Quotes About Purpose

you twist logic to your own purposes." "It's a lawyer's duty," sniffed Phloxia,

Where's the logic in dying?

He was loved. He loved in return. Oh, what a man could accomplish when empowered by such knowledge.

I think God made us to desire beauty. But I'm learning we have to first find our beauty in God.

Choose what's important to you, Macy. Not for the moment, but for eternity.

What if God didn't want me, either? Where does one go if the Almighty rejects you?

I feel like the journey of the past ten, twelve years was leading me to this moment. Being worthy of you.

Death required me to pay attention to my life, to what I believe. A woman never knows when her life will be required of her.

I chose you because the One who beckoned me to follow Him also chose you. For me.

No use denying it. God was up to something.

But for God...

Sentiment would undo her - each of its ties were a tether that would hold her from her purpose. Men, perhaps, might nourish both heart and mind; but for a woman there could be no such luxury. Had not Catherine drowned in the London air while practicing the virtues of love and obedience? How readily the rules of female behavior - gentleness, acquiescence, ever-mindfulness - turned to shackles.

Yes, I need the money. I mean no, I don't. It can't be reduced to money. I can't explain why I do it. It's a kind of impulse.

The thing is you keep existing whether you have a plan to do so or not, until you don't exist, and then your plans are meaningless.

We are all here for a single purpose: to grow in wisdom and to learn to love better.

Attachment is a reflex, an automatic response which often may not reflect our deepest good. Commitment is a conscious choice, to align ourselves with our most genuine values and our sense of purpose.

When I stop trying to create a life for myself, I find the life God creates for me. When I cease trying to make a name for myself—competing, grasping, pushing my way to the top—His name emerges through the actions of my life.

I write not for the sake of glory. Not for the sake of fame. Not of the sake of success. But for the sake of my soul.

You are more than your job title.

You Have a Gift, and It Is Immensely Valuable

Every person—including you—has been given a gift by God. Every gift is of immense value, no matter how it might compare to someone else's gifts. No one got a cheap or valueless gift from God. Every gift has the capacity to multiply (and is meant to do so). The gifts are essentially "on loan," meant to be stewarded.

Salvation is not simply a matter of escaping the world after death. It is holistic, and it is now (and also later).

Nothing makes any sense. Nothing means anything. You're born, you live, you die. That's it.

Joe Saviour once told me that every life has a legend. Before the soul comes down to earth, God seals a story inside it. To know your purpose, you need to unravel the mystery of that legend.