Purposes Quotes (1644 Quotes)


    This contest, I think, is really important because writing is the most difficult thing for people to do. The purpose of this contest is to have fun with writing to put the imagination on paper.

    It has been my habit when I crossed the ocean - and I have been on both the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans many times-when a storm came up, or we appeared to be in danger from ice or any other cause-to watch the captain of the ship. I noted his demeanor, and I thought that by it I could form a correct idea of our danger. He knew, probably better than anyone else about our position and our danger, and therefore I took pleasure in watching him. And so it is in regard to the work of God. . . . It is my privilege to have all the gifts and blessings resting down upon me by virtue of my calling. If I am faithful thereto they will rest upon me. But it is not my privilege to guide the ship. . . . In times of danger, whatever my own feelings may be, . . . I always look . . . to the man whom God has placed to preside over his people. I watch him. I know that it is for him to direct the movements of the crew of the Ship Zion. It is for him to direct how she shall be steered, so far as human power is necessary for this purpose. When there are no tremors in him, when there are no indications of fear on his part, when he feels serene and confident, I know that I can do so with the utmost safety, and that this entire people can trust in that God who has placed a prophet, a seer, and a revelator to preside over his people upon the earth.

    We're trying to get kids to look at writing and what that creative writer has to do. We want to get kids to be more creative and writing to that purpose, whether it's non-fiction or a fiction piece.

    We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have a goal. My goal is to live my life in such a way that when I die, someone can say, she cared.



    I hope we can maintain the current level. One of our purposes is to maintain a predictable or reliable level so our beneficiaries can develop some sense of what kind of support they can get from the endowment.

    I'm not convinced that they are doing anything inappropriate. The purpose of this hearing is to examine all sides of this to make certain that this is being handled in a way that is legal and Constitutional.

    We don't want to comment on what's going on up there if it could have some negative implication for our team. And I think there's no purpose. Everyone knows the rivalry is a heated one, and that we have a lot of respect for them and they for us. But I don't see what good it does to make bold predictions on the first day of spring training.





    The only freedom that is of enduring importance is the freedom of intelligence, that is to say, freedom of observation and of judgment, exercised in behalf of purposes that are intrinsically worth while. The commonest mistake made about freedom is, I think, to identify it with freedom of movement, or, with the external or physical side of activity.

    If Martin is willing to take action on a few key issues over the next few weeks, then perhaps we can wait until the election in the winter, ... If not, then clearly the parliament serves no positive purpose.


    What for was the first question he asked about any activity proposed to him and nothing would make him act, if he found no valid answer. He flew through the days of his summer month like a rocket, but if one stopped him in mid-flight, he could always name the purpose of his every random moment. Two things were impossible to him to stand still or to move aimlessly.


    As damaging as these attacks have been, the vast majority were conducted by disgruntled individuals, ... We face a future, though, where criminals, terrorists or even nation-states may use the same tools in a more organized way for darker purposes.




    According to the Christian faith, we in the Western countries have a strong perception that we are the masters of creation. Consequently, we are entitled to use nature for our own purposes. When we do so, the equilibrium between original people and nature is upset. People are alienated from nature and are no longer part of it.

    It ended up being a very good thing, because they finally started writing for the character, and I realized that you have to go to work with a purpose. I learned from the experience and then moved on.

    All the concepts about stepping out of your comfort zone mean nothing until you decide that your essential purpose, vision and goals are more important than your self-imposed limitations.





    This is a statewide program offered by the CHP. We have had a good response. The purpose of the program is to reduce fatal accidents, which is the leading cause of deaths for people between 16 and 20. Sixty-five percent of the passengers killed in traffic accidents are riding with young drivers.

    I think the kinds of programs the IMF International Monetary Fund is putting in place are strong programs, I think they're well designed for their purposes, and I think they should work,

    I enter negotiations with Chairman Arafat, the leader of the PLO, the representative of the Palestinian people, with the purpose to have coexistence between our two entities, Israel as a Jewish state and Palestinian state, entity, next to us, living in peace.

    You, yourself, have got to see that there is no just interpretation of life except in terms of life's best things. No pleasure philosophy, no sensuality, no place nor power, no material success can for a moment give such inner satisfaction as the sense of living for good purposes, for maintenance of integrity, for the preservation of self-approval.

    I had him get after it. I'm just trying to make him concentrate more in every situation, have a purpose for everything. I was giving him certain outs, counts, scores, to see what he would do with it.


    As the unity of the modern world becomes increasingly a technological rather than a social affair, the techniques of the arts provide the most valuable means of insight into the real direction of our own collective purposes.

    If teaching has any purpose, it is to implant true insight and responsibility. Education must lead us from irresponsible opinion to true responsible judgement. It must lead us from chance and arbitrariness to rational clarity and intellectual order.




    The universe exists under a reign of eternal law, surpassing the imperfect laws of human government. Such orderliness, such domination by law, imply intelligent planning and purpose. Nothing happens of itself. Nowhere, in the age-old experience of man, has continued order been found except as the product of intelligent direction.

    From the moment I heard about it, I thought that this was something we really should do. It's a noble purpose, and our students ought to get a chance to travel, get out of Alabama and see some of the rest of the world and the way they live.

    The leadership structure has evolved with earmarks and leadership PACs where the result is that leadership is far too powerful. The rest of our colleagues share that view. To the extent we can continue to highlight that, it may serve some purpose.

    I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose.

    What's happening now is that a lot of the technology and research to go to Mars are being put off for the purpose of getting to the moon, which was just supposed to have been a training ground for Mars. The means is becoming the end.

    Gen. Banks has issued an order for the instruction of Negro children. Schoolhouses are to be built or rented and Teachers hired for this purpose, and the farmers and planters are to pay the Taxes in support of this.

    So, they're kneeling down on the ground of this playground. They're adults or teenagers -- mostly adults. They're not in the playground for the purpose that it was designed for. They're not on the swings they're not on the slides. They're running an illegal dice game inside the playground.

    It is likely that it will never be used as a legal instrument. The most important thing is that when the subject comes up for education purposes, children can be shown that this is not an okay behavior.


    After all, what is your host's purpose in having a party? Surely not for you to enjoy yourself; if that were their sole purpose, they'd have simply sent champagne and women over to your place by taxi.

    Today's patience can transform yesterday's discouragements into tomorrow's discoveries. Today's purposes can turn yesterday's defeats into tomorrow's determination.



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