Purpose quotes
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"I once thought that if I could ask God one question, I would ask how the universe began, because once I knew that, all the rest is simply equations. But as I got older I became less concerned with how the universe began. Rather, I would want to know why he started the universe. For once I knew that answer, then I would know the purpose of my own life."
"The purpose of construction is TO MAKE THINGS HOLD TOGETHER; of architecture TO MOVE US."
"Waking up to who you are requires letting go of who you imagine yourself to be"
"Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose."
"The purpose of religion is to keep the poor from killing the rich."
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"Man is nothing else but what he purposes, he exists only in so far as he realizes himself, he is therefore nothing else but the sum of his actions, nothing else but what his life is."
"I know of no better life purpose than to perish in attempting the great and the impossible."
"The supreme purpose and goal for human life... is to cultivate love."
"The purpose of life is to believe, to hope, and to strive."
"The purpose of information is not knowledge. It is being able to take the right action."
"I have made the Bhagwad Gita as the main source of my inspiration and guide for the purpose of scientific investigations and formation of my theories."
"Don't be concerned with other people's impressions of you. They are dazzled and deluded by appearances. Stick with your purpose. This alone will strengthen your will and give your life coherence."
"Live with purpose. Don't let people or things around you get you down."
"The chief purpose of life, for any of us, is to increase according to our capacity our knowledge of God by all means we have, and to be moved by it to praise and thanks."
"The basic purpose of prayer is not to bend God's will to mine, but to mold my will into His."
"The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better."
"There has never been and never will be another you. You have a purpose - a very special gift that only you can bring to the world."
"The purpose of a story is to be an axe that breaks up the ice within us."
"Always persevere, always have a great perspective, and always have great purpose in your life"
"All I can do is be me, whoever that is."
"Never underestimate your own strength. You were born for a purpose and are blessed with the power to achieve it."
"Allow your passion to become your purpose, and it will one day become your profession."
"Music's only purpose should be for the glory of God and the recreation of the human spirit."
"It is a wonderful truth that things we want most in life-a sense of purpose, happiness and hope-are most easily attained by giving them to others."
"The purpose is not that you might get more of the Holy Spirit, but that the Holy Spirit might get more of you."
