Purpose Quotes - Page 33

• ...to kill animals for the purpose of feeding on their flesh is one of the most deplorable and shameful infirmities of the human state

  Alphonse de Lamartine

  Animal, Flesh, Feeding

  Alphonse de Lamartine (1849). “Les Confidences”, p.60

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• The essence of a general's job is to assist in developing a clear sense of purpose . to keep the junk from getting in the way of important things.

  Victor Borge

  Jobs, Military, Essence

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• You have to understand the purpose of life. The purpose of life is to do something which will live forever.

  Harbhajan Singh Yogi

  Inspirational, Bhajans, Forever

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• The purpose of man's life...is to become an abject zombie who serves a purpose he does not know, for reasons he is not to question.

  Ayn Rand

  Men, Zombie, Doe

  Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.417, Penguin

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• The purpose of the painter is simply to reproduce in other minds the impression which a scene has made upon him. A work of art does not appeal to the intellect. It does not appeal to the moral sense. Its aim is to instruct, not to edify, but to awaken an emotion.

  George Inness

  Art, Mind, Doe

  George Inness, Nicolai Cikovsky, Michael Quick, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) (1985). “George Inness”, HarperCollins

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• The purpose of a business is to get and keep a customer. Without customers, no amount of engineering wizardry, clever financing, or operations expertise can keep a company going.

  Theodore Levitt

  Clever, Engineering, Wizardry

  Theodore Levitt (1986). “Marketing Imagination: New, Expanded Edition”, p.135, Simon and Schuster

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• The Purpose of life is to thrive and save lives with passion! Save Yazidis today with love and compassion!

  Widad Akrawi

  Passion, Today, Life Is

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• Art is the image of life, it's purpose simply to enhance it.

  Julian Casablancas

  Art, Art Is

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• Having a purpose is the little secret of the nonpretties. Something to do always beats something to look at.

  Adriana Trigiani

  Secret, Littles, Looks

  Adriana Trigiani (2003). “Big Stone Gap: A Novel”, p.26, Ballantine Books

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• There is an old proverb to the effect that 'all those who open their mouths, close their eyes!' The purpose of silence and solitude is to be able to see and hear. Control rather than no noise is the key to silence. James saw clearly that the person who could control his tounge is perfect (James 3:1-12). Under the Discipline of silence and solitude we learn when to speak and when to refrain from speaking.

  Richard J. Foster

  Eye, Keys, Perfect

  Richard J. Foster (1995*). “Richard Foster's treasury of Christian discipline”, Jossey-Bass

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• Four times a year withdraw for three to four hours for the purpose of reorienting your life goals

  Richard J. Foster

  Years, Goal, Four

  Richard J. Foster (1995*). “Richard Foster's treasury of Christian discipline”, Jossey-Bass

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• There was something intrinsically sad about Shinjuku. A vacuum-packed hollowness that no quantity of neon could hide. Roppongi was the same, only there the sadness was older and more Western. All that movement to so little purpose. A million strangers searching for a cure to the darkness behind their eyes in the void between someone else's legs.

  Jon Courtenay Grimwood

  Sadness, Eye, Darkness

  Jon Courtenay Grimwood (2017). “End Of The World Blues”, p.92, Hachette UK

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• I have not attempted to try to relive or recreate the past; but I have sought guidance from those timeless elements in the past which remain valid and vital to the future ... The purpose of my art is to seek beauty and truth, and to explore and glorify the human being and the universe.

  Frederick Hart

  Art, Past, Trying

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• The finest glasses for both technical and hedonistic purposes are those made by Riedel. The effect of these glasses on fine wine is profound. I cannot emphasize enough what a difference they make.

  Robert M. Parker, Jr.

  Wine, Glasses, Differences

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• Food safety oversight is largely, but not exclusively, divided between two agencies, the FDA and the USDA. The USDA mostly oversees meat and poultry; the FDA mostly handles everything else, including pet food and animal feed. Although this division of responsibility means that the FDA is responsible for 80% of the food supply, it only gets 20% of the federal budget for this purpose. In contrast, the USDA gets 80% of the budget for 20% of the foods. This uneven distribution is the result of a little history and a lot of politics.

  Marion Nestle

  Mean, Responsibility, Animal

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• I believe that everything has a purpose and that everything a person does will come back to haunt or save him. Life is like a mirror in which everything we do is reflected back to us. We might not be able to recognize the reflection, and at times the image may be hidden. We may take years to see it or it may not even be visible during our lifetime. But it all comes around in the end. Space is as infinite as our actions are timeless. We are all part of the same invisible story, all travelling in a single continuum.

  Lorenzo Quinn

  Believe, Reflection, Mirrors

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• Man has always seen himself the peak of creation. The part of the universe that thinks. The purpose for it all. It's no doubt a gratifying view, but the universe may have a different opinion.

  Jack McDevitt

  Men, Thinking, Views

  Jack McDevitt (2005). “Seeker”, p.134, Penguin

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• The purpose of architecture is to create an atmosphere in which man can live, work, and enjoy.

  Minoru Yamasaki

  Men, Atmosphere, Architecture

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• If you simply walk on the beach as we are doing, you have no special color. But if you travel with a purpose, it is different. When you go somewhere important or you return home from a long journey, you build a shape around you and it reaches out ahead to touch your destination.

  Lyall Watson

  Beach, Home, Journey

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• Ka is a wheel; its one purpose is to turn. The spin of ka always brings us back to the same place, to face and reface our mistakes and defeats until we can learn from them. When we learn from the past, the wheel continues to move forward, towards growth and evolution. When we don’t, the wheel spins backward, and we are given another chance. If once more we squander the opportunity, the wheel continues its rotation towards devolution, or destruction.

  Robin Furth

  Mistake, Moving, Past

  Robin Furth, Stephen King (2006). “Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Complete Concordance”, p.4, Simon and Schuster

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• The purpose of life is to increase the warm heart.

  Dalai Lama

  Heart, Life Is, Increase

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• Your self-sacrificin g devotion to your purpose in life and your unwavering faith will carry you through times of difficulty.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Self, Unwavering Faith, Rough Times

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• To be a runner is to learn continual life lessons. To be a coach is not just to teach these lessons but also to feel them in the core of your marrow. The very act of surpassing personal limits in training and racing will bend the mind and body toward a higher purpose for the rest of my runners' lives. Settling for mediocrity-settling instead of pushing-those who learn to be the best version of themselves know the secret to a full life.

  Martin Dugard

  Life Lesson, Training, Mind

  Martin Dugard (2011). “To Be a Runner: How Racing Up Mountains, Running with the Bulls, or Just Taking On a 5-K Makes You a Better Person (and the World a Better Place)”, p.15, Rodale

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• If by the time we're sixty we haven't learned what a knot of paradox and contradiction life is, and how exquisitely the good and the bad are mingled in every action we take, and what a compromising hostess Our Lady of Truth is, we haven't grown old to much purpose.

  John Cowper Powys

  Action, Compromise, Life Is

  John Cowper Powys (1944). “The art of growing old”

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• I belong to the givers. I want to give a little happiness even if I haven’t had much for myself. Music has enriched my life and, hopefully - through me, a little - the public’s. If anyone left an opera house feeling more happy and at peace, I achieved my purpose.

  Maria Callas

  Giving, House, Feelings

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