Quotes about Purpose
The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.
— Napoleon Hill
A man can be so busy making a living that he forgets to make a life.
— William Barclay
The unhappiest man on earth is the one who has nothing to do.
— Henry Ford
Without God man has no reference point to define himself.
— RC Sproul
God does not choose a person for ease and comfort and selfish joy but for a task that will take all that head and heart and hand can bring to it. God chooses a man in order to use him.
— William Barclay
God's work is not man working for God; it is God's own work, though often wrought through man's hands.
— Hudson Taylor
Man is; it matters to him; this is terrifying unless it matters to God, too, because this is the only possible reason we can matter to ourselves.
— Madeleine L'Engle
That all of God's men are immortal until God is through with them is a wonderful comforting thought for today. And when He is through with you, He will remove you from the earth.
— J. Vernon McGee
Where the mind goes, the man follows.
— Joyce Meyer
It is only when men associate with the wicked with the desire and purpose of doing them good, that they can rely upon the protection of God to preserve them from contamination.
— Charles Hodge
It is in the middle that human choices are made; the beginning and the end remain with God. The decrees of God are birth and death, and in between those limits man makes his own distress or joy.
— Oswald Chambers
Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel