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Quotes About Purpose

To ADDRESS  (ADDRE'SS)   v.a.[addresser, Fr. from dereçar, Span. from dirigo, directum, Lat.]1. To prepare one's self to enter upon any action; as, he addressed himself to the work. It lifted up its head, and did addressItself to motion, like as it would speak.Shakesp.Hamlet.
~ Samuel Johnson
This world, where much is to be done and little to be known.
~ Samuel Johnson
When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.
~ Samuel Johnson
ABSONANT  (A'BSONANT)   adj.[See ABSONOUS.]Contrary to reason, wide from the purpose.   ABSONOUS  (A'BSONOUS)   adj.[absonus, Lat. ill-sounding.]Absurd, contrary to reason.
~ Samuel Johnson
From what has been premised, it may be supposed, that the present collection is not published ultimately, nor even principally, any more than the other two, for the sake of entertainment only. A much nobler end is in view.
~ Samuel Richardson
Simple honesty of purpose in a man goes a long way in life, if founded on a just estimate of himself and a steady obedience to the rule he knows and feels to be right.
~ Samuel Smiles
He is full of purpose, but void of the quality of mind which accomplishes purpose.
~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge
God, it's so stupid the way I see my life, see all my existence as if there's some magic out there waiting just for me.
~ Sandi Kahn Shelton
Proverbs 31:27: "She looketh well to the way of her household and eateth not the bread of idleness.
~ Sandra Dallas
She couldn't know anyone, but someone still needed her. She couldn't be anyone, but she could still love.
~ Sandra Newman
Y sin él, yo no entendía para qué me despertaba por las mañanas.
~ Santiago Roncagliolo
Dear Lord, have you brought me all this way just to stop? Why, why, was I allowed to search so long, to come so near?
~ Sara Davidson
Dear Lord, have you brought me all this way to stop? Why, why, was I allowed to search so long, to come so near?
~ Sara Davidson
He believed the world was created so people could learn Torah and serve God.
~ Sara Davidson
I had my whole life planned.. I knew exactly where it was taking me..
~ Sara Gruen
I have to convince myself that this is not a pointless life, even the body is telling me so.
~ Sara Gruen
But what else do I have to offer? Nothing happens to me anymore. That's the reality of getting old, and I guess that's really the crux of the matter. I'm not ready to be old yet. But I shouldn't complain, this being circus day and all.
~ Sara Gruen
Because I am exactly where I should be, doing exactly what I should be doing. That is peace.
~ Sara Pennypacker
Because I am exactly where I should be, doing exactly what I should be doing. That is peace. Eat." Peter
~ Sara Pennypacker
That's how life feels to me. Everyone is doing it; everyone knows how. To live and be who they are and find a place, find a moment. I'm still waiting.
~ Sara Zarr
When do you think you're leaving? I asked. I don't know. Probably soon. Got what I came here for. Even though we didn't go back to your old house? That was only part of it, he said. Not the main thing. A few more big flakes of snow drifted down from the starlit sky. And what was the main thing? This, he said. Right here.
~ Sara Zarr
For me, it was faith that kept me going when I wanted to give up. I knew that God meant for me to fulfill a purpose in life.
~ Sarah Darer Littman
What you have to decide... is how you want your life to be. If your forever was ending tomorrow, would this be how you'd want to have spent it? Listen, the truth is, nothing is guaranteed. You know that more than anybody. So dont be afraid. Be alive.
~ Sarah Dessen
Life can be long or short, it all depends on how you choose to live it. it's like forever, always changing. for any of us our forever could end in an hour, or a hundred years from now. you can never know for sure, so you'd better make every second count. what you have to decide is how you want your life to be. if your forever was ending tomorrow, is this how you'd want to have spent it?
~ Sarah Dessen