Quotes about Purpose
We are given so few years on this earth, and there are so many good things that get in the way of the best things. We must live for eternity.
— Paul Washer
God has, in fact, thought of us from eternity and has loved us as unique individuals. He has called every one of us by name, as the Good Shepherd 'calls His sheep by name.'
— Pope John Paul II
A good character today is shaped by greatness, greatness in vision, greatness in courage, greatness in insight, greatness in purpose and devotion.
— A Powell Davies
If we want to be better than normal we must move from good intentions to what I call God intentions.
— Craig Groeschel
For a good cause, wrongdoing is virtuous.
— Publilius Syrus
When I sit down to write a novel, I am exploring my own relationship with God, with the struggle between good and evil, my own purpose.
— Ted Dekker
Good things are not necessarily God things.
— Craig Groeschel
There can be no greater good than the quest for peace, and no finer purpose than the preservation of freedom.
— Ronald Reagan
Learn to be good for something.
— Brigham Young
Book of Ecclesiastes, God is saying... Write a good story, take somebody with you and let me help.
— Donald Miller
I don't want to sit around and hope good things happen. I want to make them happen.
— Drew Barrymore
It is a very good world for the purposes for which it was built; and that is all anything is good for.
— Henry Ward Beecher