Quotes about Purpose

Believe in yourselves. Believe in your capacity to do some good in this world. God sent us here for a purpose, and that was to improve the world in which we live. The wonderful thing is that we can do it.

It is not enough just to be good. We must be good for something. We must contribute good to the world. The world must be a better place for our presence. And the good that is in us must be spread to others. This is the measure of our civility.

It's true, isn't it? Then what else really matters?

What a wonderful time it is for each of us to do his or her small part in moving the work of the Lord on to its magnificent destiny.

Work will cure your grief. Serve others.

Associated with gratitude is virtue. I think they are related because he who is disposed to shun virtue lacks appreciation of life, its purposes, and the happiness and well-being of others.

Each of you is a daughter of God. Reflect on all the wondrous meaning of that one paramount fact.

No matter the circumstances, I encourage you to go forward with faith and prayer, calling on the Lord. You may not receive any direct revelation. But you will discover, as the years pass, that there has been a subtle guiding of your footsteps in paths of progress and great purpose.

We aim above the mark, to hit the mark. Every act hath some falsehood of exaggeration in it.

A door that seems to stand open must be a man's size, or it is not the door that Providence means for him.

They who have no central purpose in their life fall an easy prey to petty worries, fears, troubles, and self-pitying, all of which are indications of weakness, which lead, just as surely as deliberately planned sins (though by a different route), to failure, unhappiness, and loss, for weakness cannot persist in a power evolving universe.

For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?