Quotes about Purpose
The only failure a man ought to fear is failure in cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.
— George Eliot
Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
There goes a man made by the Lord Almighty and not by his tailor.
— Andrew Jackson
I myself must mix with action, lest I wither by despair.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.
— Herbert Hoover
The world stands aside to let anyone pass who knows where he is going.
— David Starr Jordan
This is true joy of life-the being used for a purpose that is recognized by yourself as a right one, instead of being a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.
— George Bernard Shaw
Fortunate is the person who has developed the self-control to steer a straight course toward his objective in life, without being swayed from his purpose by either commendation or condemnation.
— Napoleon Hill
In the multitude of middle-aged men who go about their vocations in a daily course determined for them much in the same way as they tie their cravats, there is always a good number who once meant to shape their own deeds and alter the world a little.
— George Eliot
Aim at heaven and you get earth thrown in; aim at earth and you get neither.
— CS Lewis
The house appointed for all living.
— Anonymous
It's what you do that makes your soul, not the other way around.
— Barbara Kingsolver