Quotes by Purpose A disciple serves the spiritual master with the sole purpose of getting instructions from him. A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada instruction purpose spiritual Have a life that matters. A life with purpose. Find your own way but don't lose sight of the journey. A. Meredith Walters purpose journey sight An Englishman never enjoys himself, except for a noble purpose. A. P. Herbert noble humorous purpose I can't tell you where a poem comes from, what it is, or what it is for: nor can any other man. The reason I can't tell you is that the purpose of a poem is to go past telling, to be recognised by burning. A. R. Ammons purpose men past I have the Pleasure to assure you Congress pay particular Attention to the Defence of New Jersey, and hitherto have denied us nothing which we have Asked for that Purpose. Abraham Clark aggravation purpose attention Man's pursuit of physical desires and earthly possessions is an indication of his lack of conviction that the purpose of his existence is the attainment of spirituality. Abraham J. Twerski purpose desire men I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare that "I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so." Abraham Lincoln slavery purpose believe The Almighty has His own purposes. Abraham Lincoln civil-war purpose god The purposes of the Almighty are perfect, and must prevail, though we erring mortals may fail to accurately perceive them in advance. Abraham Lincoln purpose perfect may Nothing will divert me from my purpose. Abraham Lincoln purpose We come unbidden into this life, and if we are lucky we find a purpose beyond starvation, misery, and early death which, lest we forget, is the common lot. Abraham Verghese lucky purpose common I'd rather stimulate your mind than emulate your purpose Aceyalone emulate purpose mind Some people wait constructively; they read or knit. I have watched some truly appalling pieces of needlework take form. Others - I am one of them - abandon all thought and purpose to an uneasy vegetative states. Ada Louise Huxtable purpose waiting people In almost every computation a great variety of arrangements for the succession of the processes is possible, and various considerations must influence the selections amongst them for the purposes of a calculating engine. One essential object is to choose that arrangement which shall tend to reduce to a minimum the time necessary for completing the calculation. Ada Lovelace essentials influence purpose T's [King James Bible] subject is majesty, not tyranny, and it's political purpose was unifying and enfolding, to elide the kingliness of God with the godliness of kings, to make royal power and divine glory into one invisible garment which could be wrapped around the nation as a whole. Adam Nicolson political purpose kings Goods can serve many other purposes besides purchasing money, but money can serve no other purpose besides purchasing goods. Adam Smith purchasing economics purpose 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. The maxim is so perfectly self-evident that it would be absurd to attempt to prove it. But in the mercantile system the interest of the consumer is almost constantly sacrificed to that of the producer; and it seems to consider production, and not consumption, as the ultimate end and object of all industry and commerce. Adam Smith purpose self may 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 purpose ends may Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production. Adam Smith sole purpose ends Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose, and then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish. Adam Weishaupt jealous noble purpose 1234567891011»
