Quotes About Purpose

Greatness has nothing to do with results or with success.

Some people see things that are and ask, Why Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that ...

If a man does not go about his work with enthusiasm, it means that he has not yet found a work that he likes. Every mortal is a busy bee when he comes to the task that Destiny has set aside for him.

This life is not given to us as a pastime. There was a solemn purpose in our creation, in the life that God has given to us. Let us study what that purpose is, that we may progress and obtain eternal life.

Each of us has been put on earth with the ability to do something well. We cheat ourselves and the world if we don't use that ability as best we can.

There was a purpose for a person being in your life at a certain time, even if it does not last.

When any of us experiences a loss, there comes a time in the grief process when we shake our fists skyward and yell, Why? It is the wrong question. The question we need to ask is "What is the journey and what is the growth that I must accomplish by suffering the loss of someone or something so meaningful to me?" It is the first step in the long and winding road that is to be our life's spiritual journey

Ah, many a one has started forth with hope and purpose high; Has fought throughout a weary life, and passed all pleasure by; Has burst all flowery chains by which men aye have been enthralled; Has been stone-deaf to voices sweet, that softly, sadly called; Has scorned the flashing goblet with the bubbles on its brim; Has turned his back on jeweled hands that madly beckoned him; Has, in a word, condemned himself to follow out his plan By stern and lonely labor--and has died, a conquered man!

Despite all the opinions churchless (and churched) people offer about musical styles, architecture, sound systems, creativity, intellectualism, and the menu of programs provided by churches, none of these is the main attraction. These elements are nice sideshows, but people don't come to church for the carnival rides. They come to meet God. People complain about the uncomfortable seats and stale popcorn when center stage is empty of the main event.

Sevdiginiz seyi bulmaniz gerek. Bu, sevgiliniz icin oldugu kadar isiniz icin de gecerlidir. Isiniz hayatinizin buyuk bir kismini dolduracak. Gercekten tatmin olmanin tek yolu, muhtesem bir is cikardiginizi dusunmektir. Ve muhtesem bir is cikarmanin tek yolu da yaptiginiz isi sevmektir... Daha azina razi olmayin.

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me.… Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful…that's what matters to me.

I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live.

This is the true joy in life — being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; being a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.

Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.

Give a man health and a course to steer, and he'll never stop to trouble about whether he's happy or not.

A man who has no office to go to - I don't care who he is - is a trial of which you can have no conception.

Suppose the world were only one of God's jokes, would you work any the less to make it a good joke instead of a bad one?

I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has succeeded in courtship. I like a state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

This is the true joy in life -- being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one...

Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it is for. Spend all you have before you die and do not outlive yourself.

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

To drift is to be in hell; to be in heaven is to steer.

I'd rather be a failure at something I enjoy than a success at something I hate.