Quotes About Purpose

sinful activities are whatever we do with the goal of bringing us into proximity with that which we believe will fill the void in our existence.

Life can be difficult, so have fun whenever you can to the glory of God.

who you are is more important than what you do. Why? Because the love of Jesus in you is the greatest gift you have to give to others. Who you are as a person — and specifically how well you love — will always have a larger and longer impact on those around you than what you do. Your

Rabbi Zusya, when he was an old man, said, "In the coming world, they will not ask me: 'Why were you not Moses?' They will ask me, 'Why were you not Zusya?' "4 The true vocation for every human being is, as Kierkegaard said, "the will to be oneself.

The vast majority of us go to our graves without knowing who we are.

The true vocation for every human being is, as Kierkegaard said, "the will to be oneself."5

no other person has ever lived your life. You may be wondering what will happen if you engage in this journey of emotionally healthy spirituality, if you take seriously God's purpose for you to increasingly live faithfully out of the life he has given you.

Parker Palmer lo expresa muy bien: Hay al menos una cosa que me ha quedado clara: el cuidado de sí mismo no es nunca un acto egoísta; sencillamente es una buena mayordomía del único don que tenemos; fui puesto en la tierra para poderles ofrecer ese don a los demás. Cada vez que podamos escuchar a nuestro verdadero yo y darle el cuidado que necesita, no lo hacemos solo para nosotros mismos, sino también para los muchos otros cuyas vidas tocamos.

In God's family, success is defined as being faithful to his purpose and plan for your life.

God thinks. You think. God wills. You will. God feels. You feel.

The vast majority of us go to our graves without knowing who we are. We unconsciously live someone else's life, or at least someone else's expectations for us. This does violence to ourselves, our relationship with God, and ultimately to others.

For this reason the famous Hasidic story of Rabbi Zusya remains so important for us today: Rabbi Zusya, when he was an old man, said, "In the coming world, they will not ask me: 'Why were you not Moses?' They will ask me, 'Why were you not Zusya?

You must let God teach you the only way to get rid of your past is to make a future out of it. God will waste nothing.35

are deeply loved by God for who we are, not for what we do.

God's plans and purposes for us are good, even when our circumstances are far from good.

We are deeply loved by God for who we are, not for what we do.

In retrospect, I can see in my own life what I could not see at the time — how the job I lost helped me find work I needed to do, how the "road closed" sign turned me toward terrain I needed to travel, how losses that felt irredeemable forced me to discern meanings I needed to know. On the surface it seemed that life was lessening, but silently and lavishly the seeds of new life were always being sown. — Parker Palmer50

Jesus had a full sense of what he was about. On the evening before his arrest, he took the role of a slave and began washing the twelve disciples' feet, even Judas

Clarity is a result, not a requirement.

The code shows me what it does. It doesn't show me what it's supposed to do.

What use, after all, is man, if not to teach God His lessons?

I cannot accept merely...I do not do anything merely.

When it comes to our educational systems, perhaps the most important question that we can ask is this: What is the purpose of education? Is it to impart knowledge and facts or is it to nurture curiosity, effortful problem solving, and the capacity for lifelong learning?

We have a new generation of very rich people who want to do more with their money than buy a lot of expensive toys. They want to live meaningful lives.