Purpose
475 quotes: 68 by Keith Craft, 407 from other voices.
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- Work is not man's punishment; it is his reward and his strength, his glory and his pleasure.
- Work is the inevitable condition of human life, the true source of human welfare.
- Work is the law of our being--the living principle that carries men and nations onward.
- Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress. Working hard for something we love is called passion.Simon SinekCommonly attributed
- You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.
- You are placed where you are, in a particular business, in a particular street, to help on there the Kingdom of God.
- You can create a lot of meaning in your own life by helping someone else do something that is meaningful to them.
- You cannot be anything you want to be. But you can be everything God wants you to be.
- You can't change where you started, but you can change the direction you are going. It's not what you are going to do, but it's what you are doing now that counts.
- You can't fulfill your calling in your comfort zone!
- You don’t find your purpose. You build your purpose, experiment by experiment, mistake by mistake.
- You have been assigned this mountain so that you can show others it can be moved.
- You have to do hard things to create your own meaning in life.
- You have to work hardest for the things you love most.
- You haven't been given life to test the waters; you were created to make waves.
- You may have God in your character without having God in your career.
- You must get your living by loving, else your life is at least half a failure.
- You never know where your actions will lead to. But if you don't do anything they will lead you nowhere.
- You were created on purpose for a purpose. There is a thirst and hunger in your heart that is real. Pay attention to it.
- You were created to make somebody else’s life better. Somebody needs your smile. They need your love, your encouragement & your gifts.
- You were made to progress, to grow in power and influence, and to achieve some great and worthy purpose.
- You will need to find your passion. Don't give up on finding it because then all you're doing is waiting for the Reaper.
- Your best decision is the next one that will help you be the person God created you to be.
- Your circumstances may be uncongenial, but they shall not long remain so if you but perceive an Ideal and strive to reach it.
- Your life becomes meaningful in precise proportion to the depths of the responsibility you are willing to shoulder.
- Your life matters. You can't live through a day without making an impact on the world. And what's most important is to think about the impact of your actions on the world around you.
- Your life may be cut short at any time; therefore, your life should have a deep purpose, a significance that will not depend on whether it is short or long.
- Your Life’s Task is to express your uniqueness through your work.
- Your mind is capable of creating many new and useful combinations of old ideas, but the most important thing it can create is a definite chief aim that will give you that which you most desire.
- Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.
- Your purpose is here and now. Your purpose is along the journey.
- Your Vision is the promise of what you shall one day be; your Ideal is the prophecy of what you shall at last unveil.
- You’ve got to have an idea, or a problem or a wrong that you want to right that you’re passionate about, otherwise you’re not going to have the perseverance to stick it through. I think that’s half the battle right there.
- Bad will be the day for every man when he becomes absolutely content with the life he is living when there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger.Phillips BrooksSourced
- Most people climb the ladder of success and when they get to the top, they realize that the ladder is leaning against the wrong wall.