Quotes with purpose

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  • Eric Hoffer Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • George F. Will Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through the education of his passions.
    George F. Will
    American columnist (1941 - )
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  • Arthur E. Morgan Preparation for old age should begin not later than one's teens. A life which is empty of purpose until 65 will not suddenly become filled on retirement.
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  • Karl Kraus Progress, under whose feet the grass mourns and the forest turns into paper from which newspaper plants grow, has subordinated the purpose of life to the means of subsistence and turned us into the nuts and bolts for our tools.
    Karl Kraus
    Austrian writer and journalist (1874 - 1936)
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  • Thornton T. Munger Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. A purpose is the eternal condition of success.
    Thornton T. Munger
    American scientist and environmentalist
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  • Charles H. Parkhurst Purpose is what gives life a meaning.
    Charles H. Parkhurst
    American clergyman and social reformer (1842 - 1933)
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  • Edward Bulwer-Lytton Reading without purpose is sauntering not exercise.
    Edward Bulwer-Lytton
    English writer and poet (1803 - 1873)
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  • Charles Caleb Colton Repartee is perfect when it effects its purpose with a double edge. It is the highest order of wit, as it indicates the coolest yet quickest exercise of genius, at a moment when the passions are roused.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Secrecy has many advantages, for when you tell someone the purpose of any object right away, they often think there is nothing to it.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Bill Frist September 11 impressed upon us that life is a precious gift. Every life has a purpose. And I think we all have a duty to devote at least a small portion of our daily lives to ensuring that neither America nor the world ever forgets September 11.
    Bill Frist
    American physician, businessman and politician (1952 - )
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  • Marian Wright Edelman Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time.
    Marian Wright Edelman
    American activist for children's rights (1939 - )
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  • Carl Gustav Jung Shrinking away from death is something unhealthy and abnormal which robs the second half of life of its purpose.
    Carl Gustav Jung
    Swiss psychiatrist (1875 - 1961)
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  • John D. Rockefeller Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim.
    John D. Rockefeller
    American industrialist: founder Exxon (1839 - 1937)
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  • Bob Filner Studies indicate that these children are more susceptible to advertising and even less likely to understand the purpose of this advertising.
    Bob Filner
    American politician (1942 - )
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  • William Shakespeare The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
    The merchant of Venice (1597)
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • William Shakespeare The devil can site scripture for his own purpose! An evil soul producing holy witness is like a villain with a smiling cheek.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Richard W. Livingston The difference between a professional person and a technician is that a technician knows everything about his job except its ultimate purpose and his place in the scheme of things.
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  • A. P. Herbert The Englishman never enjoys himself except for a noble purpose.
    A. P. Herbert
    English humorist, novelist and playwright (1890 - 1971)
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  • Norman Mailer The final purpose of art is to intensify, even, if necessary, to exacerbate, the moral consciousness of people.
    Norman Mailer
    American writer (1923 - 2007)
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  • Ken Blanchard The first principle of ethical power is Purpose. By purpose, I don't mean your objective or intention-something toward which you are always striving. Purpose is something bigger. It is the picture you have of yourself-the kind of person you want to be or the kind of life you want to lead.
    Ken Blanchard
    American writer
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