#purposes

FOR a long time the conviction has been dimly felt in the community that, without prejudice to existing institutions, the legal day of weekly rest might be employed to advantage for purposes affecting the general good. ↗

— Felix Adler

#affecting #been #community #conviction #day

We were therefore obliged to unload our boats of their cargoes and pass them empty over the falls by means of long cords which we had provided for such purposes. ↗

— William Henry Ashley

#cords #empty #falls #had #long

A hero holds purposes appropriate to man and is, therefore, a thinker. ↗

— Andrew Bernstein

#hero #holds #man #purposes #therefore

The Iranian government intends to use the nuclear program for peaceful purposes, but must convince international public opinion of that. ↗

— Shirin Ebadi

#government #intends #international #iranian #must

Critics have their purposes, and they're supposed to do what they do, but sometimes they get a little carried away with what they think someone should have done, rather than concerning themselves with what they did. ↗

— Duke Ellington

#carried #concerning #critics #did #done

Tis this desire of bending all things to our own purposes which turns them into confusion and is the chief source of every error in our lives. ↗

— Sarah Fielding

#bending #chief #confusion #desire #error

We do not need to eat animals, wear animals, or use animals for entertainment purposes, and our only defense of these uses is our pleasure, amusement, and convenience. ↗

— Gary L. Francione

#convenience #defense #eat #entertainment #need

Great minds have purposes; others have wishes. ↗

— Washington Irving

#great minds #minds #others #purposes #wishes

That's why it has to be a nonprofit, because a nonprofit is required to take monies it receives and use them for the purposes for which it's chartered by the government. It can't be pocketed. ↗

— Mitch Kapor

#chartered #government #nonprofit #purposes #receives

So the Marine Corps really did teach me to conquer fear, and then to go for higher causes, higher purposes. ↗

— Robert Kiyosaki

#conquer #corps #did #fear #go