Quotes About Significance

Ownership is not the most important thing. IT IS THE ONLY THING THAT COUNTS. Nothing

The value of things is not the time they last, but the intensity with which they occur. That is why there are unforgettable moments and unique people!

If after I die, people want to write my biography, there is nothing simpler. They only need two dates: the date of my birth and the date of my death. Between one and another, every day is mine.

consider the meaning of these images. Every time you're working with them, ask yourself: what do they mean? And, even more important, what do they mean to me? The more specific and personal something is, the more its universality emerges.

It is this process of symbolization which, in certain hasheesh states, gives every tree and house, every pebble and leaf, every footprint, feature, and gesture, a significance beyond mere matter or form, which possesses an inconceivable force of tortures or of happiness.

Here is an important distinction with far-reaching implications for Christian behavior. The deeds of Christians in this present time — however insignificant they may seem, however "vain" they may appear to those who value worldly success — are already being built into God's advancing kingdom.

But one does have to give words some credit. One has to at least pretend that they more or less resemble their meaning. Their shady meaning.

Joshua M. Greene, author Justice at Dachau

I suddenly became conscious that, for the first time in my whole life, I was essential to somebody. I could not enter a room without realising that he was instantly aware of my presence; I could not leave a room without knowing that he would at once feel and regret my absence.

Nos vies n'ont pas d'importance, elles coulent au fond du temps, pourtant nous avons existé et rien ne l'empêchera: bien que liquides, nos joies ne s'évaporent jamais.

toute vie, même nulle, est supérieure au néant, même héroïque.

Maria Cross ! Maria ! douleur, douleur de ne l'avoir pas vue — mais surtout quel signe qu'elle n'ait pas même songé à m'avertir ! Il faut que je compte bien peu dans sa vie ; elle renonce à me voir sans même y arrêter sa pensée... Je mets l'infini dans des minutes qui ne sont rien pour elle... »

Knowing and feeling are two different things, and feeling is what counts.

Names were important. You carried your name like a brand. You never lied about it, for fear of angering the god under which you were born.

Do you really imagine that your scrawl of a map has just sealed the fate of Toll and Mandelion?" Clent asked quietly but coolly. "Madam, it will make no real difference. We are simply not that important. We are ants watching the clash of dragons and trying not to get cooked to a crisp by creatures that have barely noticed us.

People want to feel what they do makes a difference.

We're just a drop in the bucket, and that's meaningless. But we say, 'No, wait a minute. If you have a bucket, those raindrops fill it up very fast. Being a drop in the bucket is magnificent.' The problem is we cannot see the bucket. Our work is helping people see that there is a bucket. There are all these people all over the world who are creating this bucket of hope. And so our drops are incredibly significant.

Me gustaría mucho que vinieras, ya que, aunque seas huraño, formas parte de mi paisaje cotidiano. Me he acostumbrado a encontrarte cada mañana en tu pupitre, dormido o haciendo garabatos sobre tu cuaderno negro. Si un día dejaras de venir, al universo le faltaría algo. [pp. 126]

Search for beauty without features, something deeper than any signs.

True greatness is not measured by the headlines a person commands or the wealth he or she accumulates. The inner character of a person—the undergirding moral and spiritual values and commitments—is the true measure of lasting greatness.

The cross has become a symbol in much of the Western world, misused by many rock stars and others who do not comprehend its significance.

Heaven doesn't make this life less important; it makes it more important.

There comes a moment when we all must realize that life is short, and in the end the only thing that really counts is not how others see us, but how God sees us.

The central theme of the universe is the purpose and destiny of every individual. Every person is important in God's eyes.