Quotes about Purpose
A man knows when he has found his vocation when he stops thinking about how to live and begins to live.
— Thomas Merton
God in His love always wills what is best for us. In His wisdom He always knows what is best, and in His sovereignty He has the power to bring it about.
— Jerry Bridges
Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep in the blood and soul, for mental explanation or description.
— DH Lawrence
So great and boundless is God's wisdom that he knows right well how to use evil instruments to do good.
— John Calvin
God, I want what you want more than I want what I want.
— Andy Stanley
But if you believe yourself worthy of the thing you fought so hard to get, then you become an instrument of God, you help the Soul of the World, and you understand why you are here.
— Paulo Coelho
We are exactly where we have chosen to be.
— Vernon Howard
But if you want to identify me, ask me not where I live, or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair, but ask me what I think I am living for.
— Thomas Merton
I am not in the world to care for my life, but for souls.
— Victor Hugo
What is wisdom? It is the skill to achieve the perfect means by the perfect ends.
— AW Tozer
Please, put aside all excuses and ask yourself, "What should I be doing?" Yes, you alone can make a difference. The question is, will you?
— Charles Swindoll
Blessed is he who devotes his life to great and noble ends, and who forms his well-considered plans with deliberate wisdom.
— St. Augustine