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My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, 'Where's the self-help section?' She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
My purpose is to keep people busy and out of mischief - to create good and interesting jobs for them that help families stay together.
We need both to aspire and accomplish. Without a vision for your life, without a sense of purpose, you will begin to die a slow death.
I feel that my purpose is to shed light on some of the darker sides of our world, and to lend a hand and a voice to people struggling.
Mankind's role is to fulfil his heaven-sent purpose through a sincere heart that is in harmony with all creation and loves all things.
The purpose of education is to make good human beings with skill and expertise... Enlightened human beings can be created by teachers.
Not infrequently our GOD brings His people into difficulties on purpose that they may come to know Him as they could not otherwise do.
The man who built the manger had a purpose in mind... God had another. You'll never know how far reaching God's plan is for your work.
The Dodo never had a chance. He seems to have been invented for the sole purpose of becoming extinct and that was all he was good for.
...to kill animals for the purpose of feeding on their flesh is one of the most deplorable and shameful infirmities of the human state
Your Dream, Vision, Purpose, and Mission all come together when you bring products to market - so make sure you're bringing your best.
I'm just here for this one purpose, and that's to try and get better each and every day and try and win as much as I can, while I can.
Your goals are constantly revised according to circumstance, but your purpose, your real reason for being, that supercedes everything.
It is never until one realizes that one means something to others that one feels there is any point or purpose in one's own existence.
Through Jesus, your past is explained, your present has a purpose, and your future is secure. What more could you really want in life?
Strange is our situation here on earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose.
Every essential oil has a healing purpose, so I think it's a great gift because it's something that elevates your mood and your health.
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 experience of life in a finite, limited body is specifically for the purpose of discovering and manifesting supernatural existence.
The purpose of this book is to supply, in the form suitable for laymen, guidance in the adoption and execution of an investment policy.
Soldiers of Israel, we have no aims of conquest. Our purpose is to bring to naught the attempts of the Arab armies to conquer our land.
In the long term, artificial intelligence and automation are going to be taking over so much of what gives humans a feeling of purpose.
Our purpose in this life is to gain the view of ourselves; otherwise, we are total slaves to others who psychically drain us, abuse us.
The purpose of education is to keep a culture from being drowned in senseless repetitions, each of which claims to offer a new insight.
When I feel very loved, when I nurture and support people, my experience is deepened. I feel connected to a larger purpose and meaning.
I have a few caftans just for lounging purposes. When I want to feel free, it's the closest thing to feeling naked without being naked.
Poetry has historically been allied with religion and morals; it has served the purpose of penetrating the mysterious depths of things.
Successful people, in all callings, never stop acquiring specialized knowledge related to their major purpose, business, or profession.
People who do not worship are swept into a vast restlessness, epidemic in the world, with no steady direction and no sustaining purpose.
Realistic thinking is based on what others think is possible-but they are not you and have no way of knowing your potential and purposes
The sole purpose of a crown is to make anyone not wearing one feel like an insignificant pauper. They're obscene to the point of satire.
Purpose is when you know and understand what you were born to accomplish. Vision is when you see it in your mind and begin to imagine it
America creates myths by focusing a lot of energy on its history and using it - - not always, but sometimes - for constructive purposes.
The deepest desire of our hearts is for union for God. God created us for union with himself. This is the original purpose of our lives.
I feel like in a world where we all try to figure out our place and our purpose here, your passions are one of your most obvious guides.
They came to know the incorrigible sorrow of all prisoners and exiles, which is to live in company with a memory that serves no purpose.
I will concede to you one thing - 'Hustler' is offensive, even to the point of being iconoclastic. That's our purpose - to be offensive.
A person of character seeks true happiness in living a life of purpose and meaning, placing a higher value on significance than success.
What is the primary purpose of a political leader? To build a majority. If voters care about parking lots, then talk about parking lots.
Make the most of prayer. ... Prayer is the master-weapon. We should be wise if we used it more, and did so with a more specific purpose.
Censorship always defeats it own purpose, for it creates in the end the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.
The truth is... you are hurting me. Not on purpose, I know that. But I love you and every second that you don´t love me back...it hurts.
The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.
In Maycomb, if one went for a walk with no definite purpose in mind, it was correct to believe one's mind incapable of definite purpose.
My aim is not to exhibit craft, but rather to submerge it, and make it rightfully the handmaiden of beauty, power and emotional content.
I've always had this tremendous and very deep feeling of knowing my purpose, you know? It never dawned on me, it always very much known.
Every person has God-given gifts; when you're using those gifts in your life then you're fulfilling your purpose, and that is beautiful.
When willpower is not guided, it's terrible. Hitler had a lot of will. But he used it for destructive purposes because he lacked wisdom.
We are created for community, fashioned for fellowship, and formed for a family, and none of us can fulfill God's purposes by ourselves.