Quotes About Purpose

God has a way of working on His own timetable. And it usually is a lot different from ours.

It's funny how aimless a person can feel at times, even when they know God is in control.

Prayer, at its most basic level, was surrender. Like Jesus in the garden, saying, "Not My will, but Yours, be done." The ironic thing was, when a person surrendered their will, they got God's, and then they received what they were really looking for all along. This was what she believed.

The big difference between the twentysomething and sixtysomething generations is a sense of time. The young believe they have plenty of time, while for older workers time is precious. "Time is running short, and many boomers want work that also offers purpose," says Marc Freedman. "They too want work that gives meaning.

Christ is not the answer to your city, I am not the answer to your city. The answer to your city is Christ in you and Christ through you.

Jesus paid much too high a price for us to just come together, do church, then sit back and do nothing. I want to keep burning bright for Jesus. I want to see the saints arise and come into a revelation of who we are in Him and who He is in us. I long to see the Church awaken to the present reality of the power of the Holy Spirit, so that together we will see cities, your nation,

Miracles come out of rest. Resting in knowing who we are. It's who we are that defines us, not what we do. If we allow what we do to define who we are, then we are heading for trouble. Miracles are not done for identity; they are because of our identity.

The enduring attraction of war is this: Even with its destruction and carnage it can give us what we long for in life. It can give us purpose, meaning, a reason for living.

You are what you allow the Lord to make you.

The Lord commands us to learn and discover all we can in this life. There's nothing wrong with wanting to know the mysteries of outer space or the latent powers of the mind. The problem comes when we desire to use that knowledge for our own gratification, rather than to build the kingdom of God... It's an unwise habit to use knowledge to further personal ends. Truth should never be used as a means to make us prisoners. It was meant to make us free.

Miracles happen all the time, Dad. But it's not likely you'll know about 'em if you're not where the Lord wants you to be, and doin' what he wants you to do.

What are you doing today that serves the greater mission for your life? Once you can answer that question without batting an eye, that's when you're really on to something.

We get one shot at this thing called life. Let's make it matter.

Naturalism was never the point.

You can have the best technology in the world, but if you don't have a community who wants to use it and who are excited about it, then it has no purpose.

You can get too bogged down in technology and you can sort of forget what it is you were trying to do. And with the Pet Shop Boys it's primarily about the songs, it's about song writing.

Pero la psicología moderna nos dice que los individuos sanos y felices también tienen un profundo sentido de propósito. Es decir, representan valores apreciados, se sienten conectados con otras personas y están al servicio de causas más nobles que ellos mismos y sus egos.

Ahora las preguntas claves son más profundas y más retadoras: ¿quién soy? ¿Para qué estoy en este mundo? ¿Qué tipo de persona voy a ser? Es posible que yo desempeñe muchos trabajos durante mi carrera, pero a medida que paso de uno a otro –incluso de una compañía o profesión a otra–, ¿qué queda? Quedo yo.

We have a piano in this house that exists solely for the purpose of supporting her photograph.

I've always believed that the only reason for salespeople to read this book is to accelerate their success strategy.

The author deduces the best way James Baker serve Reagan as Chief of Staff was to continually remind him why he wanted to be president.

Look around you. It's an honor to fight beside you. Today we choose to fight. For the freedom to fight on other days. So we remember what's worth fighting for.

you truly help people with the things that you sell. Once you are aware of that vital piece of information every demonstration, every presentation, every transaction will be delivered with a light shining from your heart. From your heart will shine a beacon that tells all prospects you can truly help and that that is your sole purpose for being there

I don't miss my father, but without his shackles to strain against, the world is terrifying and vast. I have lost a kind of purpose, a reason to prove myself.