Quotes about Purpose

Our vocation is not something we do for God- which would put the burden on us to perform and achieve. Instead, it is a way we participate in God's work. For God himself is engaged not only in the work of salvation, but also in the work of preserving and maintaining His creation.

In every age, the gospel fulfills people's most profound aspirations.

Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind and enjoyment and happiness which come only to the man who has found the work that he likes best.

Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire and begin at once, whether you ready or not, to put this plan into action.

Remember: What you do doesn't determine who you are; who you are determines what you do.

Your greatest fulfillment in life will come when you discover your unique gifts and abilities and use them to edify others and glorify the LORD." (pg. 146)

We don't serve God to gain His acceptance; we are accepted, so we serve God. We don't follow Him to be loved; we are loved, so we follow Him. It is not what we do that determines who we are; it is who we are that determines what we do.

Because wholeness and meaning in life are not the products of what you have or don't have, what you've done or haven't done. You are already a whole person and possess a life of infinite meaning and purpose because of who you are—a child of God.

if you want God's blessing, He must be the architect of the vision.

The purpose of freedom is to create it for others.

What's the point of doing something good if nobody's watching?

Socrates once said that the unexamined life is not worth living.