Quotes About Purpose

Who are we beyond the roles that we play?

All of us perform better and more willingly when we know why we're doing what we have been told or asked to do.

Aimless extension of knowledge, however, which is what I think you really mean by the term curiosity, is merely inefficiency. I am designed to avoid inefficiency." -R. Daneel Olivaw

Knowing the plumbing of the universe, intricate and awe-inspiring though that plumbing might be, is a far cry from discovering its purpose.

I confess that I have as vast contemplative ends, as I have moderate civil ends: for I have taken all knowledge to be my province.

What I really need is to get clear out about what I must do, not what I must know, except insofar as knowledge precedes every act.

Everything is the same, nothing is worthwhile, the world is senseless, knowledge strangles.

Education has a larger function than the mere communication of knowledge.

After attainment of Supreme knowledge a man lives but he does not lead an ordinary man's life. He lives, he eats, he sleeps and by God's commandment he becomes a 'man-catcher' as Christ told Peter.

Awakening begins when a man realizes that he is going nowhere and does not know where to go.

God wastes nothing.

We must have the self-knowledge of our destiny and the purpose of our birth on earth

The purpose of learning is not to give exams in class and forget about it, but to increase the knowledge until they possess an area of the earth for God almighty

The purpose of life is the lesson.

Don't be the person who has an overflowing cup of knowledge but an inactive state of action. That serves no-one, that serves no purpose.

God has a need one that only mankind can fulfil

Every act intends some good.

Leadership is no longer about your position. It's now more about your passion for excellence and making a difference You can lead without a title

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

If you are working on something exciting that you really care about, you don't have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.

Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.

We're here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.

Leadership is building a bridge that connects the vision with the purpose, in order to empower those who are around us.