Quotes About Purpose

I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?

Again, I saw futility under the sun.

There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.

For as many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God.

This too is a grievous evil: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?

Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.

even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?

For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?

Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent?

Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?

For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a manís misery weighs heavily upon him.

So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.

Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city.

As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones are formed in a motherís womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.

Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of adversity come and the years approach of which you will say, “I find no pleasure in them,”

Remember Him before the silver cord is snapped and the golden bowl is crushed, before the pitcher is shattered at the spring and the wheel is broken at the well,

before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

“Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher. “Everything is futile!”

When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.

to those who say, “Let Him hurry and hasten His work so that we may see it! Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel come so that we may know it!”

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!”

I have commanded My sanctified ones; I have even summoned My warriors to execute My wrath and exult in My triumph.

The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.