Quotes about Purpose
All that is in the world is vanity except to love God and serve him only.
— Thomas a Kempis
Man proposes, but God disposes.
— Thomas a Kempis
O that we had spent but one day in this world thoroughly well!
— Thomas a Kempis
The intention which is fixed on God as its only end will keep people steady in their purposes, and deliver them from being the joke and scorn of fortune.
— Thomas a Kempis
Whatever you do, do it with intelligence, and keep the end in view.
— Thomas a Kempis
Many are secretly seeking their own ends in what they do, yet know it not.
— Thomas a Kempis
Many things there are to know which profiteth little or nothing to the soul.
— Thomas a Kempis
There is naturally in every man a desire to know, but what profiteth knowledge without the fear of God?
— Thomas a Kempis
If you gave more frequent thought to your death than to a long life, you would unquestionably be more eager to amend your life.
— Thomas a Kempis
It is vanity to desire a long life, and to have little care for a good life.
— Thomas a Kempis
Why seekest thou rest when thou art born to labour? Prepare thyself for patience more than for comforts, and for bearing the cross more than for joy.
— Thomas a Kempis
You were born to work, so why do you look for rest?
— Thomas a Kempis