"Success isn't about acquiring things, it's about discovering your life purpose and following the call"
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"If it's knowledge and wisdom you want, then seek out the company of those who do real work for an honest purpose."
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"The purpose of this book is to supply, in the form suitable for laymen, guidance in the adoption and execution of an investment policy."
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"The establishment of a clear, central purpose or goal in life is the starting point of all success"
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"For me, the greater purpose of the story is just to illuminate some pattern of human truth."
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"The purpose of all wars, is peace."
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"The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the other.... The whole purpose of life is to live by love."
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"Words may inspire, but only ACTION creates change. Most of us live our lives by accident - we live life as it happens. Fulfillment comes when we live our lives on purpose."
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"They are not only idle who do nothing, but they are idle also who might be better employed."
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"Petty things become unimportant when people are impassioned about a purpose higher than self."
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"The most practical of all methods for controlling the mind is the habit of keeping it busy with a definite purpose, backed by a definite plan."
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"My purpose is far greater than my pain"
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"We know there is intention and purpose in the universe, because there is intention and purpose in us."
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"Beauty always had a purpose: to be of service to life."
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"Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through the education of his passions."
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"There is no failure except failure to serve one's purpose."
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"Part of success is preparation on purpose."
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"The purpose of Art is to create enthusiasm."
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"What is the purpose of life? I believe that the purpose of life is to be happy."
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"Goods can serve many other purposes besides purchasing money, but money can serve no other purpose besides purchasing goods."
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