Quote by James Allen
Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose,

Above all be of single aim; have a legitimate and useful purpose, and devote yourself unreservedly to it. – James Allen

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The vision that you glorify in your mind, the ideal that you enthrone in your heart – this you will build your life by, and this you will become. – James Allen

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To begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment. – James Allen

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We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years, and justify our existence… on pain of liquidation. – George Bernard Shaw

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One thing I have desired of the Lord, that will I seek: That I may dwell in the house f the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in His temple. Psalms 27:4 – Bible

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[M]an is fulfilling the purpose of existence who no longer needs to have any purpose except to live. That is to say, who is content. – Ludwig Wittgenstein [see Dostoyevsky]
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To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life. – Alan Coren, The Sanity Inspector, 1974

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