Quotes About Purpose

What kind of power was it if it would never be used?

Economic gloom lightens your wallet while weighing down your spirit. Five of the ten most stressful life events are related to whether you are employed and whether the quality of your work experience is good. Your work does more than affect your self-esteem; it organizes your day, connects you with others, and can give you a sense of purpose. Not

What would you do if you knew you would not live until 40?

spell out the benefit of the benefit. In other words, people don't buy quarter-inch drill bits. They buy quarter-inch holes so they can hang their children's pictures.

Creating more memorable and meaningful experiences is a worthy goal—

SMART goals presume the emotion; they don't generate it.

You can be the architect of moments that matter.

A sense of purpose seems to spark "above and beyond" behaviors.

The ambiguity in the goal is allowing rationalization to creep in.

The Rider has to be jarred out of introspection, out of analysis. He needs a script that explains how to act, and that's why the successes we've seen have involved such crisp direction.

people don't buy quarter-inch drill bits. They buy quarter-inch holes so they can hang their children's pictures.

If you are leading a change effort, you need to remove the ambiguity from your vision of change. Granted

The destination was crystal clear:

that's the charge for all of us: to defy the forgettable flatness of everyday work and life by creating a few precious moments.

What if we didn't just remember the defining moments of our lives but made them?

Passion is individualistic. It can energize us but also isolate us, because my passion isn't yours. By contrast, purpose is something people can share. It can knit groups together.

tap more profound motivations.

SMART goals presume the emotion; they don't generate it. In looking for a goal that reaches the Elephant—that hits people in the gut—you can't bank on SMART goals.

This is important. This is real. We're in this together. And what we're doing matters.

In looking for a goal that reaches the Elephant—that hits people in the gut—you can't bank on SMART goals. (There are some people whose hearts are set aflutter by goals such as "improving the liquidity ratio by 30 percent over the next 18 months." They're called accountants.)

Welcome to the most important work you'll ever do.

When it comes to performance, strong purpose trumps strong passion.

self-insight"—a mature understanding of our capabilities and motivations—and it's correlated with an array of positive outcomes, ranging from good relationships to a sense of purpose in life. Self-insight and psychological well-being go together.

If you simplify your life, quit chasing the wind, and be quiet before Him, He'll show up.