Quotes about Purpose
One thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 3:13-14).
— Kay Arthur
An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason.
— CS Lewis
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.
— CS Lewis
If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.
— CS Lewis
For you will certainly carry out God's purpose, however you act, but it makes a difference to you whether you serve like Judas or like John.
— CS Lewis
Aim at Heaven and you will get Earth 'thrown in': aim at Earth and you will get neither.
— CS Lewis
God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us lessons that we could learn in no other way.
— CS Lewis
The homemaker has the ultimate career. All other careers exist for one purpose only - and that is to support the ultimate career.
— CS Lewis
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... it has no survival value; rather is one of those things that give value to survival.
— CS Lewis
If I discover within myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world
— CS Lewis
If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning.
— CS Lewis
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not need to create). It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.
— CS Lewis