Quotes about Purpose
Man soll bauen als wollt man ewig leben, und also leben als sollt man morgen sterben. One should build as if one would live forever, and live as though one would die tomorrow.
— Martin Luther
Unless a sharp distinction is maintained between the purpose and function of the Law and the Gospel, the Christian doctrine cannot be kept free from error.
— Martin Luther
28. God's love does not find, but creates, that which is pleasing to it. Human love comes into being through that which is pleasing to it.
— Martin Luther
For any work not directed toward the purpose of either disciplining the body or serving the neighbor (as long as the neighbor demands nothing against God) is neither good nor Christian.
— Martin Luther
No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they'd die for.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
If man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
You are quite right in calling for negotiation. Indeed, this is the very purpose of direct action. Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Whatever your life's work is, do it well. A man should do his job so well that the living, the dead, and the unborn could do it no better.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
I am convinced that the universe is under the control of a loving purpose, and that in the struggle for righteousness man has cosmic companionship.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
There is nothing more tragic than to find an individual bogged down in the length of life, devoid of breadth.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.