PURPOSE - (GOALS)
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“This means everlasting life, their coming to know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ.” – Jesus Christ – John 17:3 – Apostle John – The BIBLE
The purpose in life is a life of purpose. – Robert Byrne
Our greatest glory is not in ever failing, but in rising every time we fall. – Confucius
“And another thing, I want you to be more assertive! I’m tired of everyone calling you Alexander the Pretty Good!” - Mother to Alexander the Great as a kid. – Gary Larson – THE FAR SIDE
Do just once what others say you can’t do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again – (Captain) James Cook
You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do. – Henry Ford
Purpose is what gives life meaning. – C.H. Parkhurst
Dream as if you will live forever, live as if you will die today. – James Dean
Running water purifies itself—stagnant water becomes distilled poison. – Gary Pulliam
Don’t be afraid your life will end; be afraid it will never begin. – Grace Hansen
I dream of painting, then I paint my dream. – Vincent van Gogh
Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure. – Napoleon Hill
“Dad used to say the only causes worth fighting for were the lost causes.” – Jefferson Smith (James Stewart) in MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON– Lewis R. Foster (Screenplay)
No one has ever achieved anything, from the smallest to the greatest unless the dream was dreamed first. – Laura Engalls Wilder
In the long run men only hit what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high. – Henry David Thoreau
Moral victories are like a 6-foot man drowning in 3 feet of water. He’s still dead! – (Coach) Bobby Bowden
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. – Mohandas Gandhi
We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. – Dolly Parton
If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there. – Lewis Carroll
The dream is not the destination, but the journey. – Diane Swayer
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“Ponder over these things; be absorbed in them, so that your advancement may be plainly seen by all people.” –Apostle Paul – 1 Tim. 4:15 – The BIBLE
Ability is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it. – (Coach) Lou Holtz
“Destiny never opens a door without shutting the other.” – Victor Hugo – THE MAN WHO LAUGHS
Knowing is not enough, we must apply; Willing is not enough, we must do. – Johan von Goethe
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for alifetime. – Lao Tzu
It does not matter how slow you go, as long as you don’t stop. – Confucius
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. – George Carlin
One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very longtime. – Andrew Gide
We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship. – Omar Bradley
When all else fails, follow directions. – Someone smart
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however distant or far away. – Henry David Thoreau
As Miss America, my goal is to bring peace to the entire world, and then get my own apartment. – from Jay Leno
Motivation – In an experiment bees were taken to outer space. Because of weightlessness, they saw no need to fly. They all DIED! – Paul Harvey
“Do or do not—there is no try.” – Yoda – STAR WARS - A NEW HOPE
How beautiful it is to do nothing and then rest afterward. – Spanish proverb
Here’s the test to find out if your mission on earth is finished. If you’re alive, it isn’t! – Richard Bach
Fall down seven times—stand up eight. – Japanese proverb
I intend to live forever—so far, so good. – Steven Wright
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“Keep testing whether you are in the faith; keep proving what you yourselves are.” – Apostle Paul – 1 Cor. 13:5a – The BIBLE
Treat a person as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat a person as he could be, and he willbecome as he should be. – Coach Jimmy Johnson
Talent is the gift plus the passion—a desire to succeed so intense that no force on earth can stop it. – Neil Simon
Millions who long for immortality don’t know what to do with themselves on a Sunday afternoon. – Susan Ertz – ANGER IN THE SKY
Things turn out best for those who make the best out of the way things turn out. – Art Linkletter
Do what you love and you will find a way to get it out to the world. – Judy Collins
Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live in the present. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
It’s better to aim at perfection and miss it than it is to aim at imperfection and hit it.– Thomas Watson
Anything worth doing is worth overdoing. – Francois de La Rochefoucould
Three things that children must know—who’s the boss, what the rules are, and who is going to enforce them. – Lew Powers
You gotta be careful if you don’t know where you’re going, because you might not get there. – Yogi Berra
I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.– Voltaire
You don’t choose how you are going to die, or when. But you can decide how you are going to live now. – Joan Baez
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. – German proverb
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with no talent. Genius will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are unimportant. The slogan “press on” has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. – Calvin Coolidge
Let us reform our schools, and we shall find little reform needed for our prisons. – John Ruskin
Initiative is doing the right thing without being told. – Victor Hugo
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“Brothers, I do not yet considered myself as having taken hold of it; but one thing is certain: Forgetting the things behind and stretching forward to the things ahead, I am pressing on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God by means of Christ Jesus.” – Apostle Paul – Phil. 3:13,14 – The BIBLE
Even when we know our failings, we must be motivated to do our best. – Carolyn Pulliam
If I didn’t reach my goals, I have gone higher than I would have if I hadn’t set any. – Danielle Fotopoulos
Go on failing. Go on. Only next time try to fail better. – Samuel Beckett
Feelings of worth can flourish in an atmosphere when individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexable—the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family. – Virginia Satir
There is little hope for democracy if the hearts of men and women cannot be touched by a call to something greater than themselves. – Margaret Thatcher
What would you attempt if you knew you could not fail? – A great question!
People with goals succeed because they know where they are going. – Earl Nightingale
“Ambition without knowledge is like a boat on dry land.” – Mr. Miyogi (Pat Morita) to Julie (Hillary Swank) – THE NEXT KARATE KID - Robert Mark Kamen / Mark Lee (Screenplay)
If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything. – Dennis Waitley
The worst thing that can happen to a person is not to die young. The worst thing is to live a longactive life, only to be separated eternally from God. – Someone very wise
Cheese—milk’s leap toward immortality. – Clifton Fadiman
Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible. – Tony Robbins
Glance into the rearview mirror (past mistakes) but don’t gaze into it or you will lose sight of the future. – Anonymous
The biggest threat to our well-being is the absence of moral clarity and purpose. – Rick Sherman
Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. – Jim Rohn
“Why are we here?” is the most important question a human being has to face. I believe life has meaning in spite of the meaningless death I have seen. – Elie Wiesel – (Survivor, Nazi concentration camp)
The man who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the man doing it. – Chinese proverb
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“For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is on the side of truth listens to my voice.” – Jesus Christ to Pontius Pilate – John 18:37 – Apostle John – The BIBLE
The greatest tragedy in life is not death, but life without purpose. – Myles Munro
Sometimes we are judged by our good intentions, but we are really judged by our last bad act. – Michael Josephson
