There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.
Kin Hubbard

Having a sense of purpose is having a sense of self. A course to plot is a destination to hope for.
Bryant H. McGill

In the early ages, I believe not much thought was given to what man is and what his real functions should be, and what is the real purpose of his life.
Morarji Desai

September 11 impressed upon us that life is a precious gift. Every life has a purpose. And I think we all have a duty to devote at least a small portion of our daily lives to ensuring that neither America nor the world ever forgets September 11.
Bill Frist

I guess darkness serves a purpose: to show us that there is redemption through chaos. I believe in that. I think that's the basis of Greek mythology.
Brendan Fraser

When I talk of the purpose of life, I am thinking not only of human life, but of all life on Earth and of the life which must exist upon other planets throughout the universe.
Clifford D. Simak

I do not know who there is among us that can claim to know God's purpose and God's intent.
Theodore Bikel

Every novelist has a different purpose - and often several purposes which might even be contradictory.
Irwin Shaw

To what purpose is it to be artificially happy on the surface?
Anne Parillaud

Happiness comes when we test our skills towards some meaningful purpose.
John Stossel

The fundamental purpose of government is to protect its citizens.
Arlen Specter

It was very important that it be done in such a way that it be executed with complete conviction. If I had done it both ways, if I was trying to cover myself in case it didn't work, then it would have been to no purpose.
Atom Egoyan

If part of the purpose of making an album is to get some radio play, then you might as well think about that. But that's not really how we picked the songs.
Mike Gordon

It is only of life on Earth, however, that one can speak with any certainty. It seems to me that all life on Earth, the sum total of life upon the Earth, has purpose.
Clifford D. Simak

Are ideals confined to this deformed experiment upon a noble purpose, tainted, as it is, with bargains and tied to a peace treaty which might have been disposed of long ago to the great benefit of the world if it had not been compelled to carry this rider on its back?
Henry Cabot Lodge

Nobody makes movies bad on purpose.
Roland Emmerich

One of the problems with even suggesting that purpose of a Federal law is for law enforcement officers to assist in protecting the public outside their jurisdictions is that it may give them encouragement or even a sense of obligation to do so.
Bobby Scott

If your basic premise about the fundamental purpose of our government is that it must provide for the common defense, then no other position is possible.
Don Nickles

You try on purpose to get players with different qualities which will rub off on one another.
James Levine

And really the purpose of art - for me, fiction - is to alert, to indicate to stop, to say: Make certain that when you rush through you will not miss the moment which you might have had, or might still have.
Jerzy Kosinski