Quotes About Importance

In war events of importance are the result of trivial causes.

All children wear the sign: 'I want to be important NOW.' Many of our juvenile delinquency problems arise because nobody reads the sign.

Christianity, if false, is not important. If Christianity is true, however, it is of infinite importance. What it cannot be is moderately important.

Conversation is the fine art of mutual consideration and communication about matters of common interest that basically have some human importance.

It would be folly to argue that the people cannot make political mistakes. They can and do make grave mistakes. They know it, they pay the penalty, but compared with the mistakes which have been made by every kind of autocracy they are unimportant.

Little things affect little minds.

Strange how few After all's said and done, the things that are Of moment.

I made a mistake today, I made a mistake yesterday. I think it's ... very important to ignore the negative.

Let us never forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization.

Slight not what is near though aiming at what is far.

Life has a value only when it has something valuable as its object.

Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important.

I think the inner person is the most important. ... I would like to see an invention that keeps the mind alert. That's what is important.

Within our family there was no such thing as a person who did not matter. Second cousins thrice removed mattered.

How important is the heart! It is there that character is formed. It alone holds the secrets of true success.

There are no little events in life, those we think of no consequence may be full of fate, and it is at our own risk if we neglect the acquaintances and opportunities that seem to be casually offered, and of small importance.

I believe every person has the ability to achieve something important, and with that in mind I regard everyone as special.

The fact that we are human beings is infinitely more important than all the peculiarities that distinguish human beings from one another.

Every human being is trying to say something to others. Trying to cry out I am alive, notice me! Speak to me! Confirm that I am important, that I matter!

An unlearned carpenter of my acquaintance once said in my hearing: 'There is very little difference between one man and another, but what there is is very important.'

There are expectations in everyone's lives. It might be small or big, but then you cannot forget to prioritise what is important and try to focus when it is really needed.

In film, it's very important to not allow yourself to get sentimental, which, being British, I try to avoid. People sometimes regard sentimentality as emotion. It is not. Sentimentality is unearned emotion.

I believe everything in moderation. But breakfast is important. I have two hard-boiled or scrambled eggs with whole-wheat toast and try to get some fruit in there.

I wouldn't want to hear Beethoven without beautiful bass, the cellos, the tuba. It's very important. Hip-hop has thunderous bass. And so does Beethoven. If you don't have the bass, it's like being amputated. It's like you have no legs.