6,483 Quotes About Purpose

There is no better test of a man's work than time, which also reveals the thoughts which lay hidden in his breast.

Everyone serves a purpose.

Whatever policy we adopt, there must be an energetic prosecution of it. For this purpose it must be somebody's business to pursue and direct it incessantly.

You were aimed from birth: you will never be alone... The whole wide world pours down.

The purpose of God isn't to save us from Hell. The purpose of God is to make us like Christ.

Do you serve a purpose, or purposely serve?

Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could spare them from all suffering? No, it wouldn't. They would not evolve as human beings and would remain shallow, identified with the external form of things. Suffering drives you deeper. The paradox is that suffering is caused by identification with form and erodes identification with form. A lot of it is caused by the ego, although eventually suffering destroys the ego-but not until you suffer consciously.

The purpose of the Reichsautobahnen is to become the roads of Adolf Hitler.

Many men go fishing their entire lives without knowing it is not fish they are after.