No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect. — Edward Teller Copy Share Image
Compassion is something really worthwhile. It is not just a religious or spiritual subject, not a matter of ideology. It is not… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The thing about being a writer is that you never have to ask, 'Am I doing something that's worthwhile?' Because even if… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
During the winter, you head out into the darkness for a run. When spring comes, and the first crocus pokes up its… — Nina Kuscsik Copy Share Image
She was also incredibly confident, with a way of moving and talking that communicated that she didn't need anyone to tell her… — Paula McLain Copy Share Image
To make wail and lament for one's ill fortune, when one will win a tear from the audience, is well worthwhile. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
“For education to happen, people must encounter worthwhile things outside their sphere of interest and brainpower.” — Mark Bauerlein Copy Share Image
“... the only thing that makes life worthwhile is loving orher people and being loved by them. - Pia Obrian” — Susan Mallery Copy Share Image
Just as little can we afford to follow the doctrinaires of an impossible - and incidentally of a highly undesirable - social… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I think I'm one of the most patriotic people that I've ever encountered in America. I consider myself a bedrock patriot. I… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
When people say that college isn't worthwhile and paying all this money isn't worthwhile, I really disagree. I think those experiences and… — Kevin Systrom Copy Share Image
There has to be this pioneer, the individual who has the courage, the ambition to overcome the obstacles that always develop when… — Alfred P. Sloan Copy Share Image
None of my inventions came by accident. I see a worthwhile need to be met and I make trial after trial until… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
Shopping seemed to take an entirely too important place in women's lives. You never saw men milling around in men's departments. They… — Mary Barnett Gilson Copy Share Image
I've done roles before where I've wanted to be buff and sort of fit or whatever. And I like to try and… — Guy Pearce Copy Share Image
For me, religious festivals and celebrations have become an important way to teach my children about how we can transform living with… — Randa Abdel-Fattah Copy Share Image
“I did wonder if I'd have cause to rue my action. Now I believe it can safely be filed under Necessary Regrets.” — Anthony Ryan Copy Share Image
But then Froi looked back to where his work lay unfinished and it made him sad because there had been something about… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Lots of people have objections to prizes of all types, and it would be extraordinary if everybody agreed on anything that's worthwhile… — Kate Mosse Copy Share Image
I've never felt that I was doing anything more worthwhile musically than when I was with Steely Dan. — Michael McDonald Copy Share Image
Spending one hour with Isaias is far more worthwhile, rewarding and enlightening than reading ten books — Meles Zenawi Copy Share Image
Anybody who has something sensible or worthwhile to say should be able to say it calmly and soberly, relying on the words… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
“Being good at mathematics is not necessarily the same as being fast at it. Taking the time to understand things properly is… — Lara Alcock Copy Share Image
One must have a high opinion of a work of art - not the work one is creating at the moment, but… — Edgar Degas Copy Share Image
The rule for every worthwhile man is that no serious job ever shall receive less than his best thought and effort — William Feather Copy Share Image
To me YES, AND means don't be afraid to contribute. Always make sure you're adding something to the discussion. Your initiations are… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
I wouldn't wish any specific thing for any specific person - it's none of my business. But the idea that a four-year… — Mike Rowe Copy Share Image
It is worthwhile for anyone to have behind him a few generations of honest, hard-working ancestry. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
God gave us dreams, but he gave us kids to make all those dreams worthwhile. And when I look at all my… — Tracy Morgan Copy Share Image
Life is worthwhile if you try. It doesn't mean you can do everything but there are a lot of things you can… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
It hardly seems worthwhile to point out the shortsightedness of those practitioners who would have us believe that the form of the… — Mark Strand Copy Share Image
The person who works and is never bored is never old. Work and interest in worthwhile things are the best remedy for… — Pablo Casals