Quotes About Purpose

Physically, to any degree you can, do something. These are the baby steps. They always seem futile. You may be dreaming of champagne and caviar, yet you have to ride the bus to your interview at the mall. Do it anyway. It doesn't matter that you aren't sure if you're on the right path; chances are you're not. Do it anyway. If you have absolutely no idea of which direction to move in, move in any direction.

lives are chosen for the challenges they will likely present, or to flip this, for the dreams you will likely have.

Life is like a nighttime dream. You create it for a reason—lessons and adventure—and it has meaning, order, and purpose, yet you forget that you're creating it because only by (fleetingly) believing it's real can you learn its lessons and secrets. All is well. And once the dream is over, it'll make perfect sense.

If you passionately commit yourself to living out his purposes and advancing his kingdom, then God will make sure you live in his will. Trust him that if you are not going in the right direction, he will redirect you. But, I urge you, if you are paralyzed by the idea of the will of God, do something. Doing anything God-honoring is far better than doing nothing at all.

I used to think I had all the time in the world to do everything I wanted. But what's the use of having all the time in the world if you're always wasting it on things that don't mean a thing?

You only live once so you've got to get it right

Even thinking about working makes me feel queasy. This I know makes me sound a lot like I have no ambition. It presents me as almost having given up on life. It suggests that I'm content to just exist like some corpulent bluebottle basking in the sunshine on the windowsill of life.

Intelligence is using what you KNOW, in the right way, in the right place, at the right moment and with the right intention.

You can't just close your eyes and hope everything turns out all right. That's a fine strategy for jumping out of an airplane, but it's no way to conduct your life. In order to get anywhere you must first know where it is you want to go. Then you can figure out how to get there.

if people left our services saying, "What an awesome choir" or "That's a great church," then we have failed in our mission. No, the only thing I want said is, "What an awesome God!" I

How would our lives change if we knew what to listen for? What effect would it have if we learned how to listen for his voice in the midst of our dailiness, our everyday work and play? According to the witness of Scripture, God does have a call on our lives, a purpose, a plan, a message, and he does care about our moment-by-moment existence. This is an incredibly exciting prospect! And potentially a frightening one as well.

God's call will never involve temptation or evil or selfishness.

If you are trying to figure out if something is God's call on your life, ask these questions: Who would this be helping? What good is it?

quite compelling its admonition to use wealth as a means to be generous and not just as an end in itself.

Always, this modesty.' Magnus's tone had the slightest edge of disapproval, perhaps hinting at a lecture soon to come. 'You live your life for others, Lorgar. There is a line when selflessness becomes unhealthy. If all you do is to raise others from ignorance, when is there time for you to learn more yourself? If all you seek is a greater purpose in existence, where is the joy in your own life? Look to the future, but cherish the present.

Those who unlock your compassion are those to whom you've been assigned.

Do Not Attempt To Alter Your Assignment. Just do it.

first get clear on how you want to feel in your life and then create intentions for getting there.

Invest the time to connect deeply with yourself and find out what you really want. The answer to the question "What do I really want?" may change at different times in your life, but the key is to answer it as fully and as authentically as you can for this moment, right now. No one else can define what your life's desires are, so you must be willing to question yourself rigorously and deeply.

to think something is good, to do something is God.

My journey goes from visiting the house of God, which most of us do, to being a house of God, which all of us are.

Money will come when you are doing the right thing.

It's not that we are getting more of the Spirit so that we can use him for our will; he is getting more of us so he can use us for his will.

For us it serves as a direction giver, and we do not spend any time discussing whether or not it is achievable. We do spend a lot of effort trying to move closer to it.