Quotes about Purpose

Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it.

No Christian needs to feel lonely or useless.

God's purpose in creation was to let us prove ourselves. The plan was explained to us in the spirit world before we were born. We were valiant enough there to qualify for the opportunity to choose against temptation here to prepare for eternal life, the greatest of all the gifts of God.

We must never forget the value of work because without it people are denied a sense of dignity and of community.

It is a mistake for women to think that life begins only with marriage. A woman can and must have an identity and feel useful, valued, and needed whether she is single or married. She must feel that she can do something for someone else that no one else ever born can do.

We have to rediscover the eternal values and then live them out.

Somehow, we have come to the erroneous belief that we are all but flesh, blood, and bones, and that's all. So we direct our values to material things.

Governed the tides by the distant moon? Who put the "wonder" within my breast? Set off the "joy bells" within my soul? Who gave a reason to even exist? Made earth a "mission" and heaven a "goal"? Mere chance occurrence? Complete mystery? Of course there's a reason, if only we prod. Nature demands it—and so does my heart. There's only one Answer. Only one God!

To let go of even life, if need be, and accept his calling.

Yes, God is the end of your work, but He is the beginning also.

God doesn't tell you to do hard things so He can stand back and laugh and watch you struggle. He tells you to do things the things that He knows are gonna work out to your good in the end.

Do what you love. Do what makes your heart sing. And NEVER do it for the money, Go to work to spread joy.