Quotes About Purpose

Many men die at twenty-five and aren't buried until they are seventy-five.

Think of these things, whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account.

Hide not your talents, they for use were made, What's a sundial in the shade?

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.

Never confuse Motion with Action.

So convenient a thing to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for every thing one has a mind to do.

Some people die at age 25 and aren't buried until they are 75.

Wish not so much to live long as to live well.

Do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made out of.

That bodies should be lent us, while they can afford us pleasure, assist us in acquiring knowledge, or doing good to our fellow creatures, is a kind and benevolent act of God - when they become unfit for these purposes and afford us pain instead of pleasure-instead of an aid, become an encumbrance and answer none of the intentions for which they were given, it is equally kind and benevolent that a way is provided by which we may get rid of them. Death is that way.

dost thou love life? then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of,

The trouble with doing nothing is not knowing when you're finished.

So convenient a thing it is to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for everything one has a mind to do. Keimer

He that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor,

Aku lebih suka mengatakan, dia hidup berguna, daripada dia meninggal kaya raya.

Ou escreva algo que valha a pena ler, ou faça algo que valha a pena escrever.

Industry. Lose no time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions.

Quão conveniente é ser uma criatura racional; isso permite que se encontre ou crie uma razão para qualquer coisa que se queira fazer.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing

If dost thou love life, then Do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of,

The noblest question in the world is What good may I do in it?

Write a book worth reading or live a life worth writing

pleaded the usefulness of the work, mine convinced me that nothing was useful which was not honest.

Work as if you were to live 100 years, Pray as if you were to die To-morrow.