Quotes About Purpose

Everything that now exists, no matter how great and good it is, lasts for a time, fulfills a purpose, and then passes on. And so it will be with all the works of art that now exist; an eternal veil of forgetfulness will lie over them, just as there is now over those things that came before.

you have taken part in the only really majestic choice we get to make in life, which is to continue it.

Rather than looking outward in an attempt to predict the outcome, you turn inward to your identity. You base the decision on who you are--or who you want to be.

After all, the purpose of learning isn't to affirm our beliefs; it's to evolve our beliefs.

If we communicate the vision behind our ideas, the purpose guiding our products, people will flock to us.

Who you are should be a question of what you value, not what you believe.

Productivity is just the means to the end. If you are not all intrinsically motivated maybe it's just the wrong project

For too long, we've called unbelievers to 'invite Jesus into your life.' Jesus doesn't want to be in your life. Your life's a wreck. Jesus calls you into his life. And his life isn't boring or purposeless or static. It's wild and exhilarating and unpredictable.

God's Providence and Human Suffering

God's blessings are not about ease and comfort, but rather about the joy of being a part of God's work, being used by God for God's purposes, and being accompanied by God's presence, particularly in the face of adversity.

We are meant to be a living hallelujah.

God's call on our lives is often surprising and usually is based on God's ability to see how our various elements in the past might fit together to accomplish God's purposes in the present.

God does not bring unjust suffering upon God's children. But God will, however, force such things to serve God's good purposes. God will walk with us through the fires and the floodwaters. And God promises that "the present suffering is nothing compared to the coming glory that is going to be revealed to us

We share the gospel with others because we believe the gospel is not just about heaven, but about having life even here on earth.

Invite God to use your disappointments to accomplish God's purposes.

Hope is a decision we make, a choice to believe that God can take the adversity, the disappointment, the heartache, and the pain of our journeys and use these to accomplish his purposes.

What if God, in giving us life, invites us to collaborate in writing the story of our lives?

Casement quoted an African proverb: "A man doesn't go among thorns unless a snake's after him—or he's after a snake." He added, "I'm after a snake and please God I'll scotch it.

If only more people in life said, This is what I must have.

With a baby, I'd have something to show for all this. I'd have a reason. At the least, I'd have something to leave behind.

Hej, u?yjmy ?ywota! Wszak ?yjem tylko raz;

Homer then has the bard—a blind man whose name is Demodocus, which means "popular with the people"—say something that drives far into the center of what Homer means and why Homer matters: "The gods did this and spun the destruction of people / For the sake of the singing of men hereafter." The song, this poem, this story, is the divine purpose of the war. The war happened so that the poem could happen.

Anger, then, is only for the engaged; for those with projects that matter.

All this conditioning is designed to prepare us for the workforce, where we will be expected to follow the same rules, conform to the same expectations, and perform tasks efficiently without questioning our purpose. Keep in mind that governments make most of their income from employee taxes, so it benefits them by producing employees who will pay taxes and become the income source for the state.