131 quotes found
“True happiness... is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.”
“Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible.”
“Happiness means nothing to me. I just want to have meaning and purpose.”
“The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.”
“I always tell students that you've got to be practical. You do not need a dream. You need a purpose, something you can wake up to in the morning when the dream is dissipated.”
“Everything in the universe has a purpose. Indeed, the invisible intelligence that flows through everything in a purposeful fashion is also flowing through you.”
“Renditions before and since 9/11 share some basic features. They have been conducted lawfully, responsibly and with a clear and single purpose: Get terrorists off the street and gain intelligence o...”
“So there is a foreign intelligence purpose for every one of our FISA warrants.”
“In my view, far from deserving condemnation for their courageous reporting, the New York Times, the Washington Post and other newspapers should be commended for serving the purpose that the Foundin...”
“It is essential that we enable young people to see themselves as participants in one of the most exciting eras in history, and to have a sense of purpose in relation to it.”
“The purpose of getting power is to be able to give it away.”
“There is a certain sense in which I would say the universe has a purpose. It's not there by chance.”
“We cannot suppose therefore that God has made an order of beings, with such mental qualities and powers, for the sole purpose of being used as beasts, or instruments of labour.”
“Scientific discovery and scientific knowledge have been achieved only by those who have gone in pursuit of it without any practical purpose whatsoever in view.”
“My pet peeves are people touching me a lot. Random dudes grabbing me and slapping me across the back. They're not doing it on purpose, but it's like they forget I'm a person. But you can't do anyth...”
“The purpose of torture is not getting information. It's spreading fear.”
“To me, leadership is about encouraging people. It's about stimulating them. It's about enabling them to achieve what they can achieve - and to do that with a purpose.”
“Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.”
“The FDA serves a real purpose: To protect public health.”
“The photograph reverses the purpose of travel, which until now had been to encounter the strange and unfamiliar.”
