Quotes about Purpose
We weren't meant to be somebody--we were meant to know Somebody
— John Piper
Desire that your life count for something great! Long for your life to have eternal significance. Want this! Don't coast through life without a passion.
— John Piper
He is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.
— John Piper
But whatever you do, find the God-centered, Christ-exalting, Bible-saturated passion of your life, and find your way to say it and live for it and die for it. And you will make a difference that lasts. You will not waste your life.
— John Piper
You have one business on earth — to save souls.
— John Wesley
God grant that I may never live to be useless!
— John Wesley
I always tried to make clear that basketball is not the ultimate. It is of small importance in comparison to the total life we live. There is only one kind of life that truly wins, and that is the one that places faith in the hands of the Savior. Until that is done, we are on an aimless course that runs in circles and goes nowhere.
— John Wooden
Be true to yourself. Make each day your masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day. Pray for guidance and give thanks for your blessings every day.
— John Wooden
Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life.
— John Wooden
A knowledge of the truth depends not so much upon strength of intellect as upon pureness of purpose, the simplicity of an earnest, dependent faith.
— Ellen White
Only one lease of life is granted us; and the inquiry with every one should be, "How can I invest my powers so that they may yield the greatest profit? How can I do most for the glory of God and the benefit of my fellow men?" For life is valuable only as it is used for the attainment of these ends.
— Ellen White
A wise purpose underlay every act of Christ's life on earth. Everything He did was important in itself and in its teaching.
— Ellen White