Quotes About Significance

Publishers, readers, booksellers, even critics, acclaim the novel that one can deliciously sink into, forget oneself in, the novel that returns us to the innocence of childhood or the dream of the cartoon, the novel of a thousand confections and no unwanted significance. What becomes harder to find, and lonelier to defend, is the idea of the novel as—in Ford Madox Ford's words—a "medium of profoundly serious investigation into the human case.

But I get it; it's a way to mark time. When your life's too busy, it forces you to check in with yourself. Or when it feels all the same all the time, maybe it can make you feel special.

Só é problema se eu lhe der importância.

We must not despise small things," she said at last, "for what at first glance may seem insignificant may well be the source of great beauty and truth.

but he instinctively feels, I am good for something, my life has a purpose after all… How could I be useful, of what service can I be?

And it will matter little, in after days, Whether this twig, or that, kindled the blaze.

Mrs. Miniver put the last sheet back on top of the others and clipped them all together again. No, she could not possibly throw them away: they contained too much of her life. Besides, however clear one's memories seemed to be, it did one no harm to polish them up from time to time. One is what one remembers: no more, no less.

Leven moet geleefd worden. Je moet er ernst van maken anders ben je een plas die verdampt.

When you're sixteen or seventeen meaning can be anywhere. A drop of rain running down the window is a symbol, a song comes on the radio just when you longed for it, you have the same initials as the boy for whom you're sick, secret messages await you in poems. It's like living in a net of logic, of systems of words and significance.

The Russian verb is weak in tenses, strong in Aspects. [...] These aspects are in the very blood of the Slav. [...] These aspects I believe to be of profound psychological significance and this significance has not I think so far been fully understood.

Age is how we determine how valuable you are.

Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.

Your child is constantly making decisions about himself and the world, and how to find belonging and significance in that world.

the primary social goal of children (and adults) was to belong and feel significant within their family or social group. Although they are not always conscious of this goal, children constantly adjust their behavior to achieve a sense of belonging (connection) and significance (responsibility and capability).

Dreaming or awake, we perceive only events that have meaning to us.

You want to save the world." "What's wrong with that?" He sighed in exasperation. "You are too young to understand. People get by." "I don't want to get by. I want to know my life's been useful.

You are a name, not a number. Never forget that name, whatever they tell you here. You will always be Chaya—life—to me.

Great persons, like great empires, leave their mark on history.

You're valuable to God...It doesn't matter what you look like or even what talents you have. He cherishes you. You're beautiful in his sight.

The true significance of having an open mind lies in being deliberate, not obedient.

Because of my value, I veil myself... If I show too much, I wouldn't be revealing my true worth to you. I'd be distracting you from what matters most.

the person who is working is always more important than the work the person is doing.

To do great work, you need to feel that you're making a difference. That you're putting a meaningful dent in the universe. That you are part of something important.

If you are going to do something, do something that matters.