Quotes About Purpose

Taking a Stand A declaration of commitment to act consistent with a specific "declared possibility" to move that possibility to a reality.

Under the Re-Invention Paradigm, instead of your word fitting the world, you design your promise as a "world-to-word" fit. You have the world lined up, to fit the promise you have made.

I will do this. Nothing in my life matters except this. No moment of my life exists except this moment. I am born in this moment, and if I fail, I will die in this moment.

Emotions serve an important purpose—they clue you into things that you'll never understand if you don't take the time to ask yourself why.

Since my addiction to motion is what feeds my writing, the main purpose of travel for me is to get lost.

Why do they do what they do with such regularity, such mindfulness, such devotion? They do it because it is their sacred work. They do it because not to do it would be to deny what they know is theirs to manage and care about. The right action does not depend upon having a right outcome. It depends on taking the action because that is the action that rises before you in the moment with all its grace and power and majesty -- and because it demands to be done. The action is all.

Wisdom, then, is how to live in God's world in God's way

That significance is not founded in their historicity but in their theology; not in what happened (or even that something did happen) but in why it happened. What was God doing? That is where the significance is to be found.

No sooner had he thought this than he realized what was anchoring his happiness. It was purpose. He knew what he wanted to do. He knew the way he thought things should be, and Mr. Harinton was proving that other people--even adults--could feel the same way. Nicholas had something to aim for now. He might not know what he wanted to be when he grew up, but he knew with absolute certainty how he wanted to be.

Go on, Kate. I don't want to have fallen four stories for nothing." - Milligan

No sooner had he thought this than he realized what was anchoring his happiness. It was purpose. He knew what he wanted to do.

After all he had accomplished, and considering how much he had learned and how far he had come, it is a curious fact—indeed, a remarkable one—that what Nicholas wanted now, more than anything, was to get started.

The Purpose of Living is to discover the purpose of living

God created you with special talents for a purpose, and sometimes those we love most don't understand that. Don't let the doubts of others ring louder than God's whispers to your spirit. Sometimes God's whispers are harder to hear, but they're to be trusted the most.

I also try to weigh my motives. Am I doing what I'm doing because it's what God desires, or because I'm afraid people will be disappointed if I don't?

It's hard to know, isn't it, whether the things we face are just because the world is full of sin and sinful people, or if God is working out a plan,' Grandma continued. 'I happen to think it's both. There's sin, but through it all, He takes the mess we make and paints a masterpiece. In fact, I'm quite certain that before God can ever bless a woman—and use her to impact many—He uses the hammer, the file, and the furnace to do a holy work.

Some people my accuse me of doing too much. Sometimes I agree with them. But then there is a part of me that wants to follow God --- wholeheartedly, completely and full throttle, wherever He may lead. I don't want to look back fifty years from now and think, What if I had trusted God? Where would I be?

God made something special when He made you.

People ought to enjoy every day of their lives. (Referencing Ecclesiastes Chapter 11 in the Bible)

You get what you concentrate on…there is no other main rule.

Do not be ashamed, let your stories of traumas and countless scars motivates you to keep on going. You may be broken, but be thankful that you are still here. This is your affirmation that God still has a purpose for your life.

You only live once, so enjoy life as it comes to you. Whether good or bad, accept each moment for what it is. Everything happens for a reason. You may not fully see the logics behind certain presently, but you will eventually. Focus on the things that you can control. Some things may not be a part of your plan, but it's a part of God's plan.

You'll never know why you exist, but you'll always allow yourselves to be easily persuaded to take life seriously.

I don't want to own anything until I know I've found the place where me and things belong together. I'm not quite sure where that is just yet. But I know what it's like.... It's like Tiffany's.... Not that I give a hoot about jewelry. Diamonds, yes. But it's tacky to wear diamonds before you're forty...