Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old purpose quotes, purpose sayings, and purpose proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.
The secret of man's being is not only to live but to have something to live for. Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living.Gautama Buddha
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We know there is intention and purpose in the universe because there is intention and purpose in us.George Bernard Shaw
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It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is: each the other's opposite and complement. Hermann Hesse
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Anything and everything you have experienced has been purposeful; it has brought you to where you are now.Iyanla Vanzant
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All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.James Thurber
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If you're alive and breathing, you can still become everything God has created you to be.Joel Osteen
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Effort and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.John F. Kennedy
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We were not sent into this world to do anything into which we cannot put our heartsJohn Ruskin
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Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.Khalil Gibran
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Each of our acts makes a statement as to our purpose.Leo Buscaglia
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The purpose of life is not to be happy, the purpose of life is to matter.Leo Rosten
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Make your work to be in keeping with your purposeLeonardo da Vinci
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Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. Les Brown
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The main purpose of life is to live rightly, think rightly, act rightly. The soul must languish when we give all our thought to the body.Mahatma Gandhi
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The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.Malcolm Forbes
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People who labor all their lives but have no purpose to direct every thought and impulse toward are wasting their time-even when hard at work.Marcus Aurelius
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The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.Michel de Montaigne
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The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.Mitch Albom
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There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.Napoleon Hill
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This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us . . . to live in such a way that we may be proud of ourselves, to act in such a way that some part of us lives on. This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us . . . to live in such a way that we may be proud of ourselves, to act in such a way that some part of us lives on.Oswald Spengler
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The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.Pablo Picasso
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You can retire from a job, but don't ever retire from making extremely meaningful contributions in life. Stephen Covey
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Passion and purpose go hand in hand. When you discover your purpose, you will normally find it's something you're tremendously passionate about.Steve Pavlina
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Success demands singleness of purpose.Vince Lombardi
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When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.W. Clement Stone
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When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.Wayne Dyer
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Everything in the universe has a purpose. Indeed, the invisible intelligence that flows through everything in a purposeful fashion is also flowing through you.Wayne Dyer
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The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.William James
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There comes a special moment in everyone's life, a moment for which that person was born. That special opportunity, when he seizes it, will fulfill his mission - a mission for which he is uniquely qualified. In that moment, he will find greatness. It is his finest hour.Winston Churchill