#purpose

The Bible is the only credible guide either as to the real relationship between man and the earth and the great Creator of both or concerning the purpose of the creation of both. ↗

— Joseph Franklin Rutherford

#bible #both #concerning #creation #creator

The Bible shows the clear statement of God's purposes concerning the earth, and man once made its prince. Its opening chapters show that it was intended for man's instruction. ↗

— Joseph Franklin Rutherford

#chapters #clear #concerning #earth #god

We have that illusion that we are 'deciding' what to make a character do, in order to 'convey our message' or something like that. But, at least in my experience, you are often more like a river-rafting guide who's been paid a bonus to purposely steer your clients into the roughest possible water. ↗

— George Saunders

#bonus #character #clients #convey #deciding

For charity purposes, how do I help? A lot of prospective levers and tools have come into my life. ↗

— Eduardo Saverin

#come #help #how #i #into

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

#encouragement #enforcement #even #federal #federal law

If life is so critical, if Anne Frank could die, if my friend could die, children were as vulnerable as adults, and that gave me a secret purpose to my work, to make them live. Because I wanted to live. I wanted to grow up. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#because #children #could #critical #die

When Mozart is playing in my room, I am in conjunction with something I can't explain... I don't need to. I know that if there's a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#conjunction #explain #hear #i #i am

I know that the purpose of life is to understand and be in the present moment with the people you love. It's just that simple. ↗

— Jane Seymour

#just #know #life #love #moment

I believe that when things happen, they happen with a purpose. ↗

— William Shatner

#happen #i #i believe #i believe that #purpose

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

— Irwin Shaw

#different #even #every #might #novelist