Quotes about Purpose
Only He who made man makes man happy.
— St. Augustine
Man was made for the highest activity, which is, in fact, his rest.
— Thomas Merton
I continue to believe that this world has no ultimate meaning. But I know that something in it has a meaning and that is man, because he is the only creature to insist on having one
— Albert Camus
In regard to man's final end, all the higher religions are in complete agreement. The purpose of human life is the discovery of Truth, the unitive knowledge of the Godhead.
— Aldous Huxley
It is our duty and our privilege to exhaust our lives for Jesus. We are not to be living specimens of men in fine preservation, but living sacrifices, whose lot is to be consumed
— Charles Spurgeon
Just as a man does not desire food until he is hungry, so does he not desire the salvation of Christ until he knows why he needs Christ.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Most men go through life unchallenged, except at the final moment.
— Frank Herbert
Our true destiny is not to be ministered unto but to minister to ourselves and to our fellow men.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
For men are made for happiness, and any one who is completely happy has a right to say to himself, 'I am doing God's will on earth.'
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
It is necessary that every man have at least somewhere to go. For there are times when one absolutely must go at least somewhere!
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
It is in the hour of trial that a man finds his true profession.
— George Bernard Shaw
God created man to share friendship with Him and share in His happiness.
— Greg Koukl