Importance Quotes

Direct and easy communications — freedom of speech in all forms and in its broadest sense — has become vital to the very survival of a civilized humanity.

A thing is important if anyone think it important.

It is true, I never assisted the sun materially in his rising, but doubt not, it was of the last importance only to be present at it.

Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.

Little things are big.

It is the direction and not the magnitude which is to be taken into consideration.

In other words, character is far more important than intellect to the race as to the individual. We need intellect, and there is no reason why we should not have it together with character; but if we must choose between the two we choose character without a moment's hesitation.

Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill.

A life with love will have some thorns, but a life without love will have no roses. To the world, you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.

It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.

Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!

Small to greater matters must give way.

Bodily vigor is good, and vigor of intellect is even better, but far above is character.

Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never dreamed of. An apparently trivial indulgence in lust or anger today is the loss of a ridge or railway line or bridgehead from which the enemy may launch an attack otherwise impossible.

Above all, a query letter is a sales pitch and it is the single most important page an unpublished writer will ever write. It's the first impression and will either open the door or close it. It's that important, so don't mess it up. Mine took 17 drafts and two weeks to write.

Having money isn't everything, not having it is.

The arts are essen­tial to any com­plete national life. The State owes it to itself to sus­tain and encour­age them. [...] Ill fares the race which fails to salute the arts with the rev­er­ence and delight which are their due.

My dear young lady, there was a great deal of truth; I dare say, in what you said, and you looked very pretty while you said it, which is much more important.

To pace about, looking to obtain status, looking to attain 'importance' - I can think of nothing more ridiculous.

Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we, as a people, can be engaged in.

Everything is as important as everything else.

Venerable are letters, infinitely brave, forlorn, and lost. Life would split asunder without them. 'Come to tea, come to dinner, what's the truth of the story? have you heard the news? life in the capital is wonderful; the Russian dancers....' These are our stays and props. These lace our days together and make of life a perfect globe.

Every little advantage is of great moment when men have to come to blows.

The people are the most important element in a nation; the spirits of the land and grain are the next; the sovereign is the least.

Disneyland is the star, everything else is in the supporting role.

The theater is necessary. Dance is necessary. Song is necessary. The arts are necessary- they are a necessary part of our lives

There's nothing tiny or insignificant. Everything is significant. And everything flows on the same basis of Laws. Whether you are looking at world events or something that's happening in your kitchen drawer, broad and important, or narrow and seemingly insignificant, there's potential for connection or disconnection in either case. And it is only the connection or the disconnection that is of really any importance.

Life without music is no life at all.

The fight against bad English is not frivolous.

Home is a word stronger than a magician ever spoke.

We've got to teach history based not on what's in fashion, but what's important.

Long ago I realized that no other person would be to me what you are.

In ancient times music was the foundation of all the sciences. Education was begun with music with the persuasion that nothing could be expected of a man who was ignorant of music.

The news just came in from the County of Keck That a very small bug by the name of Van Vleck Is yawning so wide you can look down his neck. This may not seem very important, I know, but it Is, so I'm bothering telling you so.

Things don't have to change the world to be important.

Justice is the crowning glory of the virtues.

Perhaps there is no more important component of character than steadfast resolution.

Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.

From my experience let me say this: in today's world it is no bad thing for a politician to have had the benefit of a scientific background. And not only politicians. Those who work in industry, in commerce, in investment. Indeed, so important has it become that I believe we are right to make science a compulsory subject for all schoolchildren.

Man, not men, is the most important consideration.

The beginning is half of the whole.

Perhaps it is the lowest of the qualities of an orator, but it is, on so many occasions, of chief importance,--a certain robust and radiant physical health; or--shall I say?--great volumes of animal heat.

Without education, you are not going anywhere in this world.

The cemetery is full of indispensable people.

The man whose horse trots a mile in a minute does not carry the most important messages.

All I can do is to urge on you to regard friendship as the greatest thing in the world; for there is nothing which so fits in with our nature, or is so exactly what we want in prosperity or adversity.

Trifles, trifles are what matter!

And another thing. Don’t ever kid yourself about loving some one. It is just that most people are not lucky enough ever to have it. You never had it before and now you have it. What you have with Maria, whether it lasts just through today and a part of tomorrow, or whether it lasts for a long life is the most important thing that can happen to a human being. There will always be people who say it does not exist because they cannot have it. But I tell you it is true and that you have it and that you are lucky even if you die tomorrow.

If you are in a country that is progressive, the woman is progressive. If you're in a country that reflects the consciousness toward the importance of education, it's because the woman is aware of the importance of education. But in every backward country you'll find the women are backward, and in every country where education is not stressed its because the women don't have education.

When humor go's, there go's civilization.

There is no life without friendship

Trust is like the air we breathe--when it's present, nobody really notices; when it's absent, everybody notices.

Each shot is important.

A scrap of knowledge about sublime things is worth more than any amount about trivialities.

Don’t ever underestimate the importance of money. I know it’s often been said that money won’t make you happy and this is undeniably true, but everything else being equal, it’s a lovely thing to have around the house.

Everybody wants to be somebody. Everybody wants to be noticed. Everybody wants to be somebody important. Importance is just treating people good. That's important.

Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in. That every man may receive at least a moderate education...appears to be an object of vital importance...

Fire and water are not of more universal use than friendship.

The vote is precious. It's almost sacred, so go out and vote like you never voted before.

Some things are too important to be taken seriously.