Quotes About Purpose

The lukewarm Christian can accomplish nothing with a whole life in which to do it. If you have lived for sin and self . . . your witness will have [a] telling effect on all who have known you.

Many people ask about Christianity the same [way] they ask about everything else today: "What's in it for me?" In our selfishness, we think of God as we think of everyone else. What can He contribute to us, personally?

Someday all of us will give account of the way we have used the gifts God has given. The person to whom much has been given will find much required of him.

Life is a glorious opportunity if it is used to condition us for eternity.

Man boasts of his nobility, his ideals, and his progress. Man's goal is imitation, not redemption.

God did not ordain that the church should drift aimlessly in the seas of uncertainty without compass, captain, or crew.

Jesus invited us not to a picnic, but to a pilgrimage. He offered us, not an excursion, but an execution. Our Savior said that we would have to be ready to die to self, sin, and the world.

The central theme of the universe is the purpose and destiny of every individual. Every person is important in God's eyes.

God isn't finished with you when you retire! When we know Christ, we never retire from His service.

God] created us free to choose how we would live . . . but leaves us free to pursue our own ends with tragic, natural consequences.

We cannot pray sincerely if our aim is not to bring glory to Him.

We] are not here by chance or by accident; God put us on this journey called life. We came from Him, and our greatest joy will come from giving ourselves back to Him and learning to walk with Him every day until we return to Him.

The most remarkable thing about suffering is that God can use it for our good.

The church is a storehouse of spiritual food whereby the inner man is fed, nourished, and developed into maturity. If it fails, it is not fulfilling its purpose as a church.

If you are not doing what you love, you are wasting your time.

My life is a gift from the Creator. What I do with it is my gift to the Creator.

I always prayed that God would give me the wisdom and the vision to do the things on this earth that I was supposed to do to express His life and love and His will.

The question is what I wanted to do with the new life God has given me. This is the mission I want to take on.

You have to have a dream so you can get up in the morning.

If you don't like what you're doing, it's unlikely anyone else will either, so be sure you are happy with your own work first.

But since Heaven wills one life to man should fall, And this is very brief--too brief for all We think to do, why should we fret and moil, And vex ourselves with never-ending toil?

Your goals should be bigger than your ego,

Once true passion hits you, you can recognize all the times in your life when you were chasing the wrong dream. And after you´ve experienced that sustained fulfillment , you´ll never want to settle for anything else

Once true passion hits you, you can recognize all the times in your life when you were chasing the wrong dream. And after you've experienced that sustained fulfillment, you'll never want to settle for anything less.