Purpose Quotes - Page 40

One thing is always wrong-always: to cause suffering in others for the purpose of gratifying one's own pleasures; that is everlastingly wrong.

Living is the purpose of life, And meaning can be found therein. I finds thou. Thou becomes it. And it begins again.

Mystification is simple; clarity is the hardest thing of all.

Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.

It is not how much one makes but to what purpose one spends.

The purpose of the headlines must be to convey a message to people who read headlines, then decide whether or not they will look at the copy.

Anything that's motivated from fear will ultimately take you down the wrong road and lead you in a cul de sac, anything motivated from purpose, from joy, and from love will take you on an evolutionary path to greater and greater happiness.

To have a purpose that is worthwhile, and that is steadily being accomplished, that is one of the secrets of life that is worth living.

The supreme purpose of history is a better world.

Ah, only he who knows where he sails, knows what wind is good, and a fair wind for him.

More important than the quest for certainty is the quest for clarity.

I always love working with children. I never had children of my own. God has his purposes. God didn't let me have children so everybody's children could be mine. That's kind of how I'm looking at it.

God's road for us may not be one that appears successful from our human vantage point, yet serves as part of his divine plan to fulfill his purposes in our lives.

If your purpose is to liberate yourself and others into love and freedom, then you should do whatever magnifies the love and freedom in your life and in the lives of whom your actions affect.

Every man knows that his highest purpose in life cannot be reduced to any particular relationship. If a man prioritizes his relationship over his highest purpose, he weakens himself, disserves the universe, and cheats his woman of an authentic man who can offer his full, undivided presence.

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

What is the purpose of life? I believe that the purpose of life is to be happy.

The one way to get thin is to re-establish a purpose in life.

I knew my life had been given back for a purpose.

We're all liars when it serves our purpose.

A different set of incentives from rising in an economic establishment where the rewards system, again, the reinforcement, comes from being a truffle hound. That's what Jacob Viner, the great economist called it: the truffle hound - an animal so bred and trained for one narrow purpose that he wasn't much good at anything else, and that is the reward system in a lot of academic departments.

Fortunately Jesus didn't leave [the disciples]-or any of us-without hope or direction. Where we fail, Jesus succeeded. The only One who as able to recognize and follow His purpose from the beginning was Jesus. He alone was able to obey consistently and please God completely. And His divine mission was to make a way for each of us to do the same.

Having a sense of purpose is having a sense of self. A course to plot is a destination to hope for.

You don't decide what your purpose is in life you discover it. Your purpose is your reason for living.

Every single thing you've been through in your life has had a purpose.