1. errand - Noun
2. errand - Verb
A special business intrusted to a messenger; something to be told or done by one sent somewhere for the purpose; often, a verbal message; a commission; as, the servant was sent on an errand; to do an errand. Also, one's purpose in going anywhere.
Source: Webster's dictionaryYou are not here merely to prepare to make a living. You are here to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, and with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget this errand. Woodrow Wilson
Riddle of destiny, who can show; What thy short visit meant, or know; What thy errand here below. Charles Lamb
Let the grand errand into America never be forgotten. Ezra Stiles
Thought is an errand boy, fear a mine of worries. Yunus Emre
If you have a loitering servant, set his dinner before him and send him on an errand. Spanish Proverb
The king's errand may come in the cadger's gate. Scottish Proverb