Quotes about Purpose
Do you feel loved by God because you believe he makes much of you, or because you believe he frees you and empowers you to enjoy making much of him?
— John Piper
God created us for this: to live our lives in a way that makes him look more like the greatness and the beauty and the infinite worth that he really is. This is what it means to be created in the image of God.
— John Piper
We weren't meant to be somebody--we were meant to know Somebody
— John Piper
Desire that your life count for something great! Long for your life to have eternal significance. Want this! Don't coast through life without a passion.
— John Piper
He is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.
— John Piper
But whatever you do, find the God-centered, Christ-exalting, Bible-saturated passion of your life, and find your way to say it and live for it and die for it. And you will make a difference that lasts. You will not waste your life.
— John Piper
Most of American life is driving somewhere and then driving back wondering why the hell you went.
— John Updike
Religion enables us to ignore nothingness and get on with the jobs of life.
— John Updike
You have one business on earth — to save souls.
— John Wesley
God grant that I may never live to be useless!
— John Wesley
I always tried to make clear that basketball is not the ultimate. It is of small importance in comparison to the total life we live. There is only one kind of life that truly wins, and that is the one that places faith in the hands of the Savior. Until that is done, we are on an aimless course that runs in circles and goes nowhere.
— John Wooden
Be true to yourself. Make each day your masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day. Pray for guidance and give thanks for your blessings every day.
— John Wooden