Quotes about Purpose
Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
Money can't heal your heart. Money can't give you purpose. I don't want arms and legs, I want purpose. I don't want arms and legs, I want peace. I don't want arms and legs, I want to be a miracle for someone else.
— Nick Vujicic
Find something that makes you happy and go for it.
— Zendaya
I don't know why I started writing. I don't know why anybody does it. Maybe they're bored, or failures at something else.
— Cormac McCarthy
Salvation brings the soul a deep awareness of God's love. Life takes on more meaning, for it now has a purpose.
— Mother Angelica
We do not exist for ourselves alone, and it is only when we are fully convinced of this fact that we begin to love ourselves properly and thus also love others.
— Thomas Merton
To live in sync with who we truly are means to recognize that we are dependent on God for our very breath and are graced with many good things; it means to be grateful to the giver and attentive to the purpose for which the gifts are given.
— Miroslav Volf
God's gifts aim at making us into generous givers, not just fortunate receivers. God gives so that we, in human measure, can be givers too.
— Miroslav Volf
Notice that, in making ourselves available, we are not doing God any favors. We give ourselves for God's use to benefit creation, not to benefit God.
— Miroslav Volf
Theology is in crisis, largely because it has lost its nerve and forgotten its purpose to help discern, articulate, and commend compelling visions of flourishing life in light of God's self-revelation in Jesus Christ.
— Miroslav Volf
All men are in search of happiness. . . . This is the motive for men's every action, even those who are going to hang themselves.
— Miroslav Volf
This is why we believe in Jesus Christ—to help us see that we are not what we ought to be and to help us become what we ought to be.
— Miroslav Volf