Quotes About Purpose

From his cradle to the grave, a man never does a single thing which has any first and foremost object save one-to secure peace of mind, spiritual comfort, for himself.

In the long run men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, though they should fall immediately, they had better aim at something high.

What else are we gonna live by if not dreams? We need to believe in something. What would really drive us crazy is to believe this reality we run into every day is all there is. If I don't believe that there's a happy ending out there-that will-you-marry-me in the sky-I can't keep working today.

Aim at heaven and you get earth thrown in; aim at earth and you get neither.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark. Every act hath some falsehood or exaggeration in it.

Man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?

What our deepest self craves is not mere enjoyment, but some supreme purpose that will enlist all our powers and give unity and direction to our life.

Happy the man who knows his duties!

The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who early in life discerns his object and toward that object habitually directs his powers. Even genius itself is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.

A determinate purpose of life, and steady adhesion to it through all disadvantages, are indispensable conditions of success.

The man who fails because he aims astray, or because he does not aim at all, is to be found everywhere.

I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is, after all, to matter: to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all.

The proper function of man is to live-not to exist.

Life's objective is life itself.

God is not dead but alive and well and working on a much less ambitious project.

God doth not need Either man's work or his own gifts; who best Bear His mild yoke, they serve Him best; His state Is kingly; thousands at His bidding speed And post o'er land and ocean without rest - They also serve who only stand and wait.

I always say my God will take care of me. If it's my time I'll go, and if it's not I won't. I feel that He really has a lot of important things for me to do. And He's going to make sure that I'm here to do them.

God, to be God, must transcend what is. He must be the maker of what ought to be.

If I can in any way contribute to the Diversion or Improvement of the Country in which I live, I shall leave it, when I am summoned out of it, with the secret Satisfaction of thinking that I have not lived in vain.

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever; Do noble things, not dream them all day long; And so make life, death, and that vast forever One grand, sweet song.

The house appointed for all living.

Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of things that are to be.

Man is that he might have joy.

Men are made for happiness, and anyone who is completely happy has a right to say to himself: "I am doing God's will on earth."