Quotes about Purpose

Nothing will change permanently until you dig down to the bedrock of truth about your life and God's purpose for it.

The greatest tragedy is not death, but life without purpose.

You may be serving in obscurity in some small place, feeling unknown and unappreciated. Listen, God put you were you are for a purpose! ... He will let you know if he wants you somewhere else.

If you want to be used by God, you must care about what God cares about, what he cares about most is the redemption of the people he made.

Servants think about their work, not what others are doing.

Nothing matters more than knowing God's purposes for your life, and nothing can compensate for not knowing them — not success, wealth, fame, or pleasure. Without a purpose, life is motion without meaning, activity without direction, and events without reason. Without a purpose, life is trivial, petty, and pointless.

Knowing your purpose gives meaning to your life. We were made to have meaning. This is why people try dubious methods, like astrology or psychics, to discover it. When life has meaning, you can bear almost anything; without it, nothing is bearable.

It is usually meaningless work, not overwork, that wears us down, saps our strength, and robs our joy.

Knowing your purpose simplifies your life. It defines what you do and what you don't do. Your purpose becomes the standard you use to evaluate which activities are essential and which aren't. You simply ask, "Does this activity help me fulfill one of God's purposes for my life?

Use your whole body as a tool to do what is right for the glory of God.

Living to create an earthly legacy is a shortsighted goal. A wiser use of time is to build an eternal legacy. You weren't put on earth to be remembered. You were put here to prepare for eternity.

Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.