Purpose quotes and words of wisdom

"As a man can drink water from any side of a full tank, so the skilled theologian can wrest from any scripture that which will serve his purpose."
Bhagavad-Gita


"Definiteness of purpose with positive mental attitude is the starting point of all worthwhile achievement."
Napoleon Hill


"Every path serves a purpose."
Gene Oliver


"My purposes are the geography that marks out my line of travel toward the person I want to be."
Alice Koeller or Koller


"Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes."
Kenneth Hildebrand


"The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been, is moving to become better."
John Dewey


"The last temptation is the greatest treason; To do the right deed for the wrong reason."
T. S. Eliot


"The purpose of our lives is to be happy."
The Dalai Lama


"The secret of success is constancy to purpose."
Benjamin Disraeli


"The whole life of man is but a point of time; let us enjoy it, therefore, while it lasts, and not spend it to no purpose."
Plutarch


"The whole world steps aside for the man who knows where he is going."
Unknown


"To forget one"s purpose is the commonest form of stupidity."
Friedrich Nietzsche


Interesting Quotes

There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.Douglas Adams - English humorist & science fiction novelist (1952 - 2001)

From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.Groucho Marx - US comedian with Marx Brothers (1890 - 1977)