Abraham Lincoln Quotes, Believe Quotes, Purpose Quotes

I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare that "I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so."

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Work may be your dominant thought, and joy an afterthought. But joy is your true purpose, and work the afterthought.

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If wishes would prevail with me, my purpose should not fail with me.

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I know of no such unquestionable badge and ensign of a sovereign mind as that of tenacity of purpose.

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The guiding purpose of the government regulator is to prevent rather than to create something.

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The sum of the whole is this: walk and b« happy! walk and be healthy. The best of all ways to lengthen ourdays, is notas Mr. Thomas Moore has it, " ]To steal a few hours from night, my love;" but with leave, be it spoken, to walk steadily and with a purpose.

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In the works of Nature, purpose, not accident, is the main thing.

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My purpose is to describe experiments in the science ofsatyagraha and not at all to describe how good I am.

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The deity on purpose [sings] the liveliest of all lyrics through the most miserable poet.

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I pray to be used in service to a greater purpose higher than my own

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the most comfortable characteristic of the period [1775-1825], and the one which incites our deepest envy, is the universal willingness to accept a good purpose as a substitute for good work.

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The world is not looking for servants, there are plenty of these, but for masters, men who form their purposes and then carry them out, let the consequences be what they may.

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Execute their airy purposes.

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If our life has a meaning, an aim, it has nothing to do with our personal happiness, but something wiser and greater.

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The clash between science and religion has not shown that religion is false and science is true. It has shown that all systems of definition are relative to various purposes, and that none of them actually “grasp” reality.

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I will never forget that the only reason I'm standing here today is because somebody, somewhere stood up for me when it was risky. Stood up when it was hard. Stood up when it wasn't popular. And because that somebody stood up, a few more stood up. And then a few thousand stood up. And then a few million stood up. And standing up, with courage and clear purpose, they somehow managed to change the world.

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I think the more information you can get, the better you can find information for your own purposes.

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When your life is on course with it’s purpose, you are your most powerful.

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There are no accidents, all things have a deep and calculated purpose; sometimes the methods employed by Providence seem strange and incongruous, but we have only to be patient and wait for the result: then we recognize that no others would have answered the purpose, and we are rebuked and humbled.

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There is no good reason why we should fear the future, but there is every reason why we should face it seriously, neither hiding from ourselves the gravity of the problems before us nor fearing to approach these problems with the unbending, unflinching purpose to solve them aright.

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