Quotes About Purpose

Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne'er was, nor is, nor e'er shall be, In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend; And if the means be just, the conduct true, Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due.

What if the foot, ordained the dust to tread, Or hand, to toil, aspired to be the head? What if the head, the eye, or ear repined To serve mere engines to the ruling mind?

So Man, who here seems principal alone, Perhaps acts second to some sphere unknown. Touches some wheel, or verges to some goal, 'Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.

So Man, who here seems principal alone, Perhaps acts second to some sphere unknown. Touches some wheel, or verges to some goal, 'This but a part we see, and not a whole.

I was not born to amuse the Tsars.

The natural dependence of man upon the world was intended to be transformed constantly into communion with God in whom is all life.

I feel so thankful that I'm able to be a part of something that I love to wake up and run to work every day.

I woke up on May 15 1991, the day of my Barnard graduation, and I said to myself, 'By the end of today you will decide what you want to do with the rest of your life.'

It's not getting what you want that's the hard part, it's deciding what you want.

The only life worth living is the one we take responsibility for choosing.

Move your feet in the direction that is most favorable for your living up to your full potential.

Our lives are made up of time, and the quality of our existence depends on our wise use of the moments we are given.

Life is too short for you to be the caretaker of the wrong details.

E. B. White, who once wrote, "I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.

There go my people. I must find out where they are going so I can lead them.

To accomplish our destiny it is not enough to merely guard prudently against road accidents. We must also cover before nightfall the distance assigned to each of us.

Happiness depends on one being exactly fitted to the nature of one's work.

Remember that life is neither pain nor pleasure; it is serious business, to be entered upon with courage and in a spirit of self-sacrifice.

However we think about these [long-term] goals, we ought to think about them a lot. They ought to be our touchstone, if only to keep us from being sucked into the quicksand of daily life.

What you have in your mind, your talents, your native abilities, no one can take from you. When you die you take them with you. Use them diligently while you are here.

The style of life is a unity because it has grown out of the difficulties of early life and out of the striving for a goal.

No experience is a cause of success or failure. We do not suffer from the shock of our experiences, so-called trauma - but we make out of them just what suits our purposes.

Life in general has no meaning. Whatever meaning life has must be assigned to it by the individual.

He is dead already who doth not feel Life is worth living still.