Quotes About Meaningful

God grant that I may never live to be useless!

Jesus came into this world not as a philosopher or a general but as a carpenter. All work matters to God.

Just ended a conversation with one of America's most famous atheists with "God bless you." Couldn't help it. And I meant it. And he knew it.

When you experience God it is deeply personal, but it's not at all private.

Heartless praise is not praise at all. It is worthless and an insult to God.

How do you define God? Like this. A God I could understand, at least potentially, was infinitely more interesting and relevant than one that defied comprehension.

Be wise and don't let good things crowd out those that are essential.

I'd rather have two good friends, than 500,000 admirers.

Good art doesn't really have an expiration date on it. That's something to be happy about, if you're making art.

I don't know. I imagine good teaching as a circle of earnest people sitting down to ask each other meaningful questions. I don't see it as a handing down of answers.

If you can change three lives in 10, three lives in a hundred, that's got to be good, hasn't it?

And as for Pleasure, there is little in this World that is true and sincere, besides the Pleasure of doing our Duty, and of doing good.

I think that's a hallmark of a really good story that it has readers that it speaks to more than others.

One piece of good sense would be more memorable than a monument as high as the moon.

A performance can have amazing visuals and special effects, but it has to tell a good story, even if that story isn't original.

I like being part of good movies and telling stories that mean something to me. I also like playing characters that I look up to.

I agree that comedy does a good job - and is often about - stepping over the line - Lenny Bruce, etc. - and that this is important for a lot of poets too. I guess I feel like there has to be depth.

Of course, there [in China] has to be chaos. It has to be crazy, and I don't think there's anything wrong about it except this government, which is really incapable of doing anything meaningful.

Good design is making something intelligible and memorable. Great design is making something memorable and meaningful.

I would want my legacy to be that I was a great son, father and friend.

It is the mark of great art that its appeal is universal and eternal.

The only happy people I know are the ones who are working well at something they consider important.

The most essential thing for happiness is the gift of friendship.

Happiness is understanding that friendship is more precious than mere things, more precious than getting your own way, more precious than being in situations where true principles are not at stake.