"For an athlete to function properly, he must be intent. There has to be a definite purpose and goal if you are to progress. If you are not intent about what you are doing, you aren't able to resist the temptation to do something else that might be more fun at the moment."

Wooden, John | Purpose | 3 bookmarks

"There is no road to success but through a clear strong purpose. Nothing can take its place. A purpose underlies character, culture, position, attainment of every part."

Munger, Thornton T. | Purpose | 2 bookmarks

"The great and glorious masterpiece of man is how to live with purpose."

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De | Purpose | 2 bookmarks

"The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere."

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De | Purpose | 1 bookmarks

"Make sure the thing you're living for is worth dying for."

Mayes, Charles | Purpose | 2 bookmarks

"I see no business in life but the work of Christ."

Martyn, Henry | Purpose | 2 bookmarks

"A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything."

Malcolm X | Purpose | 3 bookmarks

"Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men."

Lippmann, Walter | Purpose | 2 bookmarks

"The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it."

James, William | Purpose | 2 bookmarks

"Great minds have purposes; others have wishes."

Irving, Washington | Purpose | 5 bookmarks