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Man becomes greater in proportion to knowing himself and his faculties. Let him become conscious of what he is and he will soon also learn what he should be.
-Felix E. Schelling
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Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance.
-Friedrich von Schiller
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People should follow their own energy.
-Will Schultz
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My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I'm happy. I can't figure it out. What am I doing right.
-Charles Monroe Schulz
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Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
-Seneca (Seneca the Elder)
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What we determine we often break. Purpose is but the slave to memory.
-William Shakespeare
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Better to die of something than to die in old age of nothing.
-Al Sharpman
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Hell is paved with good intentions, not with bad ones. All men mean well.
-George Bernard Shaw
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We know there is intention and purpose in the universe, because there is intention and purpose in us.
-George Bernard Shaw
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There is no better test of a man's work than time, which also reveals the thoughts which lay hidden in his breast.
-Simonides
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They are not only idle who do nothing, but they are idle also who might be better employed.
-Socrates
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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
-Sophocles
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When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.
-W. Clement Stone
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The crowning blessing of life is to be born with a bias to some pursuit.
-S. G. Tallentyre
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No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he only had good intentions. He had money as well.
-Margaret Thatcher
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All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why.
-James Thurber
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Every man is occasionally visited by the suspicion that the planet on which he is riding is not really going anywhere; that the Force which controls its measured eccentricities hasn't got anything special in mind. If he broods on this somber theme long enough he gets the doleful idea that the laughing children on a merry-go-round or the thin, fine hands of a lady's watch are revolving more purposely than he is.
-James Thurber
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Without knowing what I am and why I am here, life is impossible.
-Leo Tolstoy
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Ordinary people think merely of spending time. Great people think of using it.
-Source Unknown
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Are we interested in sight seeing or soul saving?
-Source Unknown
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He who clings to life shall lose it -- but losing it in a right cause will gain it.
-Source Unknown
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If we don't stand for something, we may fall for anything.
-Source Unknown
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Pep without purpose is piffle.
-Source Unknown
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What on earth are you doing for Heaven's sake?
-Source Unknown
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Anyone can live heroically and successfully for one day. The man who achieves a high purpose makes that day the pattern for all the days of his life.
-Source Unknown
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Books about Purpose
