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Purpose Quotes
"Separately there was only wind, water, sail, and hull, but at my hand the four had been given purpose and direction."
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"And whatever it is that keeps widening your heart that's Mary too not only the power inside you but the love. And when you get down to it Lily that's the only purpose grand enough for a human life. Not just to love - but to persist in love."
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"When I was up there at the plate, my purpose was to get on base anyway I could, whether by hitting or by getting hit."
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"To what purpose is it to be artificially happy on the surface?"
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"Fulfilling your special calling brings the greatest happiness."
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"Parenthood is not an object of appetite or even desire. It is an object of will. There is no appetite for parenthood; there is only a purpose or intention of parenthood."
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"In my view, far from deserving condemnation for their courageous reporting, the New York Times, the Washington Post and other newspapers should be commended for serving the purpose that the Founding Fathers saw so clearly."
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"The purpose of Plan Columbia was to deal with the increased cultivation and illegal activity associated with that cultivation concerning narco trafficking in Columbia."
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"Sometimes to submit is to know you have a life worth living for a higher purpose, worth seeing through."
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"Purposefulness is a must."
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"Don't organize for any other purpose than mutual benefit to the employer and the employee."
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"Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and decent purpose."
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"But what is the point of education at all? Is it merely to cultivate the capacity of memory, passing examinations and getting a job and all the rest, or is education something entirely different? Something more!"
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"Time waits for no one so you shouldn't either. Do whatever it is that you can do RIGHT NOW that requires no external approval, acceptance or permission and is aligned with your life purpose. ....Haven't discovered your life purpose yet? No problem! Do what you love that is effortless, creative and helps others along the way. (That's one in the same thing after all. )"
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"I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you."
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"You didn't create yourself, so there is no way you can tell yourself what you were created for! If I handed you an invention you had never seen before, you wouldn't know it's purpose, and the invention itself wouldn't be able to tell you either. Only the creator or the owner's manual could reveal it's purpose."
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"I have the Pleasure to assure you Congress pay particular Attention to the Defence of New Jersey, and hitherto have denied us nothing which we have Asked for that Purpose."
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"God has a need one that only mankind can fulfil."
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"The purpose of narrative is to present us with complexity and ambiguity."
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"Life isn't worth living, unless it is lived for someone else."
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"What are you good at?" asked the owner."Going after what I believe in." That was the only possible reply; she had spent her life in pursuit of what she believed in. The only problem was that she believed in something different everyday."
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"I shall have less cause to regret the carrying my intended purpose into effect, foreseeing that you may immediately fill with advantage, the vacancy which will presently happen."
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"Our soul longs to be of service in some way. It's why we are here. If you weren't meant to touch the world in some way, you wouldn't be here.What act of service calls to you? Even the smallest thing has an effect in eternity."
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"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"
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"God created you for His higher purpose and for your better good."
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"You are good when you strive to give of yourself."
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"The significance of a man is not in what he attains but rather in what he longs to attain."
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"Your calling isn't something that somebody can tell you about. It's what you feel. It is the thing that gives you juice. The thing that you are supposed to do. And nobody can tell you what that is. You know it inside yourself."
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"I hunger for filling in a world that is starved."
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"I had a call to the University of Miami where I'd run a revival in 1950."
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