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«Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence»
«A faith to live by, a self to live with, and a purpose to live for.»
Author: Bob Harrington | Keywords: live with, purpose
«Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.»
«Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.»
«Anyone can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person at the right time, and for the right purpose and in the right way - that is not within everyone's power and that is not easy.»
«Everything happens for a reason and a purpose, and it serves you.»
«Goals are a means to an end, not the ultimate purpose of our lives. They are simply a tool to concentrate our focus and move us in a direction. The only reason we really pursue goals is to cause ourselves to expand and grow. Achieving goals by themselves will never make us happy in the long term; it's who you become, as you overcome the obstacles necessary to achieve your goals, that can give you the deepest and most long-lasting sense of fulfillment.»
«Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought.»
«A pilgrim is a wanderer with purpose.»
«Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids»

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