Synonym: aim, design, determination, goal, intention, object, plan, resolution, target, will. Similar words: on purpose, purple, pose, impose, suppose, oppose, expose, compose. Meaning: ['pɜrpəs /'pɜː-] n. 1. an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions 2. what something is used for 3. the quality of being determined to do or achieve something. v. 1. propose or intend 2. reach a decision.
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(211) I had obtained my first camera for the express purpose of taking railway photographs.
(212) I don't know whether it was an accident or on purpose or what.
(213) The purpose of the marinade is to impregnate foods with the flavour of the ingredients.
(214) Purpose is that power that will propel you to get out of bed each morning and push you to make your dream come true. RVM
(215) To give away money is an easy matter and in any man's power. But to decide to whom to give it and how large and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man's power nor an easy matter. Aristotle
(216) Man, unlike animals, has never learned that the sole purpose in life is to enjoy it. Samuel Butler
(217) Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a purpose. Garrison Keillor
(218) Age after age has passed away, for no other purpose than to behold their wretchedness. Thomas Paine
(219) Living life without a purpose is like having an ice cream cone in your hand, letting it melt and drip without eating it. It was yours to enjoy, but you lost it! RVM
(220) Any alliance whose purpose is not the intention to wage war is senseless and useless. Adolf Hitler
(221) A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. John Milton
(222) The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning. Mitch Albom
(223) I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, 'Where's the self- help section?' She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose. Steven Wright
(224) It is my faith and conviction that the Constitution came not alone of the brain and purpose of man, but of the inspiration of God. Gordon B. Hinckley
(225) Life without goals is like flying a plane not knowing where you want to land. The purpose of life is to know where we want to go and then go there. RVM
(226) The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live. Ayn Rand
(227) Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. Eric Hoffer
(228) Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. Helen Keller
(229) The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience. Eleanor Roosevelt
(230) My happiness is not the means to any end. It is the end. It is its own goal. It is its own purpose. Ayn Rand
(231) The nerve that never relaxes, the eye that never blanches, the thought that never wanders, the purpose that never wavers - these are the masters of victory. Edmund Burke
(232) Imagination is the key to unlock the door to insights, ideas and inspirations, but it is worthless without purpose and meaning. Dr T.P.Chia
(233) The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. Ralph Waldo Emerson
(234) Believe in yourselves. Believe in your capacity to do some good in this world. God sent us here for a purpose, and that was to improve the world in which we live. The wonderful thing is that we can do it. Gordon B. Hinckley
(235) Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, but with great purpose in heart. Gordon B. Hinckley
(236) The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better. Robert F. Kennedy
(237) My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I'm happy. I can't figure it out. What am I doing right? Charles M. Schulz
(238) The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself. Albert Camus
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(239) So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning. Mitch Albom
(240) Your purpose in life is to use your gifts and talents to help other people. Your journey in life teaches you how to do that. Tom Krause
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