Quotes About Purpose

while we may congratulate ourselves on the strength of our political institutions, in the end institutions consist of people and fulfill their roles only as long as the people in them respect their intended purpose. Rule of law depends not just on what is written down, but also on the behavior of those who interpret and enforce that rule.

Speak with intent so that you can lead with vision.

Take the time to first figure out why you want to teach. Is it to bolster your ego to feel important and have people sit back in awe of your stunning presence? Or, does it look to be an easy road and steady paycheck? Either of these reasons does nothing for the teaching profession, let alone your ego.

I find myself only by losing myself.

When you get involved in something meaningful, you make your life count.

Better to burn than to rot.

She did not divide conduct into parts. She was attempting always a wholeness. When there is wholeness there are no causes. Only there is living. The contribution of the whole of one's life, the whole of one's resources, to the world at large. This, like the courage to leap

She did not divide conduct into parts. She was attempting always a wholeness. When there is wholeness there are no causes. Only there is living. The contribution of the whole of one's life, the whole of one's resources, to the world at large.

mission is defined as what you do to join in God's world-renewing project.

Knowledge was always purposive: it was characterised by a will to dominate or appropriate.

An aimless joy is a pure joy," I said, quoting Yeats.

I am not interested in excuses for delay; I am interested only in a thing done.

It is often the case that only when someone asks you very specific questions do you begin to think clearly about your intentions.

Whether we are orderlies or orchestra conductors, either we befriend our work-- seeing in it the opportunity for moral excellence and a continual outpouring of heavenly grace-- or we become its victim.

Sarayu: "Mack, if anything matters than everything matters. Because you are important, everything you do is important. Every time you forgive, the universe changes; every time you reach out and touch a heart or a life, the world changes; with every kindness and service, seen or unseen, my purposes are accomplished and nothing will ever be the same again" (235).

Maybe life is just carrying news. Surviving to carry the news. Maybe we have just one message, and it is delivered to us when we are born and we are never sure what it says; it may have nothing to do with us personally but it must be carried by hand through a life, all the way, and at the end handed over, sealed. He

Maybe life is just carrying news. Surviving to carry the news. Maybe we have just one message, and it is delivered to us when we are born and we are never sure what it says; it may have nothing to do with us personally but it must be carried by hand through a life, all the way, and at the end handed over, sealed.

Everyone when they are young knows what their destiny is. At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible.

A man only has a soul to be won or lost.

The warrior who trusts his path doesn't need to prove the other is wrong.

Why do we have to listen to our hearts? the boy asked. Because, wherever your heart is, that is where you will find your treasure.

Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.

Maktub (It is written.)

To realize one's destiny is a person's only obligation.