Quotes About Purpose

One must be something in order to do something.

How can a man come to know himself? Never by thinking, but by doing. Try to do your duty and you will know at once what you are worth.

Our errors were endured because we found no beaten path; but from him who comes later into the world more is required; he must not be seeking and blundering, but should use the instructions of the old ones to proceed at once on the right path. It is not enough to take steps which may some day lead to a goal; each step must be itself a goal and a step likewise.

A i onima je dobro koji svoja dronjava zaposlenja, pa ?ak i strasti, krste velelepnim imenima i pripisuju ih ljudskom rodu. Kao pothvate ispolinske, preduzete za spas i blagostanje celokupnog ?ove?anstva. Blago onome ko može da je takav!

So fühlt man Absicht und man ist verstimmt.

Ach, so viele tausend Menschen kennen, Dumpf sich treibend, kaum ihr eigen Herz, Schweben zwecklos hin und her und rennen Hoffnungslos in unversehnen Schmerz;

Il mondo mi risulta esecrabile e pauroso se solo devo dare spettacolo del mio ozio. Ma se mi si trova lieta al lavoro, instancabile nell'eseguire il mio dovere, allora posso sostenere gli sguardi di chiunque perché non ho bisogno di temere quelli divini.

O Bestimmung des Menschen!

Il destino esaudisce i nostri desideri, ma a modo suo, per poterci dare qualcosa che va al di là dei nostri desideri.

77 The man who is up and doing should see to it that what he does is right. Whether or not right is done, is a matter which should not trouble him.

The only purpose of our lives consists in waking each other up and being there for each other.

Wer aber soll hausen in jenen Welten, wenn sie bewohnt sein sollten? ... Sind wir oder sie die Herren des Alls? ... Und ist dies alles dem Menschen gemacht?

God in His wisdom has decided that He will reward no works but His own.

Resolve to live as with all your might while you do live, and as you shall wish you had done ten thousand years hence.

Then what is the purpose of a church?" the others kept asking.

Went to bed with a dream. Woke up with a purpose.

Find that spot.

It is 2:06 am, one of 1488 nights that I lie awake trying to make sense of it all, trying to find an ounce of inspiration so I can convert it to a pound of energy - Energy so needed to just win the next day.

I believe there are no coincidences in life, only subtle signs that when you inspect them, will lead you to where you need to go.

Hope ... is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously headed for early success, but, rather, an ability to work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed. Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.1

The universe gives birth to consciousness, and consciousness gives meaning to the universe.

Death is a new office building filled with modern furniture, A wise thing, but which has no purpose for us.

I am often asked why I write, and I don't know really--I just want to.

What is the past, what is it all for? A mental sandwich?