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Purpose QUOTES

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The human race may be compared to a writer. At the outset a writer has often only a vague general notion of the plan of his work, and of the thought he intends to elaborate. As he proceeds, penetrating his material, laboring to express himself fitly, he lays a firmer grasp on his thought; he finds himself. So the human race is writing its story, finding itself, discovering its own underlying purpose, revising, recasting a tale pathetic often, yet none the less sublime.
-- Felix Adler

“In the 21st century, I believe the mission of the United Nations will be defined by a new, more profound awareness of the sanctity and dignity of every human life, regardless of race or religion.”
-- Kofi Annan

* Since the beginning, Native Peoples lived a life of being in harmony with all that surrounds us. It is a belief that all humankind are related to each other. Each has a purpose, spirit and sacredness. It is an understanding with the Great Spirit or Creator that we will follow these ways. And in this understanding we believe we are related to all other living species...
-- Dennis Banks

* "...our lives are all that really belong to us. So it is how we use our lives that determines the kind of men we are."
-- Cesar Chavez

* Our mission in this new century is clear. For good or ill, we live in an interdependent world. We can't escape each other. Therefore, we have to spend our lives building a global community of shared responsibilities, shared values, shared benefits.
~ Bill Clinton

* Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.
-- The Dalai Lama

"The secret of success is constancy to purpose." - Benjamin Disraeli

* "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

* “Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.”
-- Albert Einstein

Each man has his own vocation; his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

* "The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

* Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
-- Saint Francis of Assisi

* "Every life needs a purpose to which it can give the energies of its mind and the enthusiasm of its heart. Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible and suddenly you are doing the impossible."
-- Saint Francis of Assisi

My life is an indivisible whole, and all my attitudes run into one another; and they all have their rise in my insatiable love for mankind.
-- Mohandas K. Gandhi

* Creativity and artistic endeavors have a mission that goes far beyond just making music for the sake of music.
-- Herbie Hancock

Someone who does not draw strength from himself and who is incapable of finding the meaning of his life within himself will...seek the map to his own orientation somewhere outside himself--in some ideology, organization, or society, and then, however active he may appear to be, he is merely waiting, depending. He waits to see what others will do, or what roles they will assign to him, and he depends on them--and if they don't do anything or if they botch things, he succumbs to disillusion, despair, and ultimately, resignation.
-- Vaclav Havel

* In the next 30 years we can destroy our world. With the very same powers — spiritual, social, scientific — we can evolve our world. Our mission is to serve as catalysts for a planetary awakening in our lifetime, to take a non-violent path to the next stage of our evolution.
-- Barbara Marx Hubbard

* "Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose."
-- Helen Keller

* “I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the source of national action, the human heart as the source of national compassion, and in the human mind as the source of our invention and our ideas”
-- John F. Kennedy

* Peace is not just the absence of war, it is the active presence of a capacity for love and compassion, and reciprocity. It is an awareness that our lives are not to be lived simply for ourselves through expressing our individuality, but we confirm the purpose of our lives through the work of expressing our shared sense of community in a purposeful and practical way; to sustain our own lives we sustain the lives of others - in family, in a community of neighborhoods called a city, and in a community of nations called the world.
-- Dennis Kucinich

* If you want to get peace, you can get it as soon as you like if we all pull together. ... Think peace, live peace, and breathe peace and you'll get it as soon as you like. -- John Lennon

If you want to get peace, you can get it as soon as you like if we all pull together. You're all geniuses and you're all beautiful. You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are. Get out there and get peace. Think peace, live peace, and breathe peace and you'll get it as soon as you like. -- John Lennon

Keep your eyes up on the horizon...Look to the stars...
Always know that you are loved and you have a higher purpose.
You are unique and we need you to live your purpose.
Be on purpose and know that you are here In the Universe
To Show Love, To Be Love, To Know Love.
-- Cheryl Melody

Keep your eyes up on the horizon...Look to the stars...

Always know that you are loved and you have a higher purpose.

You are unique and we need you to live your purpose.

Be on purpose and know that you are here In the Universe

To Show Love, To Be Love, To Know Love.
-- Cheryl Melody

Follow your heart. Follow your heart.
What does your heart ache for? Long for?
What do you really want to do? Really want to be?
What does your heart want? Listen and follow your heart.
-- Cheryl Melody

“As you grow older the call comes from your intuition and your deepest sense of self to search for a spiritual identity and find meaning in life.”
-- Lynne Namka (AngriesOut.com)

* Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. And it will leave you unfulfilled.
-- Barack Obama

* "The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience."
-- Eleanor Roosevelt

* Striving to manifest the dream of a better world is my mission and purpose and the source of my strength.
-- Robert Alan Silverstein

We refocus and rededicate our lives by allowing ourselves to feel inner peace so that we can once again see our greater purpose and know that our lives as peacebuilders are making a difference. We are part of a movement that has worked throughout history towards humanity's greatest goal - creating a culture of peace.
-- Robert Alan Silverstein

* When you find yourself swimming against the tide, you'll discover the inner strength to persevere, if you're working for your higher purpose.
-- Robert Alan Silverstein

I'll keep on striving to be the me I am inside, even if the world doesn't yet see and accept me for that person I want to be on the outside.
-- Robert Alan Silverstein

Whenever we feel overwhelmed by the amount that needs to be done, or caught up in a moment of anger, we need to take time out for peace of mind. For some, prayer or meditation will be the way to refocus and remember our higher purpose. Simply stopping for a moment and taking a deep breath and counting to ten, is sometimes all that we need to pull us out of a situation so that we can pause, and refocus and restore the balance of purpose and direction.
-- Robert Alan Silverstein

I have to keep trying to manifest actions and deeds that reflect the real me, even if the world doesn't yet see me the way I know I am inside, because I know who I am.
-- Robert Alan Silverstein

Many are now discovering that 'spirituality' -- a deep connection to a greater purpose for humanity -- is an important driving force in their lives, even if they aren't religious.
-- Robert Alan Silverstein

"The purpose of human life is to serve and show compassion and the will to help others."
-- Albert Schweitzer

"This is the true joy in life...being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one.
-- George Bernard Shaw

* Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
-- Henry David Thoreau

* I think my mission is to become the greatest human I can. I know that sounds pompous, but what else do we have?
-- Kathleen Turner

* Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn. The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and prejudices and the acceptance of love back in our hearts. Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth. To be consciously aware of it, to experience love in ourselves and others, is the meaning of life. Meaning does not lie in things. Meaning lies in us.
-- Marianne Williamson

* Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn. The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and prejudices and the acceptance of love back in our hearts. Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth.
-- Marianne Williamson

* “I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you. ”
-- Oprah Winfrey

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