Quotes about Purpose
I should not want to live unless I could live to do some good to others.
— Ellen White
At every stage of development our life may be perfect; yet if God's purpose for us is fulfilled, there will be continual advancement. Sanctification is the work of a lifetime. As our opportunities multiply, our experience will enlarge, and our knowledge increase. We shall become strong to bear responsibility, and our maturity will be in proportion to our privileges.
— Ellen White
God created us to be worshipers because it is right that he be known, loved and worshiped. This isn't because he is needy and wishes someone would tell him how special he is. No, it's because he is perfect and the worship of his perfection is holiness in action.
— Elyse Fitzpatrick
What oxygen is to the lungs, such is hope to the meaning of life.
— Emil Brunner
The whole purpose of the Bible, it seems to me, is to convince people to set the written word down in order to become living words in the world for God's sake. For me, this willing conversion of ink back to blood is the full substance of faith.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
So of course when it came time to decide what to do with my life, I decided to go to seminary. What else do you do when you are in love with God?
— Barbara Brown Taylor
Somewhere along the line we bought—or were sold—the idea that God is chiefly interested in religion. We believed that God's home was
— Barbara Brown Taylor
People know when their gifts are being wasted, and this knowledge can eat away at the soul like a cancer. Call me a romantic, but I think most people want to be good for something.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
Then one night when my whole heart was open to hearing from God what I was supposed to do with my life, God said, "Anything that pleases you." "What?" I said, resorting to words again. "What kind of an answer is that?" "Do anything that pleases you," the voice in my head said again, "and belong to me.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
The basic principle is to do no harm. Beyond that, you are free to do quite a lot of things for a living, but they are not all going to come with their own evident purposes. Supplying that purpose is going to be up to you.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
We wanted More. We wanted a deeper sense of purpose. We wanted a stronger sense of God's presence.
— Barbara Brown Taylor
Let the beauty we love be what we do.
— Barbara Brown Taylor