Having A Purpose Quotes

#1. Having a purpose is the little secret of the nonpretties. Something to do always beats something to look at.

Adriana Trigiani

#2. Having a purpose, that's the key.

Will Adams

#3. In having a purpose. I could feel it hardening up my bones and thickening my blood. I felt older and smarter than anyone else I knew. I could do anything, anything at all.

Carol Rifka Brunt

#4. Having a purpose is one thing, but the quickening is a total animation of passion.

Bryant McGill

#5. At any given moment, life is completely senseless. But viewed over a period, it seems to reveal itself as an organism existing in time, having a purpose, trending in a certain direction.

Aldous Huxley

#6. It is well to cultivate a friendly feeling towards error, to treat it as a companion inseparable from our lives, as something having a purpose, which it truly has.

Maria Montessori

#7. Being alive at 87 is quite an accomplishment if you're curious, interested, seeing the fun out of life, doing things, having a purpose.

Art Linkletter

#8. Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.

Oscar Wilde

#9. I thought how there was a kind of power in being needed. In having a purpose. I could feel it hardening up my bones and thickening my blood.

Carol Rifka Brunt

#10. Once again, only religion can answer the question of the purpose of life. One can hardly be wrong in concluding that the idea of life having a purpose stands and falls with the religious system.

Sigmund Freud

#11. Having a purpose and knowing exactly what your values are will add additional years to your life.

Dan Buettner

#12. The difference between depression and happiness is having a purpose.

Clinton McCoy

#13. Having a rough morning?
place your hand over your heart
feel that?thats call a purpose
you are still alive for a reson
so dont give up

Anonymous

#14. The Catholic influence just comes from being raised Catholic, going to church every Sunday, being confirmed, going to church on holy days. So it's coming from where I am. It serves the purpose of having people who have a base or foundation where they know what's right.

Craig Finn

#15. I think novelists, when they write their books, end up having occasionally serving a purpose and playing roles that they never really fully either intended or even understood.

Khaled Hosseini

#16. The ideal vacuum cleaner would be one you never see. It needs to not just be a cool gadget, but a product that cleans your floor correctly. I can imagine people having a cupboard full of robots that only come out when you need them to fulfil a specific purpose.

Colin Angle

#17. The secret of success is being persistent and having a definite purpose.

Debasish Mridha

#18. Have a purpose in life, and having it, throw into your work such strength of mind and muscle as God has given you.

Thomas Carlyle

#19. What is success? I think it is a mixture of having a flair for the thing that you are doing; knowing that it is not enough, that you have got to have hard work and a certain sense of purpose.

Margaret Thatcher

#20. Remember, having a good head on our shoulders is not just for decoration purposes

Sunday Adelaja

#21. We love to learn because learning feels good. It both satisfies and stimulates curiosity. Reading a good book, having a meaningful conversation, listening to great music - just doing these things make us happy. They have no extrinsic purpose. To give them one takes away from their joy.

Zander Sherman

#22. Your path should be lighted with love and trust, your purpose should be clear, and your goal should be the light post.

Debasish Mridha

#23. Running was the way he dreamed. Having never been in control of his life, his idea of freedom was simply to break free. He dreamed of being at the mercy of the wind, carried aloft and blown here and there, a life of true randomness instead of always being part of someone else's purpose.

Orson Scott Card

#24. I think that paying your bills every month, that's not so glamorous or fun, having a job, or when your child gets sick. That's why when there are those special things, they are even more important and you want them to have a purpose.

Zac Posen

#25. I was given such a great gift. It's a miracle that never stops amazing me and reminding me to give thanks, every day. Having a wife and daughter gives me a lot more purpose. I was much more selfish before, but now I think about what kind of role model I'll be. I just want to be a better man.

Jake Owen

#26. Watson retorted: 'Well I don't think we're for anything.
We're just products of evolution. You can say, "Gee, your life must
be pretty bleak if you don't think there's a purpose." But I'm anticipating having a good lunch.' We did have a good lunch, too.

Richard Dawkins

#27. Think about how much it costs to incarcerate someone. Do we want them just sitting in prison, lifting weights, becoming violent and thinking about the next crime? Or do we want them having a little purpose in life and learning a skill?

John Ensign

#28. Spending time with God through prayer and His Word is a prerequisite for having a great life and fulfilling your purpose.

Joyce Meyer

#29. Having conceived of his purpose, a
man should mentally mark out a
straight pathway to its achievement,
looking neither to the right
or to the left, but straight.

