Quotes About Purpose

I never have searched for a subject. They always just come along. They never come by way of decision-making. They just haunt me. I can't get rid of them. I did not invite them.

I finally reached the conclusion that mathematics was the study I was best fitted to follow, though I did not clearly see in what way I should turn the subject to account.

I don't think of careers from a functional perspective or from a subject matter perspective. I think of careers as, how do you like spending the time in your day? What makes you happiest? What are you most passionate about?

Entrepreneurs must be practical experts. They needn't set out to be subject matter experts in what they do; they must set out to solve a problem or pursue some cause or purpose greater than themselves.

I don't pick and choose subjects or settings; they pick and choose me.

It's not a very popular subject amongst my audience, who are by nature more internationalist, but I don't choose what to write about, I don't choose my subjects, they kind of choose me.

I don't pick subjects as much as they pick me.

You think you choose the subjects of your books. But sometimes, in ways you don't know, the books choose you.

My aim is for every song to have a purpose - for you to be able to say, 'This song is about this.' But love and heartbreak are some of the most abstract subjects.

The principles and doctrines of the priesthood are sublime and supernal. The more we study the doctrine and potential and apply the practical purpose of the priesthood, the more our souls will be expanded and our understanding enlarged, and we will see what the Lord has in store for us.

I'm not of the mind where, 'It doesn't matter what you care about; you've got to have a safe reliable job and do the 9 to 5.' I obviously don't subscribe to that. There's nothing wrong with that, though, if that's what you want to do.

When you're working and making money, that's all good, but there has to be something that provides a substance, I think.

Don't let form become more important than the substance of your heart and mind. Don't let commerce determine what you do exclusively.

I'd like to believe that I attract a certain kind of work which has substance because I work very hard towards it.

I didn't want to be on a major label. I wanted all the attention and the noise to go away because I wanted to be something a little bit more substantial.

I don't mind being in the public eye as long as I am doing something substantial.

Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for lost faith in ourselves.

Corruption and manipulation of the ICC by foreign intelligence services subvert the original mission and purpose of the ICC.

If you want a good life, don't succeed at anything too early or too well. And don't choose a profession that attracts money or attention. The minute people want to see you doing what you do, you're finished.

We had a mission at PayPal - which was to create a new financial system, a new world currency, and we failed. We were a financial success, but we didn't succeed at the purpose of our company.

You do not succeed because you do not know what you want, but because you don't want it intensely enough.

I don't know what drives me to succeed.

If you have a common purpose and an environment in which people want to help others succeed, the problems will be fixed quickly.

The journey toward your Big Dream changes you. In fact, the journey itself is what prepares you to succeed at what you were born to do.