Quotes by Purpose Because of my Calvinistic upbringing, I was trained to think that what you do has to have a purpose. Anselm Kiefer upbringing purpose thinking There is no inconsistency in God's commanding us not to take upon ourselves what belongs to Him alone. For to execute vengeance belongs to none but Him who is Lord of all; for when the powers of the world rightly accomplish this end, God himself does it who appointed them for the purpose. Anselm of Canterbury forgiveness purpose doe It has been the bankers' destiny ... to find themselves on the dangerous edge of the world, pointing up the contradictions and cross-purposes. They are not often loved for it. Anthony Sampson destiny purpose bankers The purpose of a system is what it does. There is after all, no point in claiming that the purpose of a system is to do what it constantly fails to do. Anthony Stafford Beer failing purpose doe We can generally read a man's purpose towards us in his manner, if his purposes are of much moment to us. Anthony Trollope moments purpose men It is my purpose to disclose the mystery at once, and to ask you to look for your interest,--should you choose to go on with my chronicle,--simply in the conduct of my persons, during this disclosure to others. Anthony Trollope purpose goes-on looks Life has meaning only if one barters it day by day for something other than itself. Antoine de Saint-Exupery purpose ifs life Prison is not a mere physical horror. It is using a pickaxe to no purpose that makes a prison. Antoine de Saint-Exupery horror prison purpose If our life has a meaning, an aim, it has nothing to do with our personal happiness, but something wiser and greater. Anton Chekhov wiser aim purpose There will come a time when everybody will know why, for what purpose, there is all this suffering, and there will be no more mysteries. But now we must live ... we must work, just work! Anton Chekhov mystery purpose suffering Obviously, the intention was not to go back to images traditionally valued as worthy or holy images and shapes, but exactly the opposite; its main purpose had to be, to realise as sacred art anything which so far had been regarded as of little value and pitiful. Antoni Tapies purpose opposites art A journalistic purpose could be someone with a Xerox machine in a basement. Antonin Scalia basements machines purpose The purpose of the Federalist Society was to bring together young people who had this skepticism about what they were being taught and to let them know that there were others who shared this skepticism. Antonin Scalia purpose together people The principal purpose of stare decisis is to protect reliance interest and further stability in the law. Antonin Scalia stability protect purpose Emotion consists of a very well orchestrated set of alterations in the body that has, as a general purpose, making life more survivable by taking care of a danger, of taking care of an opportunity, either/or, or something in between. Antonio Damasio body purpose opportunity We're seeing it the same way, we're hearing the same way, we have the same conception of the situation. And so, for all purposes, we are operating with a very similar perception. Antonio Damasio hearing perception purpose The purpose of me touring and writing is to create music and nothing else. Its really not about updating people on social media about things that have nothing to do about music. Ari Hest purpose writing people There is a purpose to our lives, even if it is sometimes hidden from us, and even if the biggest turning points and heartbreaks only make sense as we look back, rather than as we are experiencing them. So we might as well live life as if - as the poet Rumi put it - everything is rigged in our favor. Arianna Huffington live-life purpose looks Moving ourselves to the background and others to the foreground is evidence that the (spiritual) search is achieving its purpose. Arianna Huffington purpose spiritual moving At the intersection where your gifts, talents, and abilities meet a human need; therein you will discover your purpose Aristotle over-you purpose needs «56789101112131415»
