Purpose Quotes
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Indeed, it is not intellect, but intuition which advances humanity. Intuition tells man his purpose in this life.
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Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion,and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure.
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Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.
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Music is given to us with the sole purpose of establishing an order in things, including, and particularly, the coordination between man and time.
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At the intersection where your gifts, talents, and abilities meet a human need; therein you will discover your purpose.
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Mere thinking cannot reveal to us the highest purpose.
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Purpose ... is held to be most closely connected with virtue, and to be a better token of our character than are even our acts.
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We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
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Everyone has a purpose in life and a unique talent to give to others. And when we blend this unique talent with service to others, we experience the ecstasy and exultation of own spirit, which is the ultimate goal of all goals.
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Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.
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There are no accidents; there is only some purpose that we haven’t yet understood.
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Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.
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To give away money is an easy matter and in any man's power. But to decide to whom to give it and how large and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man's power nor an easy matter.
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The whole purpose of life is to make yourself happy.
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In the works of Nature, purpose, not accident, is the main thing.
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If then nature makes nothing without some end in view, nothing to no purpose, it must be that nature has made all of them for the sake of man.
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Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses and avoids.
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I do not need any promise of eternity to be happy. My eternity is now. I have only one interest: to fulfill my purpose here where I am. This purpose is not given me by my parents or my surroundings. It is induced by some unknown factors. These factors make me a part of eternity.
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When one pays a visit it is for the purpose of wasting other people's time, not one's own.
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Virtue means doing the right thing, in relation to the right person, at the right time, to the right extent, in the right manner, and for the right purpose. Thus, to give money away is quite a simple task, but for the act to be virtuous, the donor must give to the right person, for the right purpose, in the right amount, in the right manner, and at the right time.
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It has been handed down in mythical form from earliest times to posterity, that there are gods, and that the divine compasses all nature. All beside this has been added, after the mythical style, for the purpose of persuading the multitude, and for the interests of the laws, and the advantage of the state.
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Purpose is a desire for something in our own power, coupled with an investigation into its means.
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It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers aiming at a definite mark, we shall be more likely to attain what we want.
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I don't really set out to please anybody, and I don't think I ever have. I have occasionally been encouraged to try to write something specifically for the purpose of releasing it as a single to get radio play. Those are not my best songs, as a rule.
