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The sole purpose of being rich is to give away money. -- Andrew Carnegie
Being kind to someone, only to look kind to others, defeats the purpose of being kind. -- Shannon L. Alder
Wherever God has given faith, it is given, among other reasons, for the very purpose of being tried. -- George Muller
Trying to be offensive for the sole purpose of being offensive should always deem one the least offensive of offenders. -- Criss Jami
The prime purpose of being four is to enjoy being four - of secondary importance is to prepare for being five. -- Jim Trelease
Maybe the purpose of being here, wherever we are, is to increase the durability and occasions of love among and between peoples. -- June Jordan
My whole purpose of being a musician is to not follow the rules, so if I set rules for myself, I've already failed. -- Lotic
It is true that wealth won't make a man virtuous, but I notice there ain't anybody who wants to be poor just for the purpose of being good. -- Josh Billings
I feel the reason we are all here, our purpose of being, is to help others find their little piece of happiness and heaven right here on earth. -- Ken Poirot
I feel the reason we are all here, our purpose of being, is to help others find their little piece of happiness and heaven right here on earth... -- Ken Poirot
We cannot suppose therefore that God has made an order of beings, with such mental qualities and powers, for the sole purpose of being used as beasts, or instruments of labour. -- Thomas Clarkson
The ruling idea of the politician - stated rather bluntly - is that those who are opposed to him exist for the purpose of being made to serve his ends, if he can get power enough in his hands to force these ends upon them. -- Auberon Herbert
There cannot be a surer rule, nor a stronger exhortation to the observance of it, than when we are taught that all the endowments which we possess are divine deposits entrusted to us for the very purpose of being distributed for the good of our neighbour. -- John Calvin
It was when my children were 5, 3 and 10 months old that I just felt the desperate need to get to know God through the pages of my Bible. And as a result, I started a Bible class in my city for the primary purpose of being in it. -- Anne Graham Lotz
For our purposes as human beings, the mind is the center of everything. -- Marilynne Robinson
The ultimate purpose of economics, of course, is to understand and promote the enhancement of well-being. -- Ben Bernanke
As a child, my mother had instilled in me a feeling of being born for a purpose. -- Shukla Bose
The purpose of my life is being a father to my kids and being a husband to my wife. -- Terrence Howard
The purpose of education is to make good human beings with skill and expertise... Enlightened human beings can be created by teachers. -- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being. -- Carl Jung
It does not just happen. It is disclosed by science that practically one-half of trained intellectual resources are being mobilized for murderous purposes. -- Alva Myrdal
The purpose of education is to keep a culture from being drowned in senseless repetitions, each of which claims to offer a new insight. -- Harold Rosenberg
To come to be you must have a vision of Being, a Dream, a Purpose, a Principle. You will become what your vision is. -- Peter Nivio Zarlenga
Service is the rent we pay for being. It is the very purpose of life, and not something you do in your spare time. -- Marian Wright Edelman
I will concede to you one thing - 'Hustler' is offensive, even to the point of being iconoclastic. That's our purpose - to be offensive. -- Larry Flynt
If corporate leaders and their acolytes are not slaves to some meritorious social purpose, they run the risk of being enslaved by their own ignoble appetites. -- Gary Hamel
What allows us, as human beings, to psychologically survive life on earth, with all of its pain, drama, and challenges, is a sense of purpose and meaning. -- Barbara de Angelis
My story of success and failure is not just about music and being famous. It's about living and loving and trying to find purpose in this crazy world. -- Wynonna Judd
The whole notion of journalism being an institution whose fundamental purpose is to educate and inform and even, one might say, elevate, has altered under commercial pressure, perhaps, into a different kind of purpose, which is to divert and distract and entertain. -- Tom Stoppard
He came by a leap to the goal of purpose, not by the toilsome steps of reason. On the instant his headlong spirit declared his purpose: this was the one being for him in all the world: at this altar he would light a lamp of devotion, and keep it burning forever. -- Gilbert Parker
There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment. -- Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Once something has outlived its usefulness in one area of life, its purpose for being in existence is no longer the same. The leaf that captures a stream of sunlight, and then transfers its energy to the tree, serves one purpose in the spring and summer, and another completely different one through the fall and winter. -- Guy Finley
The primary purpose of life is in being in the NOW. -- Eckhart Tolle
Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose. -- Albert Schweitzer
Being neurotic seemed to be a kind of wild card, an all-purpose explanation. -- Renata Adler
I paint for the sole purpose of magnifying the privilege of being alive. -- Robert Henri
The most depraved type of human being ... (is) the man without a purpose. -- Ayn Rand
You are a great, mighty and powerful spiritual being with dignity, direction and purpose. -- Dannion Brinkley
To be happy is not the purpose of our being, but to deserve happiness. -- Immanuel Hermann Fichte
Purpose drives the process by which we become what we are capable of being. -- Lolly Daskal
Real style is never right or wrong. It's a matter of being yourself on purpose. -- G. Bruce Boyer
The purpose of information is not knowledge. It is being able to take the right action. -- Peter Drucker
Enjoyment of life generally includes being socially connected, having fun, and feeling a sense of purpose. -- Mallika Chopra
Our purpose is to consciously, deliberately evolve towards a wiser, more liberated and luminous state of being. -- Tom Robbins
The discovery that the universe has no purpose need not prevent a human being from having one. -- Irwin Edman
How could it ever be to our purpose to rob another living being of his or her purpose? -- Will Tuttle
