Quotes About Purpose

Emily didn't search to belong, she searched to be lost

We had pathetically simple dreams: to do meaningful work that we could be proud of, to be together, and to be happy. That certainly wasn't too much to ask.

So far, I've only discovered four things that make life worth living for me. My work is one of them." "What are the other three?" Jacob wanted to know. "Music, books, and sex," I said. "Not necessarily in that order." His eyebrows

Paul was the past and evoking the past was a worthless human ability that had evolved for the sole purpose of reminding mortals of their mistakes.

I was alone. In ways people aren't supposed to be alone. And sure, I could've stayed where I was, continued working my nowhere job, living in my nowhere apartment, eventually marry some nowhere man, have a few kids and anesthetize myself with provincial monotony like most of my peers had done, and before I knew it I'd be six feet under. I wanted more. And I had hope.

So far, I've only discovered four things that make life worth living for me. My work is one of them." "What are the other three?" Jacob wanted to know. "Music, books, and sex," I said. "Not necessarily in that order.

And sure, I could've stayed where I was, continued working my nowhere job, living in my nowhere apartment, eventually marry some nowhere man, have a few kids and anesthetize myself with provincial monotony like most of my peers had done, and before I knew it I'd be six feet under. I wanted more.

If your intentions are pure I am seeking a friend for the end of the world.

You don't just go to college to get a job. You go to discover who you are.

Our connection is for the advancement of the kingdom, and sometimes the kingdom has to be taken by force.

The greatest missile in the world is useless...unless it's targeted. A torpedo is adrift unless it has someplace to go. An arrow is pointless unless it hits something. So it's important for kids—for everyone, even if you fail at first—to target something and head in that direction. With all your might.

If you don't decide where you're going, life will decide for you.

Visions are worth fighting for. Why spend your life making someone else's dreams?

What good does it do to have led in the old pencil when there's nothing to write on?

I may wonder what kind of mission God has for me, when I should be asking what kind of me God wants for his mission.

We don't do good works so we can be saved; we are saved so we can do good works.

We may not long for bread, but we long for meaning, intimacy, fulfillment, community, purpose, and joy.

Al igual que la iglesia deja de ser iglesia si no es misionera, la teología deja de ser teología si pierde su carácter misionero.

Life's too important to learn new clocks, so I unplug them all and get on with the plot.

Do what you love and you'll always be happy.'" "Who said that?" "Charles Manson. No, wait. He said, 'Kill all the people in the house.' Who am I thinking of?

The lecture is never over. Education is not a preparation for life, my young friends, education is life. Now take what I've taught you and get out there and do some serious good.

It's not how many years you've got. It's how you use them.

We have kept the form, but lost the meaning.

that human life is an opportunity to come to know God, but that to fulfil this divine purpose we must cease to be enslaved by the body.