Quotes About Mission

When Pais explained his mission, Einstein chuckled loudly, and then said, "The trouble with Oppenheimer is that he loves a woman who doesn't love him—the United States government. . . . [T]he problem was simple: All Oppenheimer needed to do was go to Washington, tell the officials that they were fools, and then go home.

Douglas wondered if his friend would make it out of this alive. He realized, not for the first time, that life or death was not the most important thing. The most important thing was the mission, their own small attempt to "proclaim liberty to the captives," as the Book of Isaiah had commanded nearly three thousand years before. To engage in a war where there would be no material benefit for the victor other than the liberation of oppressed and victimized human beings.

A great deal of the work I do involves the military.

Our mission to defeat ISIS has been slowed down by the need to defend from additional Iranian attacks.

My life's goal is to bring glory to Jesus.

I always say one of the great scenes from 'The Dirty Dozen' is where Jim Brown has to get grenades in the chimney.

It's my job, it's what I do, it's what I'm on earth to do and it's who I am.

Our job is not to change people; our job is to connect people to Jesus, and it's Jesus' job to change people.

I got a job to do on the field.

I joined the Army out of a deep sense of duty, but wanting to be an astronaut feels more like my destiny.

God makes us a new creation in Christ, forgiving our sins and forming us into the Church. The purpose of evangelizing is to make Jesus Christ known and to invite people to be part of the company of his disciples in the Church. The motive of evangelizing is gratitude for what Christ has given us. The method of evangelizing entails our own personal renewal in the faith and in living Christ's life in his body, the Church.

Ministries come and go, but the mission of the Church remains constant.

Pentecost is a feast of conversion. Our minds are converted to Christ in faith; and our hearts are converted to His mission in charity. Faith and charity are given with the coming of the Holy Spirit. Everything in the Church is a gift.

The Church points only to Christ and anything that gets in the way of that proclamation weakens her mission.

Go into all the world and preach the gospel, and if necessary, use words.

That is now my mission: to provide a European vision of growth, employment, prosperity - in one word, our future.

He's clearly a man with a mission, but it's not one of vengeance. Bruce is not after personal revenge ... He's much bigger than that; he's much more noble than that. He wants the world to be a better place, where a young Bruce Wayne would not be a victim ... In a way, he's out to make himself unnecessary. Batman is a hero who wishes he didn't have to exist.

When Bible-believing fundamentalist Reformed Protestants go on vacation in Roman Catholic Italy, surrounded by unbelievers, they must witness to the truth.

Each generation must discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it, in relative opacity.

Each generation must, out of relative obscurity, discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it.

These companies manage to balance the need for profits with the overarching vision of providing great results for customers and an inspiring mission for employees.

They returned. The Night Wolves came back the following night, and they were armed to the teeth. They thought they were taking on an undefended target. Their mission was to invade an old if sprawling house and eliminate a sleeping teenager in one of the bedrooms. Anyone else on that floor would also have to be taken down

This was the "raid which went horribly right"...

Rightly considered, kindness is the grand cause of God in the world. Where it is natural, it must forthwith be super-naturalized. Where it is not natural, it must be supernaturally planted. What is the purpose our life? It is a mission to go into every corner it can reach, and reconquer for God's beatitude His unhappy world back to Him.