Quotes About Purpose

L'amour n'a-t-il pas en soi-même sa fin ?

Je vivais parce que j'étais née, c'était tout

A man can spend his whole existence never learning the simple lesson that he has only one life and that if he fails to do what he wants with it, nobody else really cares.--Louis Auchincloss

Faith is not merely a matter of the intellect, nor of the intellect and the emotions combined; it is also a matter of the will which determines the direction of life.

The law served a twofold purpose in connection with the covenant of grace: (1) to increase the consciousness of sin, Rom. 3:20; 4:15; Gal. 3:19; and (2) to be a tutor unto Christ, Gal. 3:24.

that perfection of God whereby He applies His knowledge to the attainment of His ends in a way which glorifies Him most.

Richting geven aan je leven. Weinigen denken om richting. Doel voor energieken, richting voor de slapperen... Zelve moet je je richting vinden, geef aan je leven een mooie richting, een edel rhytme, vind het pad, want dat is alles...

Reward systems, such as those mediated by dopamine, also destabilize during adolescence in order to allow for the creation of new attachments, behaviors, and goals. This search for purpose and meaning makes adolescents more vulnerable to good and bad social influences

such as mating, childbearing, and establishing an occupation, lead to confusion, emptiness, and psychological distress.

We are all gifted, but we have to discover the gift, uncover the gift, nurture and develop the gift and use it for the Glory of God and for the liberation struggle of our people.

I would not sit waiting for some vague tomorrow, nor for something to happen. One could wait a lifetime, and find nothing at the end of the waiting. I would begin here, I would make something happen.

Do not let yourself be bothered by the inconsequential. One has only so much time in this world, so devote it to the work and the people most important to you, to those you love and things that matter. One can waste half a lifetime with people one doesn't really like, or doing things when one would be better off somewhere else.

He might never really do what he said, but at least he had it in mind. He had somewhere to go.

A filosofia começa no momento em que cessa o divertimento.

The eyes of faith are not always bright. At times they can see only dim shadows, like rough shapes reflected in a worn and dusty mirror. Yet even then, especially then, the faithful are called to trust in the promises of old and to believe that the time and place of their birth are no accident. For faith sees not only that history is meaningful, that it is going someplace, but also understands its own limited role within that history.

No belief, James thought, is justified by its correspondence with reality, because mirroring reality is not the purpose of having minds.

We say nothing essential about the cathedral when we speak of its stones. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

You have only one life, make the most of it

Form follows function.

If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.

God has given me so much. He expects so much out of me.

You should make your life count right up to the last minute.

Well, if I can't be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.

No woman should be shame-faced in attempting to give back to the world, through her work, a portion of its lost heart.