Quotes About Significance

THE DIFFERENCE THAT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE

Don't settle for being merely a teller of stories about significance. Decide to be the story of significance. Become the central character in your story of making a difference!

Every person has a longing to be significant, to make a contribution, to be a part of something noble and purposeful.

There are three questions you need to ask and answer to test your readiness to be a catalyst for significance," Jim replied. "They are: Can you be the best in the world at what you do? Are you passionate about what you are doing? Do you have the resources to change your world?

The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—it's the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.

An intentional life embraces only the things that will add to the mission of significance.

final analysis, results are what matter; attendance and activity don't.

But what price do you put on a great memory?

Every human being has value, and every player on a team adds value to the team in some way.

I believe that no matter what "plot" each of our stories may follow, deep down we all want one thing. We want our lives to matter. We want our stories to be of significance.

To put significance in our stories, we must also take action. Being passive may feel safe. If you do nothing, nothing can go wrong. But while inaction cannot fail, it cannot succeed either. We can wait, and hope, and wish, but if we do, we miss the stories our lives could be.

the Mackenzies regarded all this foolishness with the deepest respect, as if it had some genuine significance. They may have suffered from an indiscriminate sense of the past or from an inability to understand that the past plays no part in our happiness.

Only a few things in life matter a little. The rest don't matter at all.

The language of trees is even more remote from human intelligence than the language of beasts or of birds. What to these lovers, for instance, would the singular syllables wuther-quotle-glug have signified?

If every lover was treated like they matter everyday; Valentine's Day wouldn't be so special.

I always looked for someone I could live with, but ended up finding someone I can't live without. Happy Valentines Day. I Love You.

When you meet that special someone you'll understand why it didn't work out with anyone else

Size does matter and it doesn't happen to all guys.

When I stop responding, it means you aren't worth anymore of my time. It doesn't mean you win.

A teardrop is insignificant in a pool of water, but it can touch the soul as it runs down someones face.

You matter to people when you serve their purpose, when you cease to do so the matter in you is worthless.

When I make a big deal out of things, it's because I care.

I can't lose you. Because if I ever did, I'd have lost my best friend, my soul mate, my smile, my laugh, my everything.

I will not treat you like a priority when you treat me like an option.