Quotes about Purpose
You talk of our having an idea; we do not have an idea. The idea has us, and martyrs us, and scourges us, and drives us into the arena to fight and die for it, whether we want to or not.
— Heinrich Heine
It is a trap to presume that God wants to make us perfect specimens of what He can do— God's purpose is to make us one with Himself.
— Oswald Chambers
Your abilities are the map to God's will for your life. It points the direction. When you know what you're good at, then you can know what God wants you to do with your life.
— Rick Warren
First be sure that you know exactly what you want to say. Then be sure you have said exactly that.
— CS Lewis
If you don't know what you want, don't say you never had a chance.
— Napoleon Hill
You can't want to be happy, because that's too easy and too boring.
— Paulo Coelho
If God doesn't want something for me, then I shouldn't want it either.
— Philip Yancey
Do not be 'against' anything. Being 'against' weakens you. Be 'for' what you want. Being 'for' empowers you.
— Wayne Dyer
If we really knew who God created us to be we would never want to be someone else.
— Bill Johnson
We might think that God wanted simply obedience to a set of rules: whereas He really wants people of a particular sort.
— CS Lewis
Most people spend most of their lives doing neither what they want to be doing nor what they ought to be doing.
— CS Lewis
If other people choose to believe because I do, great. I want to show people God's love through what I do and who I am. At the same time, I don't feel I need to pass out Bibles at the concert.
— Clay Aiken