Purpose Quotes - Page 62

Every object and purpose of justice is effectually answered, and every supposed inconvenience is effectually rebutted by the law as it stands.

To gain victory over the flesh was the purpose of fasting and celibacy, which denied the pleasures of this world for the sake of reward in the next.

On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.

We're up against the conventional thinking that says your ability to lead as president comes from longevity in Washington or proximity to the White House. But we know that real leadership is about candor and judgment and the ability to rally Americans from all walks of life around a common purpose, a higher purpose.

I can conceive of no reason for all this administration of the higher to the lower, unless it be for the purpose of advancing our Father's children along the lines of eternal progression.

I was always told I was special. And I was also assured that I had a gift and a purpose.

Purpose ... is held to be most closely connected with virtue, and to be a better token of our character than are even our acts.

Life has meaning only if one barters it day by day for something other than itself.

Its so important for business leaders to discover what their purpose is. In the days when the business seems overwhelming, or you arent certain you can continue, it is your purpose that will compel you to push through.

Thus I came to condemn capitalism, not through any oppression endured by me personally, but through that very deification of efficiency which capitalism had taught me, for its own purposes.

She was full of some strange energy that morning. Her every movement had purpose and life and she seemed to find satisfaction in every little thing.

Confrontation is something that I accept as part of the project though not its purpose.

When we are conscious of our personal uniqueness and our universal nature we express ourselves creatively. In this way we fulfill our dreams and our life purpose.

RAILROAD, n. The chief of many mechanical devices enabling us to get away from where we are to where we are no better off. For this purpose the railroad is held in highest favor by the optimist, for it permits him to make the transit with great expedition.

The purpose of human life and the sense of happiness is to give the maximum what the man is able to give.

For pure will, unassuaged of purpose, delivered from the lust of result, is every way perfect.

At any given moment, life is completely senseless. But viewed over a period, it seems to reveal itself as an organism existing in time, having a purpose, trending in a certain direction.

Mere thinking cannot reveal to us the highest purpose.

Perhaps this is the purpose of all art, all writing, on the murders, fiction and non-fiction: Simply to participate.

Work may be your dominant thought, and joy an afterthought. But joy is your true purpose, and work the afterthought.

It cannot take decades to resurrect, we must act immediately with purpose and enthusiasm to rebuild.

Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing.

If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for theirs.

Social honour recognises no distinction between the employer and the unemployed. All of them work for a common purpose and are entitled to equal honour and respect.

I'm of Nigerian descent, from the Yoruba tribe. Names are very significant in that culture. It basically states your purpose in life.