Quotes About Purpose

a system must consist of three kinds of things: elements, interconnections, and a function or purpose.

Purposes are deduced from behavior, not from rhetoric or stated goals.

A change in purpose changes a system profoundly, even if every element and interconnection remains the same.

Keeping sub-purposes and overall system purposes in harmony is an essential function of successful systems.

The least obvious part of the system, its function or purpose, is often the most crucial determinant of the system's behavior.

Hierarchical systems evolve from the bottom up. The purpose of the upper layers of the hierarchy is to serve the purposes of the lower layers.

System: A set of elements or parts that is coherently organized and interconnected in a pattern or structure that produces a characteristic set of behaviors, often classified as its "function" or "purpose.

The best way to deduce the system's purpose is to watch for a while to see how the system behaves.

A system consists of elements, interconnections, and a purpose. Changing elements usually has the least effect on the system.

There's nothing like a mission to save the world to liven up a vacation.

Rather, we can regularly ask ourselves these questions: Who am I becoming through this practice? Am I becoming the world in which I wish to live?

Everybody wants to know why we're here, so we search for that answer. We want to know who we belong to so we search for those people and all the while God is whispering, 'Here I am.

Everybody wants to know why we're here, so we search for that answer. We want to know who we belong to so we search for those people and all the while God is whispering, 'Here I am.

If we're open to it, God can use even the smallest thing to change our lives...

Don't ever underestimate who or what He'll use to get something done. But the choice to believe that is always yours to make.

Why do you believe in God?" the woman asked me in the busy corridor. I don't remember the answer I gave. It was probably too long and rattled in her ears. I wish I could go back and answer her again. "Because HE believes in me," I would say. Isn't that enough?

Nursing is not for everyone. It takes a very strong, intelligent, and compassionate person to take on the ills of the world with passion and purpose and work to maintain the health and well-being of the planet. No wonder we're exhausted at the end of the day!

There was always a way, when one knew what one wanted.

Suffering ceases to be suffering in some way at the moment it finds a meaning." — Viktor Frankl (psychiatrist who survived a Nazi concentration camp and wrote about his experiences in Man's Search for Meaning)

Still, their inner voice nagged them to fulfill their purposes. But instead of listening to that voice, my clients tried to silence it by pouring food, alcohol, or other compulsive behaviors on top of the gut feelings.

Before we're born, we select a series of goals and lessons for our time on Earth. This is a form of sacred contract that determines what type of life we're going to live.

Those who don't have goals are forever doomed to work for those who do," author

Consider your deepest, most secret desires for one moment. Ask yourself, "Where did this desire come from?" If the thought of fulfilling that desire brings you joy, then this is a clue that it is a true desire and your divine assignment. A

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