Quotes about Purpose
Each one of us should lead a life stirring enough to start a movement.
- Max Lucado
Nothing is beneath you if it is in the direction of your life.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Without a purpose, life is motion without meaning, activity without direction, and events without reason.
- Rick Warren
Life is what happens when we are busy doing other things. Peace is not something you wish for; it's something you make, something you do, something you are and something you give away.
- John Lennon
Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.
- John Ortberg
I will not waste my life! I will finish my course and finish it well. I will display the Gospel of the grace of God in all I do. I will run my race to the end." - Paul
- John Piper
What is the purpose of life?...To be the eyes and ears and conscience of the Creator of the Universe, you fool!
- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
As your understanding of life continues to grow, you can walk upon this planet safe and secure, always moving forward toward your greater good.
- Louise Hay
Passion mutates into procedures, into rules and roles. Instead of purpose, we focus on policies. Instead of being free to create, we impose constraints that squeeze the life out of us.
- Margaret J. Wheatley
It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of the great whole of life dawn on you.
- Phillips Brooks
I'm not qualified," I protested. "Me, a minister? I have no idea how to be a pastor." He said, "When God calls someone, that's all that really matters. Don't let yourself be afraid.
- Jim Cymbala
When I am asked what my vision for the Brooklyn Tabernacle is, I always respond, "I don't have one. Last time I read my Bible, it said it was Christ's church, not mine.
- Jim Cymbala