Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended, but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward toward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

I just wake up and say, "You're a bum, go do something worthwhile today."

Each of our acts makes a statement as to our purpose.

The purpose of man is in action not thought.

The first thing to do in life is to do with purpose what one purposes to do.

Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.

The presence of a long-term, conscious goal has helped me maintain stability through the ubiquitous changes of over half a century.

Everything in the universe has a purpose. Indeed, the invisible intelligence that flows through everything in a purposeful fashion is also flowing through you.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Men achieve a certain greatness unawares, when working to another aim.

A purpose you impart is no longer your own.

Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.

At a turbulent public meeting once I lost my temper and said some harsh and sarcastic things. The proposal I was supporting was promptly defeated. My father who was there, said nothing, but that night, on my pillow I found a marked passage from Aristotle: Anybody can become angry--that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way -- that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.

I think that a lot of women are made to feel that they have not done the one thing that they were put on the earth to do if they didn't do the normal thing, if they didn't take the most traveled path. And it's unfortunate.

The purpose in life is to collaborate for a common cause; the problem is nobody seems to know what it is.

Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.

Many good purposes lie in the churchyard.

Multitudes of people, drifting aimlessly to and fro without a set purpose, deny themselves such fulfillment of their capacities, and the satisfying happiness which attends it. They are not wicked, they are only shallow. They are not mean or vicious; they simply are empty -- shake them and they would rattle like gourds. They lack range, depth, and conviction. Without purpose their lives ultimately wander into the morass of dissatisfaction. As we harness our abilities to a steady purpose and undertake the long pull toward its accomplishment, rich compensations reward us. A sense of purpose simplifies life and therefore concentrates our abilities; and concentration adds power.

The meaning of life is to give life meaning.

The aims of life are the best defense against death.

I see no business in life but the work of Christ.

Make sure the thing you're living for is worth dying for.

You are only as strong as your purpose, therefore let us choose reasons to act that are big bold righteous and eternal.

To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.

It's not so much how busy you are, but why you are busy. The bee is praised. The mosquito is swatted.

It is essential that we enable young people to see themselves as participants in one of the most exciting eras in history, and to have a sense of purpose in relation to it.

To be a Sufi is to cease from taking trouble; and there is no greater trouble for thee than thine own self, for when thou art occupied with thyself, thou remainest away from God.

How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to become -- to be at last, and to die in the fullness of his being.

Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?

Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing.

The crowning blessing of life is to be born with a bias to some pursuit.

Be not simply good; be good for something.

All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.

If we don't stand for something, we may fall for anything.

Ordinary people think merely of spending time. Great people think of using it.

Man's chief end is to glorify God, and enjoy Him forever.

You can come to understand your purpose in life by slowing down and feeling your heart's desires.

Your cause belongs to those that can avenge your wrongs.

You, betrayed by time and space, Seek and find your proper place.