Quotes and Sayings About Purpose
-
A disciple serves the spiritual master with the sole purpose of getting instructions from him.
-- A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada -
An Englishman never enjoys himself, except for a noble purpose.
-- A. P. HerbertSource : 1935 Uncommon Law,'Fox-Hunting Fun'.
-
I can't tell you where a poem comes from, what it is, or what it is for: nor can any other man. The reason I can't tell you is that the purpose of a poem is to go past telling, to be recognised by burning.
-- A. R. Ammons -
I have the Pleasure to assure you Congress pay particular Attention to the Defence of New Jersey, and hitherto have denied us nothing which we have Asked for that Purpose.
-- Abraham Clark -
-
I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare that "I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so."
-- Abraham Lincoln -
We come unbidden into this life, and if we are lucky we find a purpose beyond starvation, misery, and early death which, lest we forget, is the common lot.
-- Abraham Verghese -
I'd rather stimulate your mind than emulate your purpose
-- AceyaloneSource : Song: The Guidelines, 1998
-
-
Some people wait constructively; they read or knit. I have watched some truly appalling pieces of needlework take form. Others - I am one of them - abandon all thought and purpose to an uneasy vegetative states.
-- Ada Louise Huxtable -
Real serious waiting is done in waiting rooms, and what they all have in common is their purpose, or purposelessness, if you will; they are places for doing nothing and they have no life of their own. ... their one constant is what might be called a decorative rigor mortis ...
-- Ada Louise Huxtable -
T's [King James Bible] subject is majesty, not tyranny, and it's political purpose was unifying and enfolding, to elide the kingliness of God with the godliness of kings, to make royal power and divine glory into one invisible garment which could be wrapped around the nation as a whole.
-- Adam Nicolson -
Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer.
-- Adam Smith -
-
Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose, and then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish.
-- Adam Weishaupt -
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event may my image or name or any music or any artistic property created by me be used for advertising purposes
-- Adam YauchSource : "Beastie Boys: 'We can't make new music' and may never play live again" by Sean Michaels, www.theguardian.com. June 3, 2014.
-
I'm of Nigerian descent, from the Yoruba tribe. Names are very significant in that culture. It basically states your purpose in life.
-- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje -
Any alliance whose purpose is not the intention to wage war is senseless and useless.
-- Adolf Hitler -
-
Having a purpose is the little secret of the nonpretties. Something to do always beats something to look at.
-- Adriana Trigiani -
The words are purposes./The words are maps./I came to see the damage that was done/and the treasures that prevail.
-- Adrienne Rich -
When we're in our true being, the purpose of life is to feel that every moment is the purpose.
-- Adyashanti -
Islam is probably the one that places the greatest emphasis on knowledge. The purpose is to understand God's creation.
-- Aga Khan IVSource : "Islam Is a Faith of Reason". Interview with Stefan Aust and Erich Follath, www.spiegel.de. October 12, 2006.
-
-
the most comfortable characteristic of the period [1775-1825], and the one which incites our deepest envy, is the universal willingness to accept a good purpose as a substitute for good work.
-- Agnes Repplier -
The purpose of God isn't to save us from Hell. The purpose of God is to make us like Christ.
-- Aiden Wilson Tozer -
I believe that the purpose of life is to glorify God.
-- Al Gore -
Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing.
-- Al Sharpton -
-
It cannot take decades to resurrect, we must act immediately with purpose and enthusiasm to rebuild.
-- Alan AutrySource : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
-
If I am doing nothing, I like to be doing nothing to some purpose. That is what leisure means.
-- Alan Bennett -
The purpose of life is not to fight against evil and misfortune; it is to unveil magnificence.
-- Alan CohenSource : Christina Baldwin (2010). “The Seven Whispers: A Spiritual Practice for Times Like These”, p.47, New World Library
-
Life has meaning only if you do what is meaningful to you.
-- Alan Cohen -
-
The fire of purpose easily melts the icicles of obstacles.
-- Alan Cohen -
Work may be your dominant thought, and joy an afterthought. But joy is your true purpose, and work the afterthought.
-- Alan Cohen