Quotes About Purpose

Throughout my 20s I spent a lot of time just playing and not really working, but fortunately for me I continued to get just enough work, and have a reason to wake up in the morning. I really empathize with some of my peers who had success in the early years then it dries up, and so there's no reason to get up in the morning.

It's not about finding a home so much as finding yourself.

One of the first things we learn from our earliest teachers in the church is that the bible has a purpose, a point, a goal, a telos. It wants to save us. Or rather God wants to save us, and the whole world that God created in the first place, and all who bear the gospel to us leave their fingerprints on it as they transmit goodness to us.

Desire is what makes us human. No wonder—God planted it in us to lure us back to God's self.

the nature of desire is the same. We notice others' desire. It shapes ours. ... Desire is what makes us human. No wonder—God planted it in us to lure us back to God's self.

It's more effective to do something valuable than to hope a logo or name will say it for you.

The right relationship won't distract you from God. It will bring you closer to Him.

The more ready you are to give yourselves to God and to others, the more you will discover the authentic meaning of life.

Building stuff was an ethical act, a way to become more fully human.

To do great work, you need to feel that you're making a difference. That you're putting a meaningful dent in the universe. That you are part of something important.

soon you'll see that it's the work—not the clock—that matters.

Management scholar Peter Drucker nailed it decades ago when he said "There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.

What you do is your legacy.

Not doing something that isn't worth doing is a wonderful way to spend your time.

If you are going to do something, do something that matters.

Don't fill your day with five more just to stay busy or feel productive. Not doing something that isn't worth doing is a wonderful way to spend your time.

If a worker's motivation is slumping, it's probably because the work is weakly defined or appears pointless, or because others on the team are acting like tools.

You can absolutely run a great business without a single goal. You don't need something fake to do something real. And if you must have a goal, how about just staying in business? Or serving your customers well? Or being a delightful place to work? Just because these goals are harder to quantify does not make them any less important.

Write to be read, don't write just to write.

Si lo que haces es ser como todos los demás, para qué te has metido en esto? Si te limitas a imitar a tus competidores, tu existencia no tiene sentido. Incluso si al final acabas perdiendo, es mejor caer luchando por lo que crees que limitarse a copiar a los demás.

Great businesses have a point of view, not just a product or service. You have to believe in something. You need to have a backbone. You need to know what you're willing to fight for. And then you need to show the world.

Éste es el mensaje con el que todos nos deberíamos quedar. Toma el cincel y empieza a hacer algo real. Cualquier otra cosa será sencillamente una distracción.

As you get going, keep in mind why you're doing what you're doing. Great businesses have a point of view, not just a product or service. You have to believe in something. You need to have a backbone. You need to know what you're willing to fight for. And then you need to show the world.

It's tempting for people to obsess over tools instead of what they're going to do with those tools.