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

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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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Man would sooner have the Void for his purpose than be void of Purpose.

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

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Follow your passion. It will lead you to your purpose.

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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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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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No compromise with the main purpose; no peace till victory; no pact with unrepentant wrong.

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There is really no insurmountable barrier save your own inherent weakness of purpose.

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Tags : Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes , Weakness Quotes , Purpose Quotes

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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God and nature create nothing that does not fulfill a purpose

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There are some that only employ words for the purpose of disguising their thoughts.

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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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We come unbidden into this life, and if we are lucky we find a purpose beyond starvation, misery, and early death which, lest we forget, is the common lot.

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It cannot take decades to resurrect, we must act immediately with purpose and enthusiasm to rebuild.

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A word too much always defeats its purpose.

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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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Tags : Woodrow Wilson Quotes , Men Quotes , Purpose Quotes