Quotes About Meaning

I feel that for years of teaching in the country and reading criticism in books, I feel like the things most needed in our culture are the understanding of the meanings of our music. We haven't done that good of job teaching our kids what our music means or how we developed our taste in music that reminds us and teaches us who we are.

Early in my teaching days, the kids asked me the meaning of a poem. I replied, 'I don't know any more than you do. I have ideas. What are your ideas?' I realized then that we're all in the same boat. What does anybody know?

I don't have any concerns fighting a teammate. It's a sport. To me, it doesn't really mean anything.

Life's like that," he said. "As we grow and change, sometimes things we've experienced before take on new meaning. It'll happen for the rest of your life.

As we grow and change, sometimes things we've experienced before take on new meaning. It'll happen for the rest of your life.

Algunas cosas no necesitan palabras, dice al cabo de un momento, y me pregunto si aún se refiere al sonido. Todo necesita una palabra, insisto. Necesitamos saber cómo describir el mundo. Si no, caeríamos en la ignorancia.

Pretty, huh?' I asked. My breath made frosty clouds in the air. 'I guess in some ways, it's not that different from the ski resort's view... but I don't know. I feel different about it today.' 'Life's like that,' he said. 'As we grow and change, sometimes things we've experienced before take on new meaning. It'll happen for the rest of your life.

Wanting and needing are two different things." He stepped away from me, and I suddenly felt incomplete without his body against mine. I had a fleeting flash of some connection bigger than both of us, and then it was gone. "A long life means nothing if it's empty and has no purpose. Better to live a short one filled with the things that are important to you.

Step 3. Clarify. Having heard what they have to say, begin to gather information about the meaning of their communication.

Deze hele strijd ging om mensen en toch werden mensen vaak als het minst belangrijk beschouwd. Wij strijden vaak meer voor waarheden, dan voor mensen voor wie de waarheden gegeven zijn. Wij strijden voor bedieningen over de hoofden van de mensen heen, voor wie deze bedieningen zijn

Stories are "how we organize the chaos of experience into the order we require just a carry-on." Joan Gideon

Goldwater hardly ever mentioned a statistic. He hardly ever used it EXAMPLE. He presumed you already knew what he meant. Reagan SHOWED you.

Every work of art is a request for love and attention.

If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.

The whole point of me doing a Christmas record and what I centered it around was the song 'Christmas with You' from the point-of-view of the soldiers in Iraq.

Significance in life doesn't come from status, because you can always find somebody who's got more than you. It doesn't come from sex. It doesn't come from salary. It comes from serving.

It's not about you.

What surprises me most about God is that the creator of the universe should want a relationship with me.

The Purpose Driven Life

You were made by God and for God and until you understand that, life will never make sense.

The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time. The best time to love is now.

You weren't put on earth to be remembered. You were put here to prepare for eternity.

The only really happy people are those who have learned how to serve.

It's not what you do, but how much love you put into it that matters.