Quotes About Purpose

one foundational truth that I have learned from apocalyptic theology, it is this: God is the subject of the verb. God doesn't need us to help him make his "dream" come true; God is on the march far ahead of us, bringing his purposes to pass

Celebrity, to me, is not a thing to seek.

My life is way bigger than boxing or acting or being rich or being famous or endorsements.

Nobody sane wants just to be famous.

I don't want girls to aspire to being famous for the sake of being famous.

I'm quite happy being famous for what I do but I'm not happy about being famous for the sake of being famous.

I never got into things to be famous. Sometimes it's fun, sometimes it's annoying.

For me, I never, never, from the moment I started acting, had a desire to be famous.

I didn't set out to be famous; if I'd wanted that, I would have gone on 'Big Brother.'

You want to look back on your career and see what you've achieved, not just have a fancy car and a big house.

To make a living from doing something I love is fantastic. As long as people want to listen to me, I'll keep doing it. In fact, to tell you the truth, even if no one did want to listen to me, I'd still be doing it!

Some people will stay at home and be content there. Others are born to run. It's that conflict that fascinates me.

I didn't want to be a fashion designer, and for a good half of my career I didn't like it. I always wanted to do other things.

I don't know why I run so fast. I just run.

Could we grow faster? Yes. But I don't want to be the biggest. I want to be the best at what I do.

Writing for me is cutting out the fat and getting to the meaning.

Call it fate, call it God, I call it God, but I think that I found what I was comfortable in this world with doing.

I discovered who I was when I discovered God. You are just like your father God.

I write because it makes God happy that I write. I sing because it makes God happy that I sing. And if it makes God's people happy, then all the better. But if it fails to do so, it's probably my fault.

I'm here with all my faults and my many fears, but also with the desire to do something important.

I don't want features, I want value. I don't want benefits, I want value.

I got fed up with academia and decided I would rather be a carpenter.

For too long the federal government has interfered in the lives of working Americans with no purpose, and with little benefit.

I want to be doing something that I love and actually being able to feed myself by doing it.