Quotes about Purpose

God's purposes are achieved through the whole of your life, not in fragments of a moment, a day, or a year.

Live pure, speak true, right wrong, follow the King—Else, wherefore born?

Yet I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs,And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns.

Ours not to reason why Ours but to do and die.

No life that breathes with human breath Has ever truly longed for death.

Question 1: What is the chief end of man? This most basic question confronts each of us. Why am I here? What is the reason for my existence? What is the purpose of my life? The catechism on the basis of 1 Corinthians 10:31 and Psalm 73:25 provides the familiar answer. "Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.

There is a kind of life that leads to death. There is a kind of death that leads to life.

It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives, nor the amount of money one has in the bank, that counts. These mean nothing. It is simply service that measures success.

The Lord has done what I wanted Him to do this week. I wanted, primarily, peace about going into pioneer Indian work. And as I analyze my feelings now, I feel quite at ease about saying that tribal work in South American jungles is the general direction of my missionary purpose.

You are not created for poverty.

There are few things more powerful than a life lived with passionate clarity.

As human beings, we are God's highest creation.