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Quotes About Importance

Are pants really that important?" Laura said. She said it sarcastically because she was afraid of her tears.
~ Ann Bannon
People sometimes talk about the power of first impressions, and believe me, there is truth to it.
~ Ann Brashares
I knew when we changed our schedule, something like this would happen. Stacey rolled her eyes. Kristy, one thing has nothing to do with the other. Remember when Monday, Wednesday and Friday used to be untouchable? I asked. We set up our appointmnets and stuff around meeting times. Gladly. Because we knew we had to. That was why I didn't want to change Fridays. Once you do something like that, you're saying the club isn't that important. Now look what's happening: a chain reaction.
~ Ann M. Martin
Ashley gave me a tiny smile. I began to feel bad. Maybe I was really important to her. I wasn't sure. I was pretty sure I was her only friend, though. I had four good friends, but so far, Ashley only had me. Besides, this was art. What Ashley and I were doing was important and it was something I do only with Ashley, not with any of my other friends.
~ Ann M. Martin
Yes, a peculiar trait of holding certain symbols as sacred and intimately tied to one's own identity is that they can often become more important than human life. No
~ Sam Harris
spirituality is not just important for living a good life; it is actually essential for understanding the human mind.
~ Sam Harris
In life, the only thing of importance is a radical, total, and definitive change. The rest, frankly, is of no importance at all.
~ Samael Aun Weor
Nothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking about
~ Samantha Power
I was struck by the importance of dignity as a historical force. "What was horrible about the communist rule," Tatjana told us, "was that the man in front of you ordering you around was very stupid, and you had to listen to him." Even amid jailings and torture, these smaller humiliations ground people down.
~ Samantha Power
I had done all that I could, and no Man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
~ Samuel Johnson
The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it; for, however absurd it may be thought to boast an honour by an act which shows that it was conferred without merit, yet most men seem rather inclined to confess the want of virtue than of importance.
~ Samuel Johnson
There is nothing so minute or inconsiderable that I would not rather know it than not know it.
~ Samuel Johnson
Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.
~ Samuel Johnson
La mia anima ha la stessa importanza dell'anima di una principessa, anche se come rango io mi trovo alla pari del più umile schiavo.
~ Samuel Richardson
Is there any-thing that you particularly like in the situation of that house? Houses, Sir, nay, Countries, will be alike to me, in the company of those I value.
~ Samuel Richardson
Men, I still think, ought to be weighed, not counted. Their worth ought to be the final estimate of their value.
~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge
It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.
~ Santa Teresa de Jesús
Indeed, for social solidarity to take widespread hold, it may be especially important that elites—the "rich," the "learned," and the "authorities"—undergo their share of the suffering
~ Sarah Chayes
But if something was really important, fate made sure it somehow came back to you and gave you another chance.
~ Sarah Dessen
He was the closest thing I'd ever had to something, or someone, that mattered. But in the end, close didn't count. You were either in, or you weren't.
~ Sarah Dessen
Look. We both know life is short, Macy. Too short to waste a single second with anyone who doesn't appreciate and value you.
~ Sarah Dessen
None of it meant anything, and all of it was important.
~ Sarah Dessen
If you were dead, Owen told her, you'd have bigger problems than what you were wearing.
~ Sarah Dessen
But it was important to simply be sought, even if you didn"t ever want to be found.
~ Sarah Dessen