Quotes About Purpose

Most men employ the first part of life to make the other part miserable. [Fr., La plupart des hommes emploient la premiere part vie a rendre l'autre miserable.]

A great man may be the personification and type of the epoch for which God destines him, but he is never its creator.

A man is involved in life, leaves his impress on it, and outside of that there is nothing.

The world would get along very well without literature. It would get along even better without man.

Man's existence precedes his essence

There must be some part of Man that is more than his daily round. Some part of him that will use his profit on a matter of no profit.

Constantly to seek the purpose of life is one of the odd escapes of man. If he finds what he seeks it will not be worth that pebble on the path.

A man must walk only his own path...Never another's or his feet will grow tired and sore. And he will feel lost even when he arrives.

Wherever a man may happen to turn, whatever a man may undertake, he will always end up by returning to that path which nature has marked out for him.

Every man must form himself as a particular being, seeking, however, to attain that general idea of which all mankind are constituents.

It is natural to man to regard himself as the final cause of creation.

Christianity has basically communicated to men that the reason God put you on this Earth is to be a good boy. Mind your manners, be a nice guy. That's soul killing!

Men... performed better when they understood why they were being asked to carry out a task.

I cannot bear to think that our young men are merely living four years in a country club and spending their lives wholly in a spirit of calculation and snobbishness.

To comprehend a man's life, it is necessary to know not merely what he does but also what he purposely leaves undone.

Most roads lead men homewards, My road leads me forth

Science studies the relations of things to each other: but art studies only their relations to man.

The unlived life is not worth examining.

On the day that you were born, you began to die. Do not waste a single moment more!

Every single moment shapes our future. Be intentional. Live on purpose!

I am here to enjoy life. I am not here to suffer. I am here to be a dreamer, to be an artist, to be a seer. The mission of my life is to enjoy every single moment of my life.

Something my mom taught me when I was little is that everything happens for a reason.

God did not put you on this earth simplest to be any person's mom.

Proverbs 16:3 'Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and He will establish your plans.' A great reminder when planning out the school year.