Purpose Quotes - Page 16

If a child is roughly treated and not respected and not shown love, the child will have problems with self-esteem

when you do more than you learn, you leave a distinctive notable footprints on earth

Your level of vibration runs parallel with your feelings, meaning you are in control of your life and the events that come into your life at any given moment.

You have to discover how best you can manage your time to carry out your work effectively

Asking is the beginning of receiving.

We must obey the will of God and not our flesh

Time is the source of greatness

It is only when you study and understand people that you begin to see God’s principles in them

You are killing your life if you are just going through the traditions and routine of church services with no product to show for it.

The first step to reclaim your power to control your own life is to take responsibility for your life completely.

The Christian journey is truly an exciting endeavor be-cause we become eyewitnesses to the holy activity of a wonderful God in our lives on a daily basis. One of the great marvels of the faith is that we are transformed into testifiers of His strength and grace in the midst of major obstacles.

Life is not about longevity but about effectiveness

If you must make your time productive, then begin to view time in its most urgent form; in seconds and in minutes.

True strength. There is no conflict with vulnerability or humility. Indeed, vulnerability and humility are essential here, and ultimately what makes strength true. One does not don the mask of strength in response to fear, which is a con, like those crazy small reptiles that stand up on their hind legs and spread useless wings to intimidate as a last resort. You stand there in self-respect for Christ’s sake and take it with some courage, responding in accordance with your honest values, taking sincere responsibility for them. Stand up for who you truly are, not the image you would like to sell, nor shrink to fit into the false harmony around you.

When wisdom comes, transformation comes. Wisdom makes the difference between the succeeding man and the failing man.

A person with a victim complex loses on constant complaints and objections

You must know your part in the body of Christ and play it

No man's advice can change you unless you speak to yourself. Bible school or seminars can't change you, going to church can't change you except you decide to change.Psalm 139:23 - 24

There is something stunningly narrow about how the Anthropic Principle is phrased. Yes, only certain laws and constants of nature are consistent with our kind of life. But essentially the same laws and constants are required to make a rock. So why not talk about a Universe designed so rocks could one day come to be, and strong and weak Lithic Principles? If stones could philosophize, I imagine Lithic Principles would be at the intellectual frontiers.

Everyone plays a purpose, even fathers who lie to you or leave you behind. Time takes care of all that pain so if someone derails you, it'll be okay eventually.

You can discover your calling through the eyes of others

The amount of value produced at a certain period depends on the level of focus used to attain it

Since your life evaporates quickly, it is wisdom to learn how to number your days. Not just to number your days but to make each passing day productive.

When you dedicate yourself to your gift and do all the necessary studies to fully explore your field, you will be able to serve and to a full- valued and meaningful life

Do not allow yourself to be obsessed on failures

In other words, God Himself will prepare the man to meet these trials. Joseph found himself in this situation

You must be able to bring relevance to people

We all have an opportunity and responsibility to create a legacy. A legacy which is resilient, sustainable and authentic." - Jim Cookson, Doctoral Student, Ashridge Business School, UK, August 2014

I know a lot of wealthy people, and yet not many of them drive a Rolls Royce or a Ferrari! However, I also know some of poor people on the verge of bankruptcy driving Bentleys!

Storytelling is inherently dangerous. Consider a traumatic event in your life. Think about how you experienced it. Now think about how you told it to someone a year later. Now think about how you told it for the hundredth time. It's not the same thing. Most people think perspective is a good thing: you can figure out characters' arcs, you can apply a moral, you can tell it with understanding and context. But this perspective is a misrepresentation: it's a reconstruction with meaning, and as such bears little resemblance to the event.

We need to know who we are and then stand strong

God wants you to bless Him because it’s the purpose you were originally created for.

Find as much information about your subject as you can

Any life wasted or spent is gone and it will never come back.

The Christian Journey is not just to a place "Heaven", it is also to a person "Jesus". Ephesians 4:13 says "Till we all come to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ

Solitude with God is a place for pregnancy. Solitude is also a place to receive great ideas and creative ideas from God. The power of imagination is strongest in the place of solitude.

When you depart from this world, you must have the confidence that you have left your footprints in the sands of time, that you were among those who fulfilled their purpose

To live in love is my life’s purpose.

Your gift is what you were created to be

You make name for yourself when you overcome pain, weakness, laziness and ignorance

The kind of legacy you leave will only reflect the kind of life you lived.

Your inner “I” somehow knows the purpose of your existence

The best way to effectively use time is to schedule it.

Where am I going? This is a question of purpose and destiny

Be a lamp, or a lifeboat, or a ladder. Help someone's soul heal. Walk out of your house like a shepherd.

Your purpose on earth is to participate in this human experience and to seize the opportunity within each day to reveal the greatest version of yourself.

You need to discover how to invest your life

Ironically, many of the institutions that run the economy, such as medicine, education, law and even psychology are largely dependent upon failing health. If you add up the amounts of money exchanged in the control, anticipation and reaction to failing health (insurance, pharmaceutical research and products, reactive or compensatory medicine, related legal issues, consultation and therapy for those who are unwilling to improve their physical health and claim or believe the problem is elsewhere, etc.), you end up with an enormous chunk. To keep that moving, we need people to be sick. Then we have the extreme social emphasis placed on the pursuit and maintenance of a lifestyle based on making money at any cost, often at the sacrifice of health, sanity and well-being.

You must understand that your creativity comes alive when you spend time alone focusing on your projects without distractions.

Employment will fail you someday

The world does not know how to concentrate on working.

Seeking knowledge is mandatory for every human being, as the quest for truth is the true purpose of living. We are given an entire lifetime to collect and assemble truths. Truths are acquired only when we learn to filter all information, including those valuable lessons and insights gained from our own personal experiences, through our conscience. And as we near death, the knowledge in our hearts at the end must match the knowledge which was put in our hearts in the very beginning. All else is irrelevant.

Build yourself a system to achieve your dreams

Everything God does has purpose and intention behind that design. It is a master design, and every little thing has its proper place and function.

Your gift will make a place for you in the world

If you're going down the wrong path, speeding up isn't going to help.

Every citizen must pray for its nation.

The real failure is to rob this world of the contribution only you can make, and to fail to make work that truly gives you that 'this is what I was created to do' feeling that has no equal.

We are all qualified to fellowship with God no matter our situation or condition

The only way to practicalize your love for God is by helping and loving others