Quotes About Purpose

In so many ways, a lot of the drive I've had to do certain things has been because of this sense that I have both the opportunity and in some sense the obligation to ratify that my parents' life had purpose.

For me, motivation is like obligation.

If we ignore our death, we end up just going around completely oblivious to why we do the things we do!

I don't think about why I do what I do, or why I started doing what I do, because I'm so obsessed with doing it right now, and what it means to me right now.

I became obsessed with all these women who die never feeling they did anything extraordinary with their lives.

A lot of people love to throw the social climber thing at people who are on the rise, but it's really just God moving all the people that are distractions, all the obstacles, out of the way for me to achieve what I'm destined to achieve.

Say just what you mean to do on every occasion, and take it for granted you mean to do right.

Wanted: a man who is larger than his calling, who considers it a low estimate of his occupation to value it merely as a means of getting a living.

A human being must have occupation, of he or she is not to become a nuisance to the world.

I'll call it a day when I die. It's a wonderful occupation for me. I've never worked a day in my life.

My goal would be to find a big, fat subject that would occupy me to the end of my life, and when I finish it, I'll die. What's agony is starting; I hate starting them. I just want to keep writing now and end when it ends.

I may never wind up being anything, but I owe it to myself to build my integrity.

Deep within the individual is a vast reservoir of untapped power awaiting to be used. no person can have the use of all this potential until he learns to know his or her own self. the trouble with many people is that they got through life thinking and writing themselves off as ordinary commonplace persons. having no proper belief in themselves they live aimless and erratic lives largely because they never realize what their lives really can be or what they can become

Enthusiasm releases the drive to carry you over obstacles and adds significance to all you do.

The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourseld, the more energy you will have.

Tugas yang harus kita hadapi seringkali bukan pilihan kita, Tetapi kita bisa memilih bagaimana melaksanakannya. Kalau kita melakukannya dengan sungguh-sungguh, hasilnya akan memberi kepuasan pada hidup kita sehari-hari.

imaging has its own formula: 1) the goal, 2) the purpose, 3) prayer activity, 4) thoughtful planning, 5) innovative thinking, 6) enthusiasm, 7) organized hard work, and 8) always holding the image of success firmly in mind. If this formula is faithfully carried out, the desired results will be achieved despite all difficulties or setbacks.

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. ROMANS 8:28

The man who is out doing something isn't tired. If you're not getting into good causes, no wonder you're tired. You're disintegrating. You're deteriorating. You're dying on the vine. The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have. You don't have time to think about yourself and get bogged down in your emotional difficulties.

Lord: "I believe You have a plan for my life, so there must be some purpose in my getting fired. Instead of railing against my fate, I humbly ask You to show me the purpose in what has happened." Once he began to believe there had been a reason and some meaning behind what had happened to him, it was easier to rid himself of resentment against his former employers.

Lord: "I believe You have a plan for my life, so there must be some purpose in my getting fired. Instead of railing against my fate, I humbly ask You to show me the purpose in what has happened." Once he began to believe there had been a reason and some meaning behind what had happened to him, it was easier to rid himself of resentment against his former employers. And once that happened he was "employable" again.

Practice "seeing" yourself, not as weak, wishy-washy and vascillating, but as strong, controlled, purposeful.

To meet and know God people must therefore begin with a deep commitment to serve life as they meet it because this is where God is, at the heart of all life's intersections.

it's not just learning that's important. It's learning what to do with what you learn and learning why you learn things that matters.