Quotes about Purpose
A relationship is not meant to be the joining at the hip of two emotional invalids. The purpose of a relationship is not for two incomplete people to become one, but rather for two complete people to join together for the greater glory of God.
— Marianne Williamson
As long as there are ways we can serve, then we have a job to do.
— Marianne Williamson
Success means we go to sleep at night knowing that our talents and our abilities were used in a way that served people. We're compensated by grateful looks in other people's eyes, whatever material abundance supports us in performing joyfully and at high energy, and the magnificent feeling that we did our bit today to help save the world.
— Marianne Williamson
God cannot do for us what He cannot do through us, and today I pray that He works through me. May I be used for a higher purpose, as I surrender to Him my hands and feet, my thoughts and behavior. May they reflect His love. May angels guide me, that I might do the part assigned me to help heal the world.
— Marianne Williamson
In the holy relationship, it's understood that we all have unhealed places, and that healing is the purpose of our being with another person.
— Marianne Williamson
We came here to co-create with God by extending love. Life spent with any other purpose in mind is meaningless, contrary to our nature, and ultimately painful.
— Marianne Williamson
There is a plan for each of us, and each of us is precious. As we open our hearts more and more, we're moved in the directions in which we're supposed to go.
— Marianne Williamson
The problem with setting goals is that they can be limiting. Perhaps we're asking for something good when God's will is that we be given something great.
— Marianne Williamson
He teaches us to see love as our only function.
— Marianne Williamson
The purpose of life as a woman is to ascend to the throne and rule with heart.
— Marianne Williamson
I surrender myself, that I might be used in bringing the end of suffering to all
— Marianne Williamson
Knowing who you are and why you came here -- that you are a child of God, and that you came here to heal and be healed -- is more important than knowing what you want to do. What you want to do is not the important question. The question to ask is, When I do anything, how should I do it? And the answer is, Kindly.
— Marianne Williamson