected by high purpose spells calamity, and high purpose by itself is utterly useless if the power to put it into effect is lacking. Theodore Roosevelt Purpose 88
Pep without purpose is piffle. Source Unknown Purpose 86
Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display? Marcus Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Elder)Purpose 83
I live for my sons. I would be lost without them. Princess of Wales Diana Purpose 82
Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing. Al Sharpman Purpose 81
Cat Where are you going Alice Which way should I go Cat That depends on where you are going. Alice I dont know. Cat Then it doesnt matter which way you go. Lewis Carroll Purpose 79
Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended, but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward toward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Bible Purpose 79
The longest journey is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who has started upon his quest for the source of his being. Dag Hammarskjold Purpose 79
Everything happens for a reason and a purpose, and it serves you. Anthony Robbins Purpose 78
In a just cause the weak will beat the strong. Sophocles Purpose 78
Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well. Peter Ustinov Purpose 76
Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it. Buddha Purpose 75
We know there is intention and purpose in the universe, because there is intention and purpose in us. George Bernard Shaw Purpose 74
Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living. Gautama Buddha Purpose 73
Mix a conviction with a man and something happens. Adam Clayton Powell Purpose 72
How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to become -- to be at last, and to die in the fullness of his being. Antoine De SaintExupery Purpose 72
Moral of the Work. In war: resolution. In defeat: defiance. In victory: magnanimity. In peace: goodwill. Sir Winston Churchill Purpose 72
Many good purposes lie in the churchyard. Philip Henry Purpose 72
The one who adapts his policy to the times prospers, and likewise that the one whose policy clashes with the demands of the times does not. Niccolo Machiavelli Purpose 71
A purpose you impart is no longer your own. Johann von Goethe Purpose 70
Accept yourself your strengths your weaknesses your truths and know what tools you have to fulfill your purpose. Steve Maraboli Purpose 69
Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience. Dale Carnegie Purpose 69
Im not unhappy he said. Only people with no purpose are unhappy. Ive got a purpose. Cassandra Clare Purpose 67
Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it. Johann von Goethe Purpose 66
It is essential that we enable young people to see themselves as participants in one of the most exciting eras in history, and to have a sense of purpose in relation to it. Nelson Rockefeller Purpose 66
Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when working to another aim. Ralph Waldo Emerson Purpose 66
Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were entreating through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 2 Corinthians 5:20 Bible Purpose 66
Your greatest self has been waiting your whole life dont make it wait any longer. Steve Maraboli Purpose 65
Stop allowing your daytoday life to be clouded by busy nothingness. Steve Maraboli Purpose 65
The first thing to do in life is to do with purpose what one purposes to do. Pau (Pablo) Casals Purpose 64

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