Quotes about Purpose
God isn't finished with you when you retire! When we know Christ, we never retire from His service.
— Billy Graham
God created us free to choose how we would live... but leaves us free to pursue our own ends with tragic, natural consequences.
— Billy Graham
We cannot pray sincerely if our aim is not to bring glory to Him.
— Billy Graham
We] are not here by chance or by accident; God put us on this journey called life. We came from Him, and our greatest joy will come from giving ourselves back to Him and learning to walk with Him every day until we return to Him.
— Billy Graham
An architect draws the plans for a new building—but it still has to be built. A composer writes a new piece of music—but it still has to be played. A chef devises a new recipe—but the ingredients still have to be cooked. In the same way, God has given us a blueprint for living—but we must know what it is and then put it into action.
— Billy Graham
The church is a storehouse of spiritual food whereby the inner man is fed, nourished, and developed into maturity. If it fails, it is not fulfilling its purpose as a church.
— Billy Graham
Jesus invited us not to a picnic, but to a pilgrimage; not to a frolic, but to a fight. He offered us not an excursion, but an execution.
— Billy Graham
it is the smaller, the petty, things in life that divide people. It is the great tasks that bring men together.
— Booker T. Washington
In order to be successful in any kind of undertaking, I think the main thing is for one to grow to the point where he completely forgets himself; that is, to lose himself in a great cause.
— Booker T. Washington
To do the most that lies in you, you must go with a heart and head full of hope and faith in the world, believing that there is work for you to do, believing that you are the person to accomplish that work, and the one who is going to accomplish it.
— Booker T. Washington
Rather than being purpose-driven, I prefer to be presence-centered. All our efforts in God's Kingdom must originate from the place of rest, the place of His presence.
— Heidi Baker
The reason I have come to serve here, the reason I am alive, is for this purpose and this purpose alone: to learn how to love as Jesus loved.
— Heidi Baker