Purposeinstitue Quotes & Sayings

who does any unauthorized act in relation — Kate Morton

Ask yourself, 'What is obstructing my vision?' What is the difference between seeing and looking? — Joshua L. Goldberg

There is a strong chance that siblings who turn out well were hassled by the same parents. — Robert Breault

I'm not loyal enough to the Republic to stamp that loyalty right on my face. Leave that to June. — Marie Lu

My plan after office is to get up and spend that entire first day helping my wife move into her new senatorial office. — William J. Clinton

My son, who's on the spectrum is a very rigid thinker. He needs clear-cut definitions of right and wrong. Anything hazy or gray confuses him. For instance, if I try to get him to see that a friend behaved badly, he'll often get upset with me because a friend is a 'good guy' by definition, in his book. — Claire Scovell LaZebnik

You earn your reputation by the things you do every day. — Dave Thomas

My parents, teachers, and the culture I grew up in showed me a drawer in which to stuff my merciful nature, because mercy made me look vulnerable and foolish, and it made me less productive. — Anne Lamott

The spirit of the world, the great calm presence of the creator, comes not forth to the sorceries of opium or of wine. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I'm talking to myself in two different personas now. I'm reaching for a full-throttle meltdown and why not? Why stop halfway? Why not just go for it, jump on and ride the wave? — C.K. Kelly Martin

Some of the conclusions that I draw are very different from the ethical views most people hold today. That, however, is not a ground for dismissing them. If every proposal for reform in ethics that differed from accepted moral views had been rejected for that reason alone, we would still be torturing heretics, enslaving members of conquered races, and treating women as the property of their husbands. — Peter Singer

Expect nothing. Live frugally
On surprise.
become a stranger
To need of pity
Or, if compassion be freely
Given out
Take only enough
Stop short of urge to plead
Then purge away the need.

Wish for nothing larger
Than your own small heart
Or greater than a star;
Tame wild disappointment
With caress unmoved and cold
Make of it a parka
For your soul.

Discover the reason why
So tiny human midget
Exists at all
So scared unwise
But expect nothing. Live frugally
On surprise. — Alice Walker

If I'm elected president, I'll make people's voice the foundation of policymaking. — Tsai Ing-wen

When religions disagree about just creation, there is nothing to do but argue. When two scientists disagree about evolution, they confer with colleagues, develop theories, collect evidence, and arrive at a more complete understanding. Every question leads to new answers, new discoveries, and new smarter questions. The science of evolution is as expansive as nature itself. — Bill Nye

Point your feet in the direction you want to go and your life will follow. — John Avery