Famous Quotes & Sayings

Karl Lagerfeld

The purpose of life is life.

June Jordan

Maybe the purpose of being here, wherever we are, is to increase the durability and occasions of love among and between peoples.

Joyce Meyer

My purpose in life is to do right and to glorify God.

Ozzie Smith

We hope there is a sense of purpose in everything.

Ovid

There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious purpose.

Peter Greenaway

It serves the purpose of not serving a purpose, surely quite a valid one.

Joyce Meyer

Any time we are misused or used for a purpose other than what God intended us for, it's damaging.

Elizabeth Gilbert

Success isn't about acquiring things, it's about discovering your life purpose and following the call

Jon Miller

As it is for a person, so it is for a company: having a sense of purpose is invigorating and motivating.

Joe Haldeman

Big money seeks out the company of its own, for purposes of reproduction.

Joan Robinson

The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.

Gayle Forman

Even if you find him. Even if he didn’t leave you on purpose, he can’t possibly live up to the person you’ve built him into.

Lou Holtz

You will never be indecisive if you know your purpose.

Maimonides

Your purpose...should always be to know...the whole that was intended to be known.

Maimonides

The question, "What is the purpose thereof?" cannot be asked about anything which is not the product of an agent; therefore we cannot ask what is the purpose of the existence of God.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

If one is not happy, one has lost the very purpose of life...

Gail Carriger

I do not giggle without purpose. Lady Linette says you should never misapply a giggle.

John Cage

The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation.

John C. Maxwell

We fail, not because of big problems, but because of small purposes.

Eckhart Tolle

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.

Benjamin Franklin

The Master-piece of Man, is to live to the purpose

Hermann Hesse

our friendship has no other purpose, no other reason, than to show you how utterly unlike me you are.

Henri Poincare

Logic sometimes makes monsters. For half a century we have seen a mass of bizarre functions which appear to be forced to resemble as little as possible honest functions which serve some purpose.

Henry Ford

There is no failure except failure to serve one's purpose.

Helen Mirren

Words can be used for venal purposes. Words are incredible sources of propaganda and can cause terrible havoc.

Johann Sebastian Bach

Music's only purpose should be for the glory of God and the recreation of the human spirit.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A purpose you impart is no longer your own.

John Maynard Keynes

All production is for the purpose of ultimately satisfying a consumer.

John Lennon

There is a time to let things happen, and a time to make things happen." "Life is what happens when you are making other plans.

John Lancaster Spalding

In education, as in religion and love, compulsion thwarts the purpose for which it is employed.

Jim Rohn

Let others lead small lives, but not you

Sandy Alderson

Absolutely, that's been a priority. That's been a purpose from the start.

John Naughton

They meander through the islands. For what purpose we don't know. We suspect it may be something to do with reproduction.