Quotes by Purpose The purpose of discipline is not to punish, but to correct. John Wooden disciplinepurposesports Her clarity gave her purpose and her purpose gave her clarity. Jonathan Stroud claritypurpose God's purpose in increasing our trials is to sensitize us to people we never would have been able to relate to otherwise. Joni Eareckson Tada purposetrialspeople Science will explain how but not why. It talks about what is, not what ought to be. Science is descriptive, not prescriptive; it can tell us about causes but it cannot tell us about purposes. Indeed, science disavows purposes. Jonathan Sacks oughtcausespurpose The whole purpose of screenwriting is to convey everything through action and dialogue and not explanation and exposition. To me, there are movies where voiceover works really well because it does something more than exposition; it actually becomes a tonal element of the movie. Jonathan Tropper elementspurposedoe Tribulations often enrich, refine, and guide us to a deeper understanding of the purpose of our existence here in mortality and of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Jose A. Teixeira understandingpurposejesus The purpose of art is to re-present nature, not represent it. Josef Albers purpose-of-artpurposeart The common element in all the special forms of contemplation is the loving, yearning, affirming bent toward that happiness which is the same as God Himself, and which is the aim and purpose of all that happens in the world. Josef Pieper elementspurposespecial Leadership is an influence relationship among leaders and followers who intend real changes that reflect their mutual purposes. Joseph C. Rost leaderpurposereal To use a big word or a foreign word when a small one and a familiar one will answer the same purpose, is a sign of ignorance. Great scholars and writers and polite speakers use simple words. Joseph Devlin purposeignorancesimple The Bible shows the clear statement of God's purposes concerning the earth, and man once made its prince. Its opening chapters show that it was intended for man's instruction. Joseph Franklin Rutherford purposeearthmen Not every item of news should be published. Rather must those who control news policies endeavor to make every item of news serve a certain purpose. Joseph Goebbels propagandanewspurpose Our Grub-street biographers watch for the death of a great man like so many undertakers on purpose to make a penny of him. Joseph Addison purposemenwatches I am persuaded, that if any attempt is made to improve the education of the poor, and such an unmanly spirit should guide the resolution of a society or committee for that purpose, it would render the design abortive. Joseph Lancaster designpurposespirit Our good purposes foreslowed are become our tormentors upon our deathbed. Joseph Hall deathbedprocrastinationpurpose Rich people should consider that they are only trustees for what they possess, and should show their wealth to be more in doing good than merely in having it. They should not reserve their benevolence for purposes after they are dead, for those who give not of their property till they die show that they would not then if they could keep it any longer. Joseph Hall purposegivingpeople I would rather like to think of God as being a kind of adventurer - even as Wells thought about him - or perhaps as something within us making for some unknown purpose. Jorge Luis Borges kindpurposethinking Unlike the novel, a short story may be, for all purposes, essential. Jorge Luis Borges essentialspurposestories I have used the philosophers' ideas for my own private literary purposes, but I don't think that I'm a thinker. I suppose that my thinking has been done for me by Berkeley, by Hume, by Schopenhauer, by Mauthner perhaps. Jorge Luis Borges purposeideasthinking A newspaper that is true to its purpose concerns itself not only with the way things are Joseph Pulitzer newspaperspurposeway«6869707172737475767778»
