Adam Smith Quotes, Self Quotes, Purpose Quotes

Consumption is the sole end and purpose of all production; and the interest of the producer ought to be attended to only so far as it may be necessary for promoting that of the consumer. The maxim is so perfectly self-evident that it would be absurd to attempt to prove it. But in the mercantile system the interest of the consumer is almost constantly sacrificed to that of the producer; and it seems to consider production, and not consumption, as the ultimate end and object of all industry and commerce.

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The joy in life is to be used for a purpose. I want to be used up when I die.

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So he lived, not knowing and not seeing any chance of knowing what he was and for what purpose he had been placed in the word.

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The purpose of religion is to keep the poor from killing the rich.

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An Englishman never enjoys himself, except for a noble purpose.

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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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If a religion is not universal, it cannot be eternal. A narrow religion, a sectarian religion, an exclusive religion can live only for a limited time and a limited purpose.

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The purpose of life is to increase the warm heart.

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The purpose of education is to free the student from the tyranny of the present.

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We can speak very much to the purpose and yet in such a way that the whole world cries out in contradiction: namely, when we are not speaking to the whole world.

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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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Art is purposiveness without purpose.

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If it doesn't feel right, don't do it. That is the lesson, and that lesson alone will save you a lot of grief.

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History has an author who fills time and eternity with His purpose.

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The work of your life is to discover your purpose and get on with the business of living it out.

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The needs of others are ever present, and each of us can do something to help someone.... Unless we lose ourselves in service to others, there is little purpose to our own lives.

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From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that we are here for the sake of each other.

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Life has meaning only if you do what is meaningful to you.

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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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The extreme parts of time extremely forms all causes to the purpose of his speed.

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