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Quotes about Purpose

Get busy with life's purpose, toss aside empty hopes, get active in your own rescue—if you care for yourself at all—and do it while you can.
— Marcus Aurelius
What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does, he should do with all his might.
— Cicero
If there were no emptiness, there would be no life.
— Margaret Atwood
I would like to be found. I would like to see. Or to be seen. I wonder if, in the eye of God, it amounts to the same thing.
— Margaret Atwood
Nothing should be carelessly thrown away, not even wine from sinful places. There was no such thing as garbage, trash, or dirt, only matter that hadn't been put to a proper use.
— Margaret Atwood
it is better to journey than to arrive, as long as we journey in firm faith and for selfless ends.
— Margaret Atwood
I thought she'd get angry then, but all she said was, "You are not unique in the universe. No one has an easy time in life. But maybe God has effed up—as you put it—your life for a reason." "And I can hardly fucking wait to find out what that is," I said.
— Margaret Atwood
It is better to journey than to arrive, as long as we journey in firm faith and for selfless ends.
— Margaret Atwood
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.
— Henry David Thoreau
Everything starts with one person... I don't care if you're 5 or 105, God from all eternity chose you to be where you are, at this time in history, to change the world.
— Mother Angelica
If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.
— Zig Ziglar
You've got to believe that God is in control of your life. It may be a tough time but you've got to believe that God has a reason for it and he's going to make everything good.
— Joel Osteen