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Quotes About Purpose

Unless a piece really said something, I had no interest in it. I have got to know that I have served some purpose here.
~ Cicely Tyson
It is not real work unless you would rather be doing something else.
~ James M. Barrie
I will never retire unless I have to.
~ Dolly Parton
My advice to young women who are looking to be successful; make sure you're passionate about whatever it is that you're doing. And make sure you're fulfilled by the opportunities within your job.
~ Soledad O'Brien
Man was not made for the service of economies; economies were made to serve mankind; and men and women were made - so we believe - to serve one another, not just ourselves.
~ Jonathan Sacks
Any woman who does not live for unselfish service is a useless cumberer of the earth.
~ Anna Howard Shaw
She has man's brain--a brain that a man should have were he much gifted--and woman's heart. The good God fashioned her for a purpose, believe me when He made that so good combination.
~ Bram Stoker, Dracula
To me, there's nothing on earth other than women. It's why I get out of bed every morning.
~ James Ellroy
A sobering thought: what if, at this very moment, I am living up to my full potential?
~ Jane Wagner
Who do I like best, men or women? I think it really depends on what for!
~ Joyce Grenfell
Men had no purpose on earth whereas women were gods walking unrecognized among them.
~ Kate Atkinson
Forget about the fast lane. If you really want to fly, just harness your power to your passion
~ Oprah Winfrey
There is something silly about grown men and women striving to reduce their vision of themselves and of civilization to bean counting.
~ John Ralston Saul
Life was meant to be lived.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Women polish the silver and water the plants and wait to be really needed.
~ Mignon McLaughlin
Women are but the toys which amuse our lighter hours---ambition is the serious business of life.
~ Walter Scott
Some women are meant to change the world while others are meant to hold it together.
~ Jodi Picoult
It is a woman's reason to say I will do such a thing because I will.
~ Jeremiah Burroughs
God is not saving the world; it is done. Our business is to get men and women to realize it.
~ Oswald Chambers
The purpose of a tax cut is to leave more money where it belongs: in the hands of the working men and working women who earned it in the first place
~ Bob Dole
The Purpose of life is to thrive and save lives with passion! Save Yazidis today with love and compassion!
~ Widad Akreyi
Having a sense of purpose in life is the best way to avoid dispair.
~ Laura Schlessinger
Men and women of every faith? and good people with none at all? sincerely strive to do right and lead a purpose-driven life.
~ Mitt Romney
Men and women were created for something great, for infinity. Nothing else will ever be enough.
~ Pope Benedict XVI