James Allen

#30. Worry comes from a lack of purpose. It comes from not having a big "why" for your life.

Bruce Van Horn

#31. Hey, if you can't remember, don't worry about it. I'm having a few memory problems myself in this place. Little things like how long I've been here, what my purpose in life is, which feet to put my shoes on. Stuff like that.

Eoin Colfer

#32. Purpose is more important than the process that leads there.

Debasish Mridha

#33. Having strength, having a strong military, is the ally of peace. Exercising that strength through military action is not always necessary if you have the confidence and clarity of vision and purpose which America demands.

Mitt Romney

#34. We move forward by having confidence within ourselves, with hope for a greater purpose.

Ellen J. Barrier

#35. Enjoyment of life generally includes being socially connected, having fun, and feeling a sense of purpose.

Mallika Chopra

#36. More than anything else, what keeps a person going in the midst of adversity is having a sense of purpose. It is the fuel that powers persistence.

John C. Maxwell

#37. Each of us must pay for the slightest damage he inflicts upon a universe created for indifference and stagnation, sooner or later, he will regret not having left it intact.

Emil Cioran

#38. Many people do not understand why they cannot do well in their lives, even with a lot of training, using short- term and long term plans and most importantly having a huge potential

Sunday Adelaja

#39. I try to preserve a certain amount of time away from the movies, so I don't allow time to do those smaller parts that might give me an opportunity to do more seemingly 'artful' things. Although, having said that, I don't feel any lack of noble purpose if I do a film that's commercial.

Harrison Ford

#40. Identifying the purpose of your living is more important than creating a family and having children

Sunday Adelaja

#41. This "knowing what to do" ... is a matter of having the right purpose, the purpose appropriate to the situation in hand ... The one who "knows what to do" is the one on whom you can rely to make the best shot at success, whenever success is possible.

Roger Scruton

#42. That was the true purpose of Slough House. It was a way of losing people without having to get rid of them, sidestepping legal hassle and tribunal threats.

Mick Herron

#43. Having a strong intent and purposes makes life worthwhile.

Steven Redhead

#44. Selfishness of the stable or rigid sort is as a rule more bitterly resented than the more fickle variety, chiefly, no doubt, because, having more continuity and purpose, it is more formidable.

Charles Horton Cooley

#45. I discovered that people are not really afraid of dying; they're afraid of not ever having lived, not ever having deeply considered their life's higher purpose, and not ever having stepped into that purpose and at least tried to make a difference in this world.

Joseph Jaworski

#46. I believe that living life with a definiteness of purpose, with having a central focus, is essential to success.

Cory Booker

#47. Having a rough day? Place your hand over your heart. Feel that? It's called purpose. You're alive for a reason. Don't give up

Joyce Meyer

#48. Biology is the study of complicated things that have the appearance of having been designed with a purpose.

Richard Dawkins

#49. Think of giving not as a privilege of having abundance in life, but as a purpose and gratitude of life.

Debasish Mridha

#50. Hope and purpose in this world is living as best as you can and maybe having life that gives back. But simply giving back isn't purpose; it's a branch of purpose, but it is not the trunk or root of the tree.

Nick Vujicic

#51. Having a higher purpose is more than just about profits. You actually end up making more profits in the long run because employees really are a lot more engaged and customers see the higher purpose in the company.

Tony Hsieh

#52. If you don't put a value on money and seek wealth, you most probably won't receive it. You must seek wealth for it to seek you. If no burning desire for wealth arises within you, wealth will not arise around you. Having definiteness of purpose for acquiring wealth is essential for its acquisition.

John Frederick Demartini

#53. I warned you that I'm having a difficult time being a gentleman. Should I assume you're provoking me on purpose?

Tessa Bailey

#54. Happiness happens when you have a bigger purpose than having more fulfills, which is why we say happiness happens on the way to fulfillment.

Gary Keller

#55. Living is having and following a purpose. That's all.

L. Ron Hubbard

#56. Happiness is living by inner purpose, not by outer pressures. Happiness is having a sense of meaning, not a feeling of futility.

David W Augsburger

#57. It seems safe to look forward to the time when the conception of attractive and repulsive forces, having served its purpose as a useful piece of scientific scaffolding, will be replaced by the deduction of the phenomena known as attraction and repulsion, from the general laws of motion.

Thomas Huxley

#58. We all construct worldviews that give us a sense of meaning. Mostly it is about belonging to a group and having a sense of identity and purpose.

Carmen Lawrence

#59. There are also several practical aspects to learning more about
our eternal home. Having a better perspective on the purpose of
our lives helps us to handle difficult times better. It helps us focus
on what is truly important. It also helps us to enjoy this life more
fully.

Vance C. Kessler

#60. The trial by jury is a trial by 'the country,' in contradistinction to a trial by the government. The jurors are drawn by lot from the mass of the people, for the very purpose of having all classes of minds and feelings, that prevail among the people at large, represented in the jury.

Lysander Spooner

#61. I feel more beautiful than I've ever felt because I've given birth. I have never felt so connected, never felt like I had such a purpose on this earth. The best thing about having a daughter is having a true legacy. The word love means something completely different now.

Beyonce Knowles

#62. I felt oddly restless and dislocated. I missed having a reason to get up early, a purpose to my day. It

Jojo Moyes

#63. Having a team of people united by one purpose - to bring Christ to that city - is key for the emotional stability of all decision makers.

J.A. Perez

#64. A few primary keys to becoming a leader in business include having a clear intent or purpose, a truly inspiring vision, a grand message to share, a genuine social calling and a targeted niche to serve.

John Frederick Demartini

#65. Having a sense of purpose is having a sense of self. A course to plot is a destination to hope for.

Bryant H. McGill

#66. Living Life without a Purpose is like having an Ice cream cone in your hand, letting it melt and drip without eating it. It was yours to Enjoy, but you lost it!-RVM

R.v.m.

#67. It is difficult to spread the contagion of excitement without having a sense of purpose and direction.

Daniel Goleman

#68. Talking about one's feelings defeats the purpose of having those feelings. Once you try to put the human experience into words, it becomes little more than a spectator sport. Everything must have a cause, and a name. Every random thought must have a root in something else.

Derek Landy

#69. Not having yet passed through those bitter experiences which enforce upon older years circumspection and coldness, I deprived myself of the pure delight of a fresh, childish instinct for the absurd purpose of trying to resemble grown-up people.

Leo Tolstoy

#70. Richard Dawkins would be the first to agree: "Biology is the study of complicated things that give the appearance of having been designed for a purpose."1

J. Warner Wallace

#71. The discovery that the universe has no purpose need not prevent a human
being from having one.

Irwin Edman

#72. Have a purpose to your life: Purpose does not mean having a job ... You can have a job and still be unfulfilled.

Maya Angelou

#73. What good is having the power of a god if you don't know its purpose

Priya Ardis

#74. The night before, go over your schedule and see what you're going to do and what the purpose of what you're doing is. I advocate having a two-column schedule. On the left, put down all your appointments and phone calls. On the right, put down what the purpose is.

Robert Pozen

#75. People having a victim complex are not apt to count on themselves in dealing with problems and they tend to wait for a savior

Sunday Adelaja

#76. Finding happiness is not as simple as having good friends or a full social life. The crunch issue is our ability, or inability, to find within ourselves a sense of meaning or deeper purpose, something not found in everyday life.

Mark Vernon

#77. SACRED, adj. Dedicated to some religious purpose; having a divine character; inspiring solemn thoughts or emotions; as ... the Cow in India; the Crocodile, the Cat and the Onion of ancient Egypt.

Ambrose Bierce

#78. I clearly believe a lot more than some of my coalition colleagues - Tories - in redistribution and using the tax system for that purpose. I also believe in the government having an active role in the economy, which is having an industrial strategy. I'm not a believer in laissez-faire.

Vince Cable

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

Jon Miller

#80. Having a sense of purpose in life is the best way to avoid dispair.

Laura Schlessinger

#81. Often people ask how I manage to be happy despite having no arms and no legs. The quick answer is that I have a choice. I can be angry about not having limbs, or I can be thankful that I have a purpose. I chose gratitude.

Nick Vujicic

#82. After all, what is your host's purpose in having a party? Surely not for you to enjoy yourself; if that were their sole purpose, they'd have simply sent champagne and women over to your place by taxi.

P. J. O'Rourke

#83. Never forget that the purpose for which a man lives is the improvement of the man himself, so that he may go out of this world having, in his great sphere or his small one, done some little good for his fellow creatures and labored a little to diminish the sin and sorrow that are in the world.

William E. Gladstone

#84. People having a victim complex invite someone to tease them into their lives though they could have mutually beneficial relationships

Sunday Adelaja