Quotes About Importance

Just what young Barnes said to Mr. Edison on that occasion was far less important than that which he thought. Edison, himself, said so! It could not have been the young man's appearance which got him his start in the Edison office, for that was definitely against him. It was what he THOUGHT that counted. If the significance of this statement could be conveyed to every person who reads it, there would be no need for the remainder of this book.

It is not the clock that strikes the loudest that keeps the best time. The expensive chronometer works steadily along doing its work well and faithfully. It does not attract as much attention as the gilt clock with its sweet chimes, but men who know things are aware that the chronometer has the more real merit. Have the chronometer for your ideal and not the fancy clock, for true merit will certainly receive due reward.

HOW TO DEVELOP FAITH There comes, now, a statement which will give a better understanding of the importance the principle of auto-suggestion assumes in the transmutation of desire into its physical, or monetary equivalent; namely: FAITH is a state of mind which may be induced, or created, by affirmation or repeated instructions to the subconscious mind, through the principle of auto-suggestion.

as there is a close relationship between one's mental attitude and one's physical environment. The effects of environment so vitally influence those who work in factories, stores and offices, that employers are gradually realizing the importance of creating an environment that inspires and encourages the workers.

You know you have influence when people start noticing your absence more than the presence of others.

But never engage in detailed overexplanations of why something is important: one debases a principle by endlessly justifying it.

we need to shift some of our worries to bigger things.

All pieces of information are not equal in importance.

The work itself was a secondary consideration.

but that is not where the significance of the story lies.

That second is not in itself significant enough for someone to draw conclusions.

the difference between noise and signal. Noise is what you are supposed to ignore, signal what you need to heed.

But it remains the case that you know what is wrong with a lot more confidence than you know what is right. All pieces of information are not equal in importance.

good news is good news first; how good matters rather little.

How frequent the profit is irrelevant; it is the magnitude of the outcome that counts.

Outside of that it is the magnitude that counts.

My point is that wisdom in decision making is vastly more important—not just practically, but philosophically—than knowledge.

In the end it is those who derive consequences and seize the importance of the ideas, seeing their real value, who win the day. They are the ones who can talk about the subject.

The payoff, what happens to you (the benefits or harm from it), is always the most important thing, not the event itself.

That doesn't sound like civil war to me, said Gaylen, turning back to his book with a smile. It only sounds silly. Of course it's silly, said the Prime Minister impatiently. But a lot of serious things start silly.

Ideas do matter and do have consequences.

Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is as important as the one we pass on ourselves.

In attempting to counterfeit a self-esteem he does not possess, he makes his perception of reality conditional; he establishes, as a principle of his mind's functioning, that certain considerations supersede reality, facts, and truth in their importance to him.

And as mind becomes more important, self-esteem becomes more important.