Quotes about Purpose
The secret of the missionary is...I am His, and He is carrying out His work through me.
— Oswald Chambers
Work without love is slavery.
— Mother Teresa
I can't die now, I have so much work to do.
— J. Gresham Machen
Work to make a living; serve to make a life.
— Will Rogers
...if I die suddenly, my gravestone might appropriately offer this insight into my departure: "God got tired." I require lots of work.
— Beth Moore
I used to hope the things I did would work; now I hope they last.
— Bob Goff
That's what we're all looking for, the place where the work leads us.
— Dustin Hoffman
So many missionaries, intent on doing something, forget that His main work is to make something of them.
— Jim Elliot
He that loves works out good to those that he loves, as he is able. God's power and will are equal; what He wills He works.
— John Owen
What we are is much more important to Him than what we do for Him. We mean far more to God than the work we do.
— Alan Redpath
It is clear that there is some difference between ends: some ends are energeia [energy], while others are products which are additional to the energeia.
— Aristotle
Productiveness is your acceptance of morality, your recognition of the fact that you choose to live.
— Ayn Rand