Quotes on Purpose

God has brought us together as families to bring to pass His eternal purposes. We are part of this plan in this marriage relationship. let us love and respect and honor one another. We can do it, and we will be the better for it.

The whole of life is just like watching a film. Only it's as though you always get in ten minutes after the big picture has started, and no-one will tell you the plot, so you have to work it out all yourself from the clues.

But for what purpose was the earth formed?" asked Candide. "To drive us mad," replied Martin.

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.

A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.

People need a sacred narrative. They must have a sense of larger purpose, in one form or another, however intellectualized. They will find a way to keep ancestral spirits alive.

Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through the education of his passions.

We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.

If you're alive, there's a purpose for your life.

Mankind's role is to fulfil his heaven-sent purpose through a sincere heart that is in harmony with all creation and loves all things.

Don't solicit feedback on your product, idea or your business just for validation purposes. You want to tell the people who can help move your idea forward, but if you're just looking to your friend, co-worker, husband or wife for validation, be careful. It can stop a lot of multimillion-dollar ideas in their tracks in the beginning.

Any belief in Creators or Purpose is wishful thinking. And when you point out that perhaps ALL thinking is wishful, reactions of intense irritation give evidence that we are not dealing with logic but with faith.

True education is awakening a love for truth...opening the eyes of the soul to the great purpose and end of life.

What has happened here [aftermath of 9/11] is not war in its traditional sense. This is clearly a crime against humanity. War crimes are crimes which happen in war time. There is a confusion there. This is a crime against humanity because it is deliberate and intentional killing of large numbers of civilians for political or other purposes. That is not tolerable under the international systems. And it should be prosecuted pursuant to the existing laws.

Words can wound or heal. The purpose of speech must always be to create joy in the listener.

Each of us should make the most of our lives. We should give life our best-let us use our lives more wisely to chase our dreams, find our true purpose, and be as happy and successful as possible.

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.

If you find what you do each day seems to have no link to any higher purpose, you probably want to rethink what you're doing.

Part of success is preparation on purpose.

Our purpose in life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we simply desire contentment.

Freedom and happiness come from understanding - and working with - our limits. Begin at once a program of self-mastery. Stick with your purpose. Do not seek external approval. Do not worry about anything outside of your control. The only things you command are your thoughts and actions. We choose our response. Stop aspiring to be anyone other than your own best self: for that does fall within your control.