Quotes About Purpose

I was a very good nurse, but I burned out after eight years or so because it wasn't what I truly wanted to do. Writing is what I belong to.

You might want to write 'War and Peace,' but that might not be who you are. You might be better off with nursery rhymes.

Find out what your gift is and nurture it.

God gives you talent to nurture. God gives you talent to be something. Some people realize it and some people don't.

To me, if I retire tomorrow, what the hell am I gonna do? Sit around the house and do nothing? I would drive everybody crazy, including myself. I would go nuts - literally, I would go insane.

I don't have a cause - I am being obedient to God.

Obey your purpose above all else.

I think we've overstated that God is the God who wants us to obey. Obedience is not the end game. Obedience is only our calling so that we can step into our freedom.

The distinction between a gallery and a museum is enormous. The gallery is about looking at a thing of beauty; the purpose of the activity is an aesthetic response. The museum is actually about the object that lets you get into somebody else's life.

What my whole object was is not to really sell records. I was trying to sell songs.

My objective is not to play for money, as I just want to leave good memories. That is the most important thing!

You will seek not a near but a distant objective, and you will not be satisfied with what you may have done.

In essence, I set myself the objective of doing what I feel is right without having any ambition.

I've learned through my own experiences that working toward an objective in your life can change who you are.

Luckily with '24,' for the most part, each moment is so intense, and your objective is all about that moment right then.

I'm very objective driven, so for me it's very important to know who I'm fighting, when I'm fighting, and roughly the direction I'm working in. It gives me that little extra push to do what I need to do to get the sessions, to work towards something.

I don't care about the stats. That's not my No. 1 objective.

My objective was never to make money. I wanted to contribute to human knowledge and betterment.

When you are shooting action, there is a satisfying thing because your objectives are very clear.

That has been the concept to my life - setting very high objectives and trying to fulfil them.

Objectivity is the purpose of documentary filmmakers.

High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great minds.

It seems to me that it's every man's obligation to make what contribution he can. You live each day as best you can. That, to me, is what makes life interesting.

I was given talent, and if you are given it, it is your obligation to use it.