Purposefulness Quotes

• At the core of life is a hard purposefulness, a determination to live.

  Howard Thurman

  Life, Determination, Core

  Howard Thurman (1963). “Disciplines of the spirit”, Friends United Pr

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• If you do not know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Inspiring, Success, Baseball

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• When we accept any discipline for ourselves, we try to avoid everything except that which is necessary for our purpose; it is this purposefulness, which belongs to the adult mind, that we force upon school children. We say, "Never keep your mind aler.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Children, School, Discipline

  Rabindranath Tagore (2009). “The Oxford India Tagore: Selected Writings on Education and Nationalism”, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Goals are like a magnet - they pull. And the stronger they are, the more purposeful they are, the bigger they are, the more unique they are, the stronger they pull.

  Jim Rohn

  Unique, Goal, Stronger

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Oct 07, 2014

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• To experience the satisfaction and enjoyment of success in life, a definitive goal is essential. Many people fail at this vital point. The goal must be definite and specific, not in any sense vague or fuzzy. And to prove attainable, its image needs to be sharpened and resharpened continually, so that it stands out vividly in your thoughts. You must know, at all times, precisely and for certain what it is you want to accomplish and achieve. Strong and organized purposefulness toward a definite objective will focus your powers into a strong motivation in attainment of your goal.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Strong, Motivation, People

  Norman Vincent Peale (1970). “Norman Vincent Peale's treasury of courage and confidence”

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• Christmas can be the end of emptiness and waywardness; The beginning of happiness and purposefulness.

  William Arthur Ward

  Christmas, Emptiness, Ends

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• People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.

  Earl Nightingale

  Inspirational, Motivational, Graduation

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• All life is a purposeful struggle, and your only choice is the choice of a goal.

  Ayn Rand

  Inspirational, Life, Struggle

  Ayn Rand (1963). “For the New Intellectual: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (50th Anniversary Edition)”, p.155, Penguin

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• Every man or woman is a potential poet or artist. Everyone has the capacity to bring to their work the dignity, purposefulness, and presence of the artist.

  Laurence Boldt

  Artist, Men, Careers

  Laurence G. Boldt (1999). “Zen and the Art of Making a Living: A Practical Guide to Creative Career Design”, p.184, Penguin

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• Release and detach from every person, every circumstance, every condition, and every situation that no longer serves a divine purpose in your life. All things have a season, and all seasons must come to an end. Choose a new season, filled with purposeful thoughts and activities.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Inspirational, Change, Letting Go

  FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from Sep 28, 2013

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• A boat is safe in the harbor. But this is not the purpose of a boat.

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Fear

  FaceBook post by Paulo Coelho from Mar 18, 2014

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• The born-again Christian sees life not as a blurred , confused, meaningless mass, but as something planned and purposeful.

  Billy Graham

  Life, Faith, God

  Billy Graham (2006). “Hope for Each Day: Words of Wisdom and Faith”, p.22, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks.

  Jack Penn

  Inspirational, Life, Perseverance

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• If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Walden ch. 18 (1854)

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• It’s not about the money. Its about creating a business out of your life’s purpose and mission.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Creating, Purpose, Missions

  FaceBook post by Robert Kiyosaki from Aug 19, 2013

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• Ask yourself what makes you come alive.

  Howard Thurman

  Inspirational Life, Self Esteem, Live Life

  "Oprah Gives Inspiring Commencement Speech to Harvard" by Derrick Bryson Taylor, www.essence.com. May, 31, 2013.

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• Life is difficult. Not just for me or other ALS patients. Life is difficult for everyone. Finding ways to make life meaningful and purposeful and rewarding, doing the activities that you love and spending time with the people that you love - I think that's the meaning of this human experience.

  Steve Gleason

  Love, Life, Meaningful

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• That is all I want in life: for this pain to seem purposeful.

  Elizabeth Wurtzel

  Depression, Pain, Being Sad

  Elizabeth Wurtzel (2014). “Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America”, p.55, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Unlikely accomplishments are borne out of single-minded purposefulness. Future superstars don't get there by keeping part of their heart in reserve.

  John Eliot

  Heart, Accomplishment, Achievement

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• When I went to school, it was right after the '60s and before this general wave of practical purposefulness had set in.... The idealistic wind of the '60s was still at our backs, though, and most of the people I know who are my age have that engrained in them forever.

  Steve Jobs

  School, Wind, People

  "Playboy Interview: Steve Jobs". Interview With David Sheff, reprints.longform.org. February 1985.

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• By unlinking your money motivation from anger, fear, and the need to prove yourself, you can install new links for earning your money through purpose, contribution, and joy.

  T. Harv Eker

  Motivational, Money, Fear

  FaceBook post by T. Harv Eker from Jan 28, 2014

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• Everything in the universe has a purpose. Indeed, the invisible intelligence that flows through everything in a purposeful fashion is also flowing through you.

  Wayne Dyer

  Inspirational, Motivational, Happiness

  Wayne W. Dyer (2010). “Real Magic: Creating Miracles in Everyday Life”, p.8, Harper Collins

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• There is nothing that I so greatly admire as purposefulness. I have an enormous respect for people who know exactly what they are doing and where they are going. Such people are compact and integrated. They have clear edges. They give an impression of invulnerability and balance, and I wish I were one of them.

  Louise Dickinson Rich

  Giving, People, Wish

  Louise Dickinson Rich (1963). “The forest years: containing in one volume We took to the woods [and] My neck of the woods”

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• Have the backbone to go after what you want in life. It's too easy to settle.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Want, Easy, Settling

  Twitter post from Jan 02, 2014

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• By puberty I learned that nothing worth having could be easily attained and to succeed one must be single minded.

  Russell Brand

  Succeed, Puberty

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