Quotes About Purpose

I believe we are created in the image of God for a particular purpose, and I believe that with all my heart.

I've got no problem with getting history wrong for a purpose - Shakespeare often got things wrong for a reason. But it's the randomised arrogance of ignorance of 'The Tudors.' Shame on the BBC for producing it.

We can play all we want, but if nobody's there, if nobody feels anything with what we're playing, then what's the purpose?

I was always told I was special. And I was also assured that I had a gift and a purpose.

The purpose firm is equal to the deed.

If your basic premise about the fundamental purpose of our government is that it must provide for the common defense, then no other position is possible.

As to the first, I do not know that I have done very much myself to promote fraternity between nations but I do know that there can be no more important purpose for any man's activity or interests.

Everyone wants that sense of fulfilling a purpose in some way.

But when we have families, when we have children, this gives us a purpose for being, to protect our children, to avoid going to jail because if I'm in jail, who looks after my children, who's there for my wife?

Nobody makes movies bad on purpose.

Confrontation is something that I accept as part of the project though not its purpose.

Growing up on a dairy farm, you certainly learn discipline and a commitment to purpose.

If I'm a phenomenon, it makes me feel like I have no purpose.

The money in the schools overpowers the principles of the purpose.

Yet I wanted to have children, and I knew that was my purpose, but I wasn't going to settle.

I think we have to believe we are here for some purpose, and I know there are many cynics who will deny it, but they don't live as if they deny it.

It's never been my purpose to become an American icon, or more famous or richer.

I knew that to live a fulfilling life I had to live a purposeful life; a life of service.

I don't love collabs just for the sake of collaborating. It has to be purposeful and it needs to sonically make sense.

When I'm working, I'm very purposeful and everything else gets out of focus. Something I've had to work on together with my wife is how to acknowledge each other in the midst of this and keep the relationship going.

Show business is part of a larger culture, a world-wide culture that must make up to the fact that the accumulation of things doesn't make a life necessary any happier or purposeful.

Think about all the great leaders. Think about Obama. Think about Clinton. Think about Nelson Mandela. Think about all the people that we know who are very successful in business, in politics and religion. What are they? They tell purposeful stories. They move people to action by aiming at the heart.

I've honed in on three questions that I ask myself when I'm evaluating where to spend my time. Is this something that I'm passionate about, is it purposeful, and will I have impact? And if I can't answer 'yes' to all three questions, then I have to sit back and ask, 'Is it really that important?'

Over the years, I have found a way to use this business and this platform to talk with people about important issues. To the degree you can bring a sense of purpose to what you do, it makes the relationship with the customer that much more meaningful and purposeful.