Quotes About Purpose

More than rich, more than famous, more than happy...I wanted to be great.

A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be.

You write about what you love and you write about things you're trying to make sense of.

Tears came to him. He wept quietly, holding nothing back. He mourned mankind, and the blindness of men, who thought that the Kosmos had rules that would shelter them from their own freedom. There were no shelters. There were no final purposes. Futility, and freedom, were Absolute.

He) mourned mankind, and the blindness of men, who thought that the Kosmos had rules and limits that would shelter them from their own freedom. There were no shelters. There were no final purposes. Futility, and freedom, were Absolute

To have found meaning in life is thus the only certain antidote to the deliberate seeking of death. But at the same time, in a strange dialectical way, it is death that endows life with its deepest, most unique meaning.

If we hope to live not just from moment to moment, but in true consciousness of our existence, then our greatest need and most difficult achievement is to find meaning in our lives.

Bryan A. Follis

We want to share the truth with sensitivity and love and in the context of a meaningful relationship, but with the fundamental purpose of leading someone into a relationship with Jesus Christ.

Carnell saw the purpose of Christian apologetics as removing from critics any excuse for not repenting before God. He was convinced that "men who refuse Christ because of presumed 'logical errors' in Christianity are men with a self-righteousness in the area of knowledge.

I always knew I'd be in music in some sort of capacity. I didn't know if I'd be successful at it, but I knew I'd be doing something in it. Maybe get a job in a record store. Maybe even play in a band. I never got into this to be a star.

He who's not busy being born is busy dying." Tony

When we experience difficulty, we are to understand that it is, at least in part, God's process of making us what he wants us to be.

We find our life not in our priorities but in his, not in our pursuits but in his purposes.

Lasting service comes when we serve God from his acceptance, not for his acceptance.

Our identity determines what we do; what we do does not determine our identity.

Whatever is done for man will pass, yet all that is done for God will last.

By praying in Jesus' name, we petition God to make our life shine for Christ's glory and eternity's purposes.

To do anything in the Lord's name means to do it for his purposes. When we pray in Jesus' name, we are petitioning God to bring glory to Jesus and we are asking for his will to be done in everything so that he will be honored above all.

God has given his law so that we will experience, not earn, the good he intends for our lives.

Love for him compels us to live for him.

When we pray in Jesus' name, we are appealing to the Holy Spirit to conform our prayers to Christ's purposes.

The afflictions we experience do not evidence the absence of divine love, because God uses even this pain for higher purposes in our behalf. The proof is in the cross itself.

I was blessed with certain gifts and talents and God gave them to me to be the best person I can be and to have a positive impact on other people.