Quotes about Purpose
And every time you make a decision to be less than what God wants for you, you're denying yourself some of God's blessings. It's up to you. You can live a life with God's blessings, or just exist with all the consequences of choosing wrong.
— Terri Blackstock
A few years ago, I asked some children, What is the purpose of eating breakfast? One boy replied, To get energy for the day. Another said, The purpose of eating breakfast is to eat breakfast. I think the second child is more correct.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
If you are lost in a forest at night, you can follow the North Star to find your way out. You follow the North Star, but your goal is to get back home; it's not to arrive at the North Star.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
This is why, to be happy [...] we need to take some time each day to sit down, look into ourselves, and identify the kind of energy that's motivating us and where it is pushing us.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Once there is seeing, there must be acting. Otherwise, what's the use of seeing?
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Life is short; it must not be spent in endless metaphysical speculations which will not be able to bring us the Truth.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Joy is the serious business of Heaven.
— CS Lewis
What keeps me going is goals.
— Muhammad Ali
Christianity is a lifestyle. And being a Christian is more than a label.
— Joyce Meyer
The goal of human life is not death but resurrection.
— Karl Barth
Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up.
— GK Chesterton
When God does not supply our motivation, we tend to major in the minors and minor in the majors.
— Gary Thomas