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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Terrorism, to me, is the use of terror for political purpose, and terror is indiscriminate murder of civilians to make a political point.

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There is nothing so weak, for working purposes, as this enormous importance attached to immediate victory. There is nothing that fails like success.

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Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Victory 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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Whether we are rich or poor, educated or uneducated, whatever our nationality, colour, social status or ideology may be, the purpose of our lives is to be happy

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The only way a man can remain consistent amid changing circumstances is to change with them while preserving the same dominating purpose.

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There is nothing wrong with violence in itself. In any particular case, whether violence is good or bad depends on how it is used and the purpose for which it is used.

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Tags : Theodore Kaczynski Quotes , Purpose Quotes , Violence Quotes

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

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

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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Tags : Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes , Way Quotes , Purpose Quotes

God does not stop at rescuing us; the purpose of that rescue is to enjoy fellowship with us.

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

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The only purpose of education is freedom; the only method is experience.

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It is horrible, yet fascinating, this struggle between a set purpose and an utterly exhausted frame.

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The very purpose of religion is to control yourself, not to criticise others.

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The whole purpose of the universe is unerringly aimed at one thing - you.

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Tags : Walt Whitman Quotes , Purpose Quotes , Whole Quotes

RECONCILIATION, n. A suspension of hostilities. An armed truce for the purpose of digging up the dead.

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Tags : Ambrose Bierce Quotes , Digging 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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There will come a time when everybody will know why, for what purpose, there is all this suffering, and there will be no more mysteries. But now we must live ... we must work, just work!

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Having purpose. I had purpose during my presidency, and I've got purpose after my presidency.

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It is worthwhile for one to make an effort to achieve happiness. Just as the purpose of a plant is to grow, so it is that the main purpose of every human being is to survive and to grow until death.

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Tags : Dalai Lama Quotes , Effort Quotes , Purpose Quotes