Purpose Quotes - Page 116

Given the ease with which health infuses life with meaning and purpose, it is shocking how swiftly illness steals away those certainties... Time unused and only endured still vanishes, as if time itself is starving, and each day is swallowed whole, leaving no crumbs, no memory, no trace at all.

practically nothing we do ever stands by itself. If it is good, it will serve some good purpose in the future. If it is evil, it may haunt us and handicap our efforts in unimagined ways.

Government exists for one purpose: to make things better for all people.

I like being involved in the lighter side of journalism because it serves a purpose, and it's fun. And I can keep my opinions off camera if I want.

The inspirations of today are the shams of tomorrow the purpose has departed.

No species, ours included, possesses a purpose beyond the imperatives created by its genetic history.

Thy purpose firm is equal to the deed: Who does the best his circumstance allows Does well, acts nobly; angels could no more.

Prayer concerns God, whose purposes and plans are conditioned on prayer. His will and His glory are bound up in praying.

What men want is not talent, it is purpose; in other words, not the power to achieve, but the will to labor.

If aught be worse than failure from overstress of a life's prime purpose, it is to sit down content with a little success.

For charity purposes, how do I help? A lot of prospective levers and tools have come into my life.

Your inner purpose is an essential part of the purpose of the whole, the universe and its emerging intelligence. Your outer purpose can change over time. It varies greatly from person to person. Finding and living in alignment with the inner purpose is the foundation for fulfilling your outer purpose. It is the basis for true success.

Whereas the notion of purpose before was always associated with future, there is now a deeper purpose that can only be found in the present, through denial of time.

People must belong to a tribe; they yearn to have a purpose larger than themselves. We are obligated by the deepest drives of the human spirit to make ourselves more than animated dust, and we must have a story to tell about where we came from, and why we are here.

The building of such a peace is a bold and solemn purpose. To proclaim it is easy. To serve it will be hard. And to attain it, we must be aware of its full meaning - and ready to pay its full price.

We face a hostile ideology global in scope, atheistic in character, ruthless in purpose and insidious in method.

Immigration law doesn`t exist for the purpose of keeping criminals out. It exists to protect all aspects of American life, the work site, the welfare office, the education system, and everything else. That is why immigration limits are established in the first place. If we only enforce the laws against crime, then we have an open border to the entire world. We will enforce all of our immigration laws!

Great companies connect to the heartstrings of their employees to make their purposes known.

The purpose of U.S. foreign policy is protecting the security of Americans, not crusading for goodness abroad.

Everybody has a purpose.

Find out what you are, then do it on purpose

I remember when the big shift happened in 1996-97, when suddenly it dawned on the music community: 'We should license our music to commercials and sell out for all intents and purposes. It doesn't really matter.'

...is this not in fact the purpose of young Americans going abroad? To make them think of things they never thought of?

Catharsis returns us to the purpose for which were originally intended - to be called by God to do good - and thus ultimately returns us to ourselves.

Life is more than breath and a heartbeat; meaning and purpose are the life of life.