Quotes with purpose

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  • Auberon Waugh Anyone wishing to communicate with Americans should do so by e-mail, which has been specially invented for the purpose, involving neither physical proximity nor speech.
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  • Bhagavad Gita As a man can drink water from any side of a full tank, so the skilled theologian can wrest from any scripture that which will serve his purpose.
    Bhagavad Gita
    Indian Hindu storybook
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  • Carl Gustav Jung As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.
    Carl Gustav Jung
    Swiss psychiatrist (1875 - 1961)
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  • Belle Boyd As long as it served his purpose, Mr. Lincoln boldly advocated the right of Secession.
    Belle Boyd
    American Confederate spy (1844 - 1900)
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  • Aldous Huxley At any given moment, life is completely senseless. But viewed over a period, it seems to reveal itself as an organism existing in time, having a purpose, trending in a certain direction.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Austere perseverance, hash and continuous... rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows irresistible greater with time.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Sam Walter Foss Bring me men to match my mountains: Bring me men to match my plains: Men with empires in their purpose and new eras in their brains.
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  • Alanis Morissette But once I acclimated and really used fame for what it was offering me as a tool to serve my life purpose of inspiring and contributing, then it started to get fun again.
    Alanis Morissette
    Canadian-American singer, songwriter and actress (1974 - )
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  • Garrison Keillor Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a purpose.
    Garrison Keillor
    American humoristic writer (1942 - )
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  • Dr. James C. Dobson Children are not casual guests in our home. They have been loaned to us temporarily for the purpose of loving them and instilling a foundation of values on which their future lives will be built.
    Dr. James C. Dobson
    American evangelical Christian author
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  • Sigmund Freud Civilization is a process in the service of Eros, whose purpose is to combine single human individuals, and after that families, then races, peoples and nations, into one great unity, the unity of mankind. Why this has to happen, we do not know; the work of Eros is precisely this.
    Sigmund Freud
    Austrian psychiatrist (1856 - 1939)
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  • Adam Smith Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to, only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer.
    Adam Smith
    Scottish Economist (1723 - 1790)
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  • Karl Kraus Culture is the tacit agreement to let the means of subsistence disappear behind the purpose of existence. Civilization is the subordination of the latter to the former.
    Karl Kraus
    Austrian writer and journalist (1874 - 1936)
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  • Paul J. Meyer Determine what specific goal you want to achieve. Then dedicate yourself to its attainment with unswerving singleness of purpose, the trenchant zeal of a crusader.
    Paul J. Meyer
    American businessman and business consultant (1928 - )
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  • Buzz Aldrin Do we really need these big, gigantic, heavy rockets? What if we launch a rocket that's empty, and its sole purpose is to act as a source of fuel on the Moon? Who should build that? Well, I think the U.S. should build that.
    Buzz Aldrin
    American former astronaut, engineer and fighter (1930 - )
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  • Anne Sullivan Macy Education in the light of present-day knowledge and need calls for some spirited and creative innovations both in the substance and the purpose of current pedagogy.
    Anne Sullivan Macy
    American teacher (1866 - 1936)
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  • John F. Kennedy Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Napoleon Hill Every well built house started in the form of a definite purpose plus a definite plan in the nature of a set of blueprints.
    Napoleon Hill
    American self-help author (1883 - 1970)
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  • Anthony Robbins Everything happens for a reason and a purpose, and it serves you.
    Anthony Robbins
    American author, entrepreneur, philanthropist and life coach (1960 - )
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