Purpose Quotes

Anything that you resent and strongly react to in another is also in you.

Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose.

The firmer your grasp on reality, the more power you will have to alter it for your purposes.

I wanted no part of politics. And I wasn’t in Berlin to compete against any one athlete. The purpose of the Olympics, anyway, was to do your best. As I’d learned long ago from Charles Riley, the only victory that counts is the one over yourself.

Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally.

God has a purpose behind every problem. He uses circumstances to develop our character. In fact, he depends more on circumstances to make us like Jesus than he depends on our reading the Bible.

Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment.

I got a greater purpose. God put something in my heart to get across, and that’s what I’m going to focus on, using my voice as an instrument and doing what needs to be done.

Even if we don’t see it, God is always working underneath the surface, behind the scenes and orchestrating His plans and purposes.

I don’t want to be good all the time. I want to be messy and truthful and have purpose.