Quotes About Purpose

She who does not hesitate is lost.

your name is like your telephone number, useful only to others; but

But once you've climbed a ladder, what use is it? You kick it away, if you don't intend to go down it again.

whose life am I living. Whose life am I failing to live

I thought she'd get angry then, but all she said was, "You are not unique in the universe. No one has an easy time in life. But maybe God has effed up—as you put it—your life for a reason." "And I can hardly fucking wait to find out what that is," I said.

It is better to journey than to arrive, as long as we journey in firm faith and for selfless ends.

people will do anything rather than admit that their lives have no meaning. No use, that is. No plot.

A man always has two reasons for the things he does—a good one and the real one.

God had been intentional in each gathering. He used these encounters to uncover a deep need and satiate a deep hunger.

La guerra –violencia organizada con un propósito entre dos unidades políticas– se fue volviendo más elaborada cuando desarrollamos sociedades sedentarias establecidas y ayudó a que estas fueran más organizadas y poderosas. De

She knew what she wanted and went after it by the shortest route...

Always remember I never do anything without reason and I never give anything without expecting something in return. I always get paid.

La terra è la sola cosa al modo che valga qualche cosa [...] perché è la sola cosa al mondo che rimanga e, non dimenticarlo!, la sola cosa per cui vale la pena di lavorare, di lottare... di morire.

Tutte le guerre sono sacre» replicò. « Per quelli che debbono combatterle. Se coloro che cominciano una guerra non la dichiarassero sacra, chi sarebbe tanto sciocco da andare a battersi? Ma checché dicano gli oratori agli idioti che vanno a farsi ammazzare, qualunque sia il nobile scopo che assegnano alla guerra, la ragione di questa è sempre una sola: il denaro. Tutte le guerre non sono che questioni di quattrini.»

Humans do not engage in activities that are meaningless. If you think you see people doing things you find meaningless, look again and try to understand what the activities mean for them.

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.

People are looking to have more meaning in their lives. It is a sign the technology community is coming of age.

The only legitimate purpose of government is to serve citizens, and ... the only legitimate purpose of technology is to improve our lives, not to manipulate or enslave us.

Technology is, in the broadest sense, mind or intelligence or purpose blending with nature.

The technologist was the final guise of the white missionary, industrialization the last gospel of a dying race and living standards a substitute for a purpose in living.

In some cases, inventions prohibit innovation because we're so caught up in playing with the technology, we forget about the fact that it was supposed to be important.

Technology is only an enabler, which can help achieve the intention of the person who is using it.

Use the new technologies for the old purposes.

Social networks are these intricate things of beauty, and they're so elaborate and so complex and so ubiquitous that one has to ask what purpose they serve.