Famous quotes containing the words point and/or mission:
“As for work, without it, without painstaking work, any writer or artist definitely remains a dilettante; theres no point in waiting for so-called blissful moments, for inspiration; if it comes, so much the betterbut you keep working anyway.”
—Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (18181883)
“I am succeeding quite well in my work and the future looks well. What special mission is God preparing me for? Cutting off all earthly ties and isolating me as it were.”
—Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards (18421911)