Quotes About Purpose

So entire and unquestionable was this sense of the divine meaning in all nature granted to his soul that he could scarcely understand why it was in any way necessary that he should continue to live. Yet that was part of the divine purpose and he dared not question its use, he above all others who had sinned so deeply and so foully against the divine purpose.

In her lay a Godframed Godgiven preformed possibility which thou hast fructified with thy modicum of man's work.

Tineretea are un sfârsit: sfârÈ™itul e aici. Nu va mai fi niciodat?. O È™tii prea bine. ?i atunci? Scrie-o, blestematule, scrie-o! La ce altceva eÈ™ti bun?

Those of us who love being alive should strive with every fiber of our being to never die.

Everyone could work hard under the right conditions, and it was possible to enjoy hard work, even the most numbing, backbreaking toil. But you had to have a sense of participating in some greater good than just the maintaining of your own small existence; some human quorum or congregation of a size sufficient to align you with the world instead of against it. The imagination had to be fired, and kept alight. The heart had to feel the presence of joy and warmth. He

A tanker truck appeared far down the wavy surface of the highway, headlights on, its weight and shimmering cylindrical shape and dedicated purpose so great and unrelenting that it seemed to move and jitter against the sun's afterglow without sound or mechanically driven power, sustained by its own momentum, as though the truck had a destiny that had been planned long ago.

resolution by itself is not enough; we are what we do, not what we think and feel.

We serve nature's purpose by culling the herd, and our own by sharpening our skills. We are the predatory swarm!

Plagueis stood and touched him on the shoulder. 'No, Lord Sidious. Because we are the end of the line.' He gestured broadly. 'Everthing done here has been for a single purpose: to extend our reign indefinitely.

Meaning and purpose are vital to all generations at work.24 People have never stuck around for very long when what they do is trivial and unimportant.

Leaders don't have to change history, but they do have to change business as usual. To them, the status quo is unacceptable. Leaders challenge the process. They search for opportunities, and they experiment and take risks. Exemplary leaders also know that they have to be willing to make some personal sacrifices in service of a higher purpose.

People commit to causes, not to plans.

When they're performing at their peak, leaders are doing more than just getting results. They're also responding to the behavioral expectations of their constituents, underscoring the point that the relationship is one of service to a purpose and service to people. As

Essential in a concept of power is the role of purpose.

Power has been defined as the production of intended effects, but the crux of the matter lies in the dimensions of "intent.

that power is first of all a relationship and not merely an entity to be passed around like a baton or hand grenade; that it involves the intention or purpose of both power holder and power recipient; and hence that it is collective, not merely the behavior of one person.

There is an eternity behind and an eternity before, Onion. That little speck at the center, however long, is life. And that is but comparatively a minute, he said. I has done what the Lord has asked me to do in the little time I had. That was my purpose. To hive the colored.

There is an eternity behind and an eternity before, Onion. That little speck at the center, however long, is life. And that is but comparatively a minute, he said. I has done what the Lord has asked me to do in the little time I had. That was my purpose. To hive the colored.

Paul's suffering was neither corrective nor instructive. It was simply permitted by God so that the gospel might spread to others.

There was something wonderful, though, in doing useless work. You could turn it into a sort of art.

A finite game is played for the purpose of winning, an infinite game for the purpose of continuing the play.

Keep this in mind: there are no coincidences.

At that instant, I knew exactly what I wanted out of life: this. This feeling, this happiness, this embrace.

You're the most stubborn person I've ever met, and sometimes it seems like your sole purpose in life is to make mine harder, but I swear, I love you more than I thought I could love anyone.