The true purpose of yoga is to discover that aspect of your being that can never be lost. -- Deepak Chopra
When we're in our true being, the purpose of life is to feel that every moment is the purpose. -- Adyashanti
Singles have a purpose that is higher than any earthly relationship. Marriage is honorable, but so is being single. -- Monica Johnson
Purpose in the human being is a much more complex phenomenon than what used to be called will power. -- Rollo May
Your goals are constantly revised according to circumstance, but your purpose, your real reason for being, that supercedes everything. -- Jim Tressel
Our purpose in life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we simply desire contentment. -- Dalai Lama
The purpose of terrorism is to terrorize. It's to change the behavior of the people that are being terrorized. -- Donald Rumsfeld
This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. -- George Bernard Shaw
Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them. -- Abraham Lincoln
Life is given to each human being For a very special purpose. This secret each human being Must discover for himself. -- Sri Chinmoy
Satire exists for the purpose of killing the social being [for the sake of] the true individual, the real human being. -- D. H. Lawrence
An entire life of solitude contradicts the purpose of our being, since death itself is scarcely an idea of more terror. -- Edmund Burke
Action can give us the feeling of being useful, but only words can give us a sense of weight and purpose. -- Eric Hoffer
Your pain is a divine rite of passage through which you will be reborn as a being of strength, wisdom and purpose. -- Bryant McGill
Being alive at 87 is quite an accomplishment if you're curious, interested, seeing the fun out of life, doing things, having a purpose. -- Art Linkletter
The day you find out the purpose of your existence, is the day you get to know the value of your being. -- Mehek Bassi
When you don't have children you have to define and make your own purpose, and make your own reason for being here. -- Tracey Emin
Then I thought, "No, I broke it myself. I broke it on purpose to pay myself back for being such a heel. -- Sylvia Plath
Football is easy, it's not success. To me success is being a world changer. Football is my platform but not my purpose. -- Brandon Marshall
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The basic purpose of a liberal arts education is to liberate the human being to exercise his or her potential to the fullest. -- Barbara M. White
A doctrine serves no purpose in itself, but it is indispensable to have one if only to avoid being deceived by false doctrines. -- Simone Weil
Having purpose and vision during retirement is one of the most important determinants of mental, social, spiritual, and physical well-being in later life. -- Harold George Koenig
The purpose that brought the fourteenth amendment into being was equality before the law, and equality, not separation, was written into the law. -- Robert Bork
There is a greater purpose to living which is found in the spirit, which is the Being, and that purpose is worth living for. -- Belsebuub
It sounds old-fashioned to say, but we have some kind of purpose for being here, not poets or writers, but all of us humans. -- Pattiann Rogers
When I imagine God creating each one of us and planting a purpose deep in our hearts, I never imagine that purpose being mediocrity. -- Katie Davis
In Science the paramount appeal is to the Intellect-its purpose being instruction; in Art, the paramount appeal is to the Emotions-its purpose being pleasure. -- George Henry Lewes
The fulfilling of who you are and your purpose for being here is not found outside, it's trusting God to move you, to inspire you... -- Ernie Hudson
To have a purpose that is worthwhile, and that is steadily being accomplished, that is one of the secrets of life that is worth living. -- Herbert Newton Casson
My purpose is to acknowledge the wonder of being part of Creation. Though I myself don't create anything, I make from what has been created. -- Joel-Peter Witkin
Life, to be worthy of a rational being, must be always in progression; we must always purpose to do more or better than in time past. -- Samuel Johnson
The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists. -- Joan Robinson
I can't help but feel that stuff that comes to me by chance or on purpose, whatever, tends to reflect where I am as a human being. -- Kyle MacLachlan
To increase the flow of kundalini that will alter our perception, it is necessary to clarify the purpose of one's being. This is to come to understand dharma. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
The purpose of all of this is not to walk around with new vocabulary words, but to cause you to speculate on the marvel of your own being. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
When you least feel like it, do something for someone else. You forget about your own situation. It gives you a purpose, as opposed being sorrowful and lonely. -- Dana Reeve
The children are being conditioned to think that the purpose of life is to get a good job. You get paid but you don't get satisfaction from your work. -- Satish Kumar
The purpose of healing is to live while you are alive instead of dying while you are alive. Healing is about being broken and whole at the same time. -- Geneen Roth
Did you know that every human being is created with a purpose and that they have a responsibility to not only discover their purpose but also to fulfill it? -- Zig Ziglar
I like being involved in the lighter side of journalism because it serves a purpose, and it's fun. And I can keep my opinions off camera if I want. -- Eleanor Mondale
Say to yourself, 'I'm here on purpose, I can accomplish anything I desire, and I do it by being in harmony with the all-pervading creative force in the universe. -- Wayne Dyer
A person without a purpose is a human being merely breathing because he does not know where he is, let alone knowing where he is going. Purposelessness is lifelessness. -- Israelmore Ayivor
The outer purpose belongs to the horizontal dimension of space and time; the inner purpose concerns a deepening of your Being in the vertical dimension of the timeless Now. -- Eckhart Tolle
Depression is an illness that robs one of the meaning of life. Heal the illness. As the depression heals, enthusiasm, well-being, and a sense of life's purpose will return. -- Peter McWilliams

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