Purpose Quotes - Page 103

Rule of criticism: only attend to the shape, and the purpose will manifest itself.

Rule of religion: purpose breathes even in dirt and stones.

As I review my life, I feel I must have missed the point, either then or now.

administrative purpose usually outruns the facts. Indeed the administrative official's ardor for facts usually begins when he wants to change the facts!

Every builder builds somewhat for unknown purposes, and is in a measure a prophet.

One of the baffling things about life is that the purposes of institutions may be ideal, while their administration, dependent upon the faults and weaknesses of human beings, may be bad.

Love was life's secret purpose.

For that purpose Christ instituted holy baptism, thereby to clothe you with his righteousness. It is tantamount to his saying, My righteousness shall be your righteousness; my innocence, your innocence. Your sins indeed are great, but by baptism I bestow on you my righteousness; I strip death from you and clothe you with my life.

Once such emotional engagement has been created - demand will always follow - yet one could say the "side product of your effort is demand" the primary purpose is to create love.

Elevated locations imply elevated purposes, even in American cities departing as radically as Los Angeles does from the traditional planning patterns of the Eastern Seaboard.

It's only by starting in a place of peace that we find our purpose and power.

I wondered what else in my life I perceived to be wrong or difficult instead of exploring to understand the true purpose.

It's improper to use the egg roll for political purposes.

If you are searching for your purpose in life then you're never going to be satisfied. This life will never satisfy you. You'll never be happy and you'll never be content. The only really contentment or true happiness is with Christ.

I think it serves the purpose of the film if the premise is that you're unsure of me because you've only ever really seen me play villains.

This is the ongoing purpose of full attention: to find a thousand ways to be pierced into wholeness.

Studies of older Americans find that one of the best predictors of happiness is whether a person considers his or her life to have a purpose. Without a clearly defined purpose, seven in ten individuals feel unsettled about their lives; with a purpose, almost seven in ten feel satisfied!

Nature shaped the claw to trap, and the tooth to kill, but the thorn...the thorn's only purpose is to hurt.

But we have to ask ourselves, what's the purpose of the stock market? It's supposed to be a source of capital for growing business. It's lost that purpose.

I think if people raise their consciousness and find a purpose, everybody will be helped.

As a species, we tend to be doers, forever shaping and reshaping the world to better suit our purposes.

You are loved, and your purpose is to love.

All things show up in the world according to the purposes we ascribe to them.

The purpose of prayer is the alignment of the mind with the thoughts and the will of God.

The transformation from body identification to spirit identification is the purpose of our lives.