Quotes about Purpose

Action without a name, a 'who' attached to it, is meaningless.

I don't know; I think I'd be gloomy without some faith that there is a purpose and there is a kind of witness to my life.

There is only one thing that a man really wants to do, all his life; and that is, to find his way to his God, his Morning Star, salute his fellow man, and enjoy the woman who has come the long way with him.

I never knew what I wanted to do, but I knew the kind of woman I wanted to be.

Work is therapy for the soul.

It is your passion that empowers you to be able to do that thing you were created to do.

I'm a believer in karma, and I'm also a believer that things happen for a reason.

So though there are many things I would have done differently, I submit to God's sovereignty and His purpose in my life and I thank Him that He brought me the way He brought me and gave me what He gave me when He thought I could handle it.

Initially, when I first became a Christian and got into ministry, my thought was that God existed to make my life better and to take me to Heaven. Now I realize that it is not about me at all. It is all about God and that He did this to display His plan to restore the Earth to the Garden of Eden state.

Sad will be the day for any man when he becomes contented with the thoughts he is thinking and the deeds he is doing - where there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger; which he knows he was meant and made to do.

If God wants [my] company, musn't we say that God wants the company of all those who have made [me] to be [me]?

My black brothers and sisters—no one will know who we are…until we know who we are! We never will be able to go anywhere until we know where we are!