Quotes About Purpose

I found the purpose of my existence, and also the purpose of my circumstance. There's a purpose for why you're in the fire. If God can use a man without arms and legs to be His hands and feet, then He will certainly use any willing heart!

Action without a name, a 'who' attached to it, is meaningless.

Convention serves a purpose: It gives life meaning, and without it, one is in a constant existential crisis. If you don't have the imposition of family to remind you of what is at stake, something else will.

I don't know; I think I'd be gloomy without some faith that there is a purpose and there is a kind of witness to my life.

I think a lot of people get so obsessed with the wedding and the expense of the wedding that they miss out on what the real purpose is. It's not about a production number, it's about a meaningful moment between two people that's witnessed by people that they actually really know and care about.

In my Indian bedroom, the carved, cut-out marble jalis, or screens, which were formerly used by Indian princes to keep their wives from other eyes, have a new purpose: they are not only decorations, but a means of security, for they can be locked without shutting off the air.

It's not like I woke up one day and said, 'Okay, I want to become a director.'

I never really thought it out. I just woke up one day, and I was involved in all these projects. They just seemed to involve animals.

Medicine saved my life, quite literally. I woke up every day of my training thinking, 'I love doing this,' feeling like it was so important what I was doing.

I got into this business when I was 22 years old, and I didn't have a woke bone in my body. And all I wanted to do was be on screen and for people to pay attention to me, but we evolve and our cause evolves and the conversations today are certainly very different.

There is only one thing that a man really wants to do, all his life; and that is, to find his way to his God, his Morning Star, salute his fellow man, and enjoy the woman who has come the long way with him.

I never knew what I wanted to do, but I knew the kind of woman I wanted to be.

You can use your womb if you want - it's the most beautiful thing to do if you want - but it's not our only reason to be put on this earth.

I came out of the womb born to sing and dance. I have to follow my heart.

Throughout human history, in any great endeavour requiring the common effort of many nations and men and women everywhere, we have learned - it is only through seriousness of purpose and persistence that we ultimately carry the day. We might liken it to riding a bicycle. You stay upright and move forward so long as you keep up the momentum.

My survival case comes with a purpose and obligation, which is why I have launched Nadia's Initiative, an organisation dedicated to helping women and children who have been victimised... My initiative is trying to get support needed to get Sinjar rebuilt.

I believe that all women should have children. I think women are made to have children and to be mothers. I also think women have to have an identity outside the home.

I write to try to find out who I am. One of my main themes is manliness. I think I'm trying to figure out what manliness really is.

People want to be part of something that's bigger than themselves. It's motivating. It helps all of us to work harder.

If a man is not to take advantage of the opportunities that present themselves to him, what is he to do, or what is he good for?

Leadership flows from inner character and integrity of ambition, which inspires others to lend themselves to your organization's mission.

You don't see many bad guys fight amongst themselves. Bad guys always know exactly who they are and what they want. Good guys are the ones who are a little confused about their identities.

If you don't like what you're doing, then don't do it.

Do not pray for tasks equal to your abilities, but pray for abilities equal to your tasks. Then the performance of your tasks will be no miracle, but you will be the miracle.