Quotes about Purpose

So many people never pause long enough to make up their minds about basic issues of life and death. It's quite possible to go through your whole life, making the mechanical motions of living, adopting as your own sets of ideas you've come to any conclusion for yourself as to what life is all about.

Be who God meant you to be and you will set the world on fire.

It isn't because of who I am, Maureen. It's because of who He is and what He's done—what He longs to do in you!

If you don't find a leader, perhaps it is because you were meant to lead.

People came here for a reason, to follow their conscience, to be free!

We have only one life. We may waste it, or we may use it to learn of God and what God wants for us. And we all make mistakes. Only one life.

What have you done with your knowledge and priesthood power that those without have not done this week? If you cannot answer that with power every day, what does that say about you?

Dying seems less sad than having lived too little.

Learning to accept and even love difference, as she pointed out, is important for the future of the human race. There is great comfort in realizing that differences within a family have an important purpose.

She found value in conflict, no matter what. "The purpose of ass-kicking is not that your ass gets kicked at the right time or for the right reason," she often explained. "It's to keep your ass sensitive.

Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, but with great purpose in heart.

You are good. But it is not enough just to be good. You must be good for something. You must contribute good to the world. The world must be a better place for your presence. And the good that is in you must be spread to others....