Quotes About Purpose

The sole purpose of all the other work was just to buy time to be still for a moment and write.

Jesus did not come to die on the cross so that He could meet with us a couple of times a week. He came to be our life. This is our ultimate calling and purpose: for Jesus to be our life so that we can manifest the life and power that is found in Him.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. – Benjamin Franklin

In the middle of the brutal reality of death, Jesus never stopped calling people to life. Centering his attention on life, he continually pushes past the smaller and cheaper things we tend to live for and goes right to the core issue, which is life itself.

But we serve best when we understand our belovedness. When we serve as the beloved, we are creating a new world with the Father and for the Father's pleasure.

A bed is where a sense of shared purpose first takes root.

Survive first. Figure out crayon drawing of destiny later.

Why do you need to gallop while you fly? Why do humans have to sway their arms while they walk? I dunno boss, but it just feels right.

Juno: All roads lead there child. You should know that. Percy: Detention?

A wind that blows aimlessly is no good to anyone.

You only delay your death. Delaying death is one of my favorite hobbies.

Maybe it's the other way around," Jason suggested. "Maybe people with special gifts show up when bad things are happening because that's when they're needed most.

It's not how long you live that matters. It's what you live for.

I remember something Marcus Aurelius used to tell his son, a quote that later became famous in his Meditations book: Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what's left and live it properly. What doesn't transmit light creates its own darkness.

I tell aspiring writers that you have to find what you MUST write. When you find it, you will know, because the subject matter won't let you go. It's not enough to write simply because you think it would be neat to be published. You have to be compelled to write. If you're not, nothing else that you do matters.

Despicable creatures, vultures: without a doubt the most disgusting birds ever. I suppose they served their purpose, but did they have to be so greasy and ugly? Couldn't we have cute fuzzy rabbits that cleaned up roadkill instead?

We create order out of chaos, beauty and meaning out of ugly randomness.

THE ONLY REASON FOR A MAN TO LIVE IS TO DIE

All we can do, child, is follow our destiny.

Everything happens for a reason, Sadie, even bad things.

Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what's left and live it properly. What doesn't transmit light creates its own darkness. Commodus

It's not how long you live that matters. It's what you live for. -Josephine to Apollo (Trials of Apollo: Book 2 The Dark Prophecy)

If my life is going to mean something, I've got to live it myself

You'll find your destiny, and your hard journey will finally make sense. But first you must face many sorrows. I regret that, but heroes cannot be shaped any other way.