Quotes about Purpose
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
The mighty hopes that make us men.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
Before God can use a man greatly he must wound him deeply.
— Oswald Chambers
Every man is the painter and the sculptor of his own life.
— St. John Chrysostom
Every man is a book in which God himself writes.
— Victor Hugo
When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure.
— Viktor E. Frankl
Just as God's will is creation and is called 'the world' so His intention is the salvation of men, and it is called "the Church".
— Clement of Alexandria