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Quotes About Purpose

Woman is God's supreme creation. Only after the earth had been formed, after the day had been separated from the night, after the waters had been divided from the land, after vegetation and animal life had been created, and after man had been placed on the earth, was woman created; and only then was the work pronounced complete and good.
~ Gordon B. Hinckley
Work without vision is drudgery. Vision without work is dreaming. Work plus vision-this is destiny.
~ Gordon B. Hinckley
Live today as if you were going to live forever, for you surely shall.
~ Gordon B. Hinckley
Give expression to the noble desires that lie in your heart.
~ Gordon B. Hinckley
Give expression to the noble desires that lie in you heart.
~ Gordon B. Hinckley
Go forward in life with a smile on your face, a sparkle in your eyes, and with great and strong purpose in your heart. The best things in life are the people in your life, the moments we live, and memories we made along the way.
~ Gordon B. Hinckley
Believe in yourselves. Believe in your capacity to do some good in this world. God sent us here for a purpose, and that was to improve the world in which we live. The wonderful thing is that we can do it.
~ Gordon B. Hinckley
It is not enough just to be good. We must be good for something. We must contribute good to the world. The world must be a better place for our presence. And the good that is in us must be spread to others. This is the measure of our civility.
~ Gordon B. Hinckley
It's true, isn't it? Then what else really matters?
~ Gordon B. Hinckley
What a wonderful time it is for each of us to do his or her small part in moving the work of the Lord on to its magnificent destiny.
~ Gordon B. Hinckley
Associated with gratitude is virtue. I think they are related because he who is disposed to shun virtue lacks appreciation of life, its purposes, and the happiness and well-being of others.
~ Gordon B. Hinckley
No matter the circumstances, I encourage you to go forward with faith and prayer, calling on the Lord. You may not receive any direct revelation. But you will discover, as the years pass, that there has been a subtle guiding of your footsteps in paths of progress and great purpose.
~ Gordon B. Hinckley
We too must work. Nothing happens in this world until there is work. You never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. You have to put your hands to the handles of the plow and walk forward. It is easier now, but the principle is the same. There must be work, and what a great and wonderful blessing that is.
~ Gordon B. Hinckley
God is not simply saving diverse individuals and preparing them for heaven; rather he is creating a people for his name, among whom God can dwell and who in their life together will reproduce God's life and character in all its unity and diversity.
~ Gordon D. Fee
Ask yourself: 'Do I feel the need to laminate?' Then teaching is for you.
~ Gordon Korman
The three components of happiness are something to do, someone to love, and something to look forward to. Think about it.
~ Gordon Livingston
The three components of happiness are something to do, someone to love, and something to look forward to.
~ Gordon Livingston
God picks the weakest, the smallest, the meanest of men on the face of the earth, and he uses them." There's
~ Gordon MacDonald
The forming of the soul that it might be a dwelling place for God is the primary work of the Christian leader.
~ Gordon MacDonald
Today, many people write about burnout. Why didn't Jesus burn out? I think the answer rests in three simple principles: Jesus measured all investments of time against his purpose, he took time for solitude with the Father, and he didn't try to do too much.
~ Gordon MacDonald
You don't quench ambition by feeding it any more than you quench a fire the same way... To an ambitious man, what he already has is nothing. It's what he doesn't have that counts.
~ Gordon R. Dickson
We wouldn't be capable of hope, if hope had no meaning.
~ Gordon R. Dickson
fighting an endless war and getting nowhere, surrounded by those who found simply being in the war enough to justify their existence. He
~ Gordon R. Dickson
you need to know what you're aiming for in order to reach it.
~ Gordon Ramsay