Quotes About Significance

His last word had been my name. The last word he heard was me speaking his own. Did this mean anything? And if it only meant something for the two of us, did that reduce it?

It was not wrong, the monster said, It was only a thought, one of a million. It was not an action.

Believing that, even though you are not personally in control of everything that happens, that even as our days are numbered and death comes for the righteous and the wise just as it does for the foolish and the wicked – that even lost as we are among the stars – your life nevertheless counts for something that is original and unique, a one-time-only appearance of your personality here on earth, something to be appreciated and maximized, made the most of, every day.

An awful lot of people come onto earth, eat, work and die and never contribute anything to the world,' Albert Price told a reporter. 'If they die, at least they will have done something.

If we don't have impressive-sounding names for things, no one will take us seriously.

Very well, for simplicity's sake, let us assume I am the center of creation. In doing this, let us pass over innumerable boring stories: the rise and fall of empires, sagas of heroism, ballads of tragic love. Let us hurry forward to the only tale of any real importance." His smile broadened. "Mine.

Y entonces haría un nombre para él

La vida es demasiado corta para que os preocupéis por cosas sin importancia.

Los nombres son importantes porque dicen mucho sobre la persona.

Hay dos cosas que debéis recordar. La primera es que nuestros nombres nos dan forma, y que nosotros damos forma a nuestros nombres. —Dejó de pasearse y nos miró—. La segunda es que hasta el nombre más sencillo es tan complejo que vuestra mente jamás podría tantear siquiera sus límites, y mucho menos entenderlo lo bastante bien para pronunciarlo.

Amo las palabras por lo que son capaces de conseguir. Del mismo modo, no soy ningún aritmético. Los números que solo hablan de números me interesan muy poco.

Había adoptado un nuevo nombre por las razones habituales, y también por algunas no tan habituales, entre las que estaba el hecho de que, para él, los nombres tenían importancia.

A veces era muy mala. Estaba llena de necesidad. Como si la forma del mundo dependiera de su estado de ánimo. Como si ella tuviera alguna importancia.

She was a wicked thing sometimes. All full of want. As if the shape of the world depended on her mood. As if she were important

What could you possibly offer me that is worth the price of remembering?

I do not love words for the sake of words. I love words for what they can accomplish. Similarly, I am no arithmetician. Numbers that speak only of numbers are of little interest to me.

Los nombres reflejan la verdadera comprensión de una cosa, y cuando comprendes de verdad una cosa, tienes poder sobre ella.

Hay dos cosas que deben recordar. La primera es que nuestros nombres nos dan forma, y que nosotros damos forma a nuestros nombres. —Dejó de pasearse y nos miró—. La segunda es que hasta el nombre más sencillo es tan complejo que su mente jamás podría tantear siquiera sus límites, y mucho menos entenderlo lo bastante bien para pronunciarlo.

But a word is nothing but a painting of a fire. A name is the fire itself.

My name is Kvothe, pronounced nearly the same as "Quothe." Names are important as they tell you a great deal about a person. I've had more names than anyone has a right to.

Names are important as they tell you a great deal about a person. I've had more names than anyone has a right to.

Just being alive - even if you're only on the planet for a few years - is struggle enough. You've earned the right to be remembered.

Existence was bigger than just life. It was everyone's life all together, and even if you lived in Buffalo, New York and had never been more than ten miles from home, you were part of the puzzle, too. It didn't matter how small your life was.

Aus den fernsten Weiten des Weltraums betrachtet, ist die Erde nicht größer als ein Staubkorn. Bedenke das, wenn du das nächste Mal das Wort "Menschheit" schreibst.