Quotes by Purpose Photography's central sense of purpose and aesthetic: the precise and lucid description of significant fact. John Szarkowski photographypurposefacts There is the greatest difference between presuming an opinion to be true, because, with every opportunity for contesting it, it has not been refuted, and assuming its truth for the purpose of not permitting its refutation. John Stuart Mill differencespurposeopportunity Take away God and religion, and men live to no purpose, without proposing any worthy end of life to themselves. John Tillotson purposemenreligion The purpose of the Lord's Supper is to receive from Christ the nourishment and strength and hope and joy that come from feasting our souls on all that He purchased for us on the cross, especially His own fellowship. John Piper purposesouljoy When a thing is bought not for its use but for its costliness, cheapness is no recommendation. As Sismondi remarks, the consequence of cheapening articles of vanity, is not that less is expended on such things, but that the buyers substitute for the cheapened article some other which is more costly, or a more elaborate quality of the same thing; and as the inferior quality answered the purpose of vanity equally well when it was equally expensive, a tax on the article is really paid by nobody: it is a creation of public revenue by which nobody loses. John Stuart Mill vanityqualitypurpose Would it not be strange if a universe without purpose accidentally created humans who are so obsessed with purpose? John Templeton strangeevolutionpurpose The purpose of life is to get as close as we can to other people. John Verdon purposelife-ispeople All that looks like reality to us is dependent on God. There is creation and Creator, nothing more. And creation gets all its meaning and purpose from God. John Piper purposerealitylooks The church lies at the very center of the eternal purpose of God. It is not a divine afterthought. John Stott churchpurposelying Men and governments must act to the best of their ability. There is no such thing as absolute certainty but there is assurance sufficient for the purposes of human life. John Stuart Mill destinypurposemen The ultimate purpose of life is to show that Jesus is more precious than life. John Piper purposelife-isjesus The nations are not gathered in automatically. If God has promised to bless "all the families of the earth," he has promised to do so "through Abraham's seed" (Genesis 12:3, 22:18). Now we are Abraham's seed by faith, and the earth's families will be blessed only if we go to them with the gospel. That is God's plain purpose. John Stott purposeblessedchristian All excellence involves discipline and tenacity of purpose. John W. Gardner disciplineexcellencepurpose Do you not know that God entrusted you with that money (all above what buys necessities for your families) to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to help the stranger, the widow, the fatherless; and, indeed, as far as it will go, to relieve the wants of all mankind? How can you, how dare you, defraud the Lord, by applying it to any other purpose? John Wesley nakedpurposegiving Our heart's desire should be to worship God; we have been designed by God for this purpose. If we don't worship God, we'll worship something or someone else. John Wimber purposedesireheart Renewal is not just innovation and change. It is also the process of bringing the results of change into line with our purposes. John W. Gardner innovationlinespurpose Complete liberty of contradicting and disproving our opinion, is the very condition which justifies us in assuming its truth for purposes of action. John Stuart Mill libertypurposeaction We look for meaning and purpose; children bring that. Johnathon Schaech purposechildrenlooks There is no action so slight or so mean but it may be done to a great purpose, and ennobled thereby. John Ruskin donepurposemean Since reasoning , or inference, the principal subject of logic, is an operation which usually takes place by means of words , and in complicated cases can take place in no other way: those who have not a thorough insight into both the signification and purpose of words, will be under chances, amounting almost to certainty, of reasoning or inferring incorrectly. John Stuart Mill purposemeanway«6667686970717273747576»
