Quotes About Purpose

Suppose our failures occur, not in spite of what we are doing, but precisely because of it.

In contrast to the institutions of the world, which teach us to KNOW something, the gospel of Jesus Christ challenges us to BECOME something...The gospel of Jesus Christ is the plan by which we can become what children of god are supposed to become...Charity is something one becomes.

When a choice will make a real difference in our lives—obvious or not—and when we are living in tune with the Spirit and seeking his guidance, we can be sure we will receive the guidance we need to attain our goal.

Consider how we use our time. Not everything is worth the portion of our life we give to obtain it. SOme things are better, and others are best.

In order to ask with real intent or to act with full purpose of heart, we must always make an accompanying commitment.

We must not only do what is right. We must act for the right reasons. The modern term is good motive. The scriptures often signify this appropriate mental attitude with the words full purpose of heart or real intent. The scriptures make clear that God understands our motives and will judge our actions accordingly.

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I am trying to penetrate the mystery of why I am as I am- what I am- I have done everything well and right- and it can't be wrong because it was right.

Then there was this freedom the little guys were always getting killed for. Was it freedom from another country? Freedom from work or disease or death? Freedom from your mother-in-law? Please mister give us a bill of sale on this freedom before we go out and get killed. Give us a bill of sale drawn up plainly in advance what we're getting killed for... so we can be sure after we've won your war that we've got the same kind of freedom we bargained for.

There's no word worth your life.

Life without momentum is not truly life. A person needs movement, or they eventually begin to forget that they even exist.

What is to give light must endure burning." It's by a writer named Viktor Frankl.

Fight for all you hold dear. Die as if it counts. Life is not so hard Nor is death.

What is the use of living, if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who live it after we are gone?' Winston Churchill

I'm inspired by love, by the moments that we commit to something with all our heart - be it a person, a project, an animal, anything really. It's undeniably inspiring, that acknowledgment of existence, that I love, that I care. That fills me with purpose.

The true purpose of mankind is to bear the torch of truth aloft and shine it, even into the darkest places. To share our forensic, unforgiving, liberating understanding with the dimmest reaches of the cosmos. To emancipate those shackled in ignorance. To free ourselves and others from false gods, and take our place at the apex of sentient life. That… that is what we may pour faith into. That is what we can harness our boundless faith to.

The true purpose of mankind is to bear the torch of truth aloft and shine it, even into the darkest places.

Believe me, Harlon, in the length and breadth of this great Imperium of Man, there is no such thing as coincidence." - Gideon Ravenor

Why do you do it?' asked Drusher. 'And don't say "because someone must" or anything like that.' 'Why are you a magos biologis, Drusher, when that calling has apparently given you a life you resent?' 'Because I'm good at it,' said Drusher. 'Yes', said Eisenhorn. 'It's sad, isn't it?

Ha ha ha! One shot? You say that like there's sometimes more than one shot. Do you ever go into a fight thinking "there's no point giving my best, I'll get another chance later"? We only ever get one shot, Marlin. Life is one shot. Making it count is all that matters.

A weapon doesn't question who it kills, or why. That isn't the point of weapons.

Even a life of pain is not worth wasting.

So take seriously the story that God has given you to live. It's time to read your own life, because your story is the one that could set us all ablaze.

Our ideal self is revealed in what we value (passion), how we understand the world (belief), and what we do to reach our ideal (behavior). Our passion, belief, and behavior fit together so intimately that I can say this with confidence: • What we do is what we really value.