Quotes about Purpose
The only purpose of starting is to finish, and while the projects we do are never really finished, they must ship.
— Seth Godin
A movement is thrilling. It's the work of many people, all connected, all seeking something better.
— Seth Godin
You weren't born to be a cog in the giant industrial machine. You were trained to become a cog. There's an alternative available to you.
— Seth Godin
Each of us can show up in our own way, but the choice is the same: to lead, to create work that matters, and to find the magic that happens when we are lucky enough to cocreate with people who care.
— Seth Godin
A day's work is your chance to do art, to create a gift, to do something that matters.
— Seth Godin
Theodore Levitt famously said, "People don't want to buy a quarter-inch drill bit. They want a quarter-inch hole." The lesson is that the drill bit is merely a feature, a means to an end, but what people truly want is the hole it makes.
— Seth Godin
Work that matters for people who care is the shortest, most direct route to making a difference.
— Seth Godin
Your most generous and insightful work needs help finding the people it's meant to serve. And your most successful work will spread because you designed it to.
— Seth Godin
Everyone has a problem, a desire, and a narrative. Who will you seek to serve?
— Seth Godin
It almost seems as though some very intentional, finely tuned plot against us intends to rob us of who we are in Christ.
— Sheila Walsh
But being busy for God and
— Sheila Walsh
What one does in one's art, that is the breath of one's being. What one does in one's life, that is a bagatelle for the outsiders to fuss about.
— DH Lawrence