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Purpose Quotes
"I would step into a place of being lined up with a sense of purpose and my inner compass, and everything was going in the same direction. Then I'd get lazy and get off the track. And then things would start to fall apart, and I'd back up and get it together again."
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"Tony Blair faced a massive defection from his own party ranks during voting around the intervention in Iraq. For our present purpose, the point is not that he survived the defection, but that he had to face it."
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"AS for all those mistakes I make - they are on purpose - to teach you how to deal with them."
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"Fork: An instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals into the mouth."
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"When will the day come that our dignity will be fully restored, when the purpose of our lives will no longer be merely to survive until the sun rises tomorrow!"
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"The Child Custody Protection Act makes it a federal crime to transport a minor across state lines for the purpose of obtaining an abortion."
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"An Englishman never enjoys himself, except for a noble purpose."
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"Our purpose, as we face these challenges, remains clear - fair and orderly markets that allow for efficient capital formation, while protecting the interests of investors."
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"My purpose is to make my narrative as truthful as possible."
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"Each of us is merely a small instrument; all of us, after accomplishing our mission, will disappear."
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"You try on purpose to get players with different qualities which will rub off on one another."
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"Everyone wants that sense of fulfilling a purpose in some way."
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"The 'layman' need never think of his humbler task as being inferior to that of his minister. Let every man abide in the calling wherein he is called and his work will be as sacred as the work of the ministry. It is not what a man does that determines whether his work is sacred or secular, it is why he does it. The motive is everything. Let a man sanctify the Lord God in his heart and he can thereafter do no common act."
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"There remains unique questions calling for a unique mission like yours to answer " and that is your key to significance. Find them and be the answer."
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"Everyone basically has one aria to sing over their entire life."
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"Those who serve others have purpose. Those who serve themselves are lost."
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"The whole purpose was to say that it doesn't have to be a zero sum. It's not the environment or jobs. You can have both. You can help the auto industry achieve that if you have investment in plants."
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"The purpose of The Motherhood Manifesto is mothers really need to be given the ability to parent."
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"There is a sacred calling on your life, and the question is: Will you spend your life flittering and fluttering about or take the time and really heed that call and create your own path to your highest good?...You cannot let other people define your life for you. You are the author of your own life...Real power is when you are doing exactly what you are supposed to be doing, the best it can be done. Authentic power. There's a surge, there's a kind of energy field that says, "I'm in my groove, I'm in my groove." And nobody has to tell you, "You go, girl," because you know you're already gone."
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"The whole purpose of those attacks was to drive those contractors out. Lots of them had to leave. They were terrified."
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"Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for no wind is the right wind."
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"You always have something left to lose. Until, of course, you die."
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"America's highways, roads, bridges, are an indispensable part of our lives. They link one end of our nation to the other. We use them each and every day, for every conceivable purpose."
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"Every guitar I own gets used and has its purpose."
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"The ultimate way to change something is to change what is behind that something. Change what is behind something and something will change!"
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"Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose, and then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish."
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"The discovery of your life's purpose is your ultimate pathway to an extraordinary life. You were born an original, so quit conforming to the expectations of others."
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"Whatever you do for the sole purpose of having others admire you, your efforts will most likely be in vain."
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"The Englishman never enjoys himself except for a noble purpose."
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"I was hugely relieved to discover there was a purpose for girls with loud voices."
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"You may know how to operate computers. You may know a lot about medicine or robots. You may be a doctor, lawyer, teacher, or specialist but, if you don't know how YOU operate, why your life is the way it is, and how to increase fulfillment, love, and peace in your life - then all the knowledge and degrees aren't really worth much!"
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"Nothing is more important than living an important life."
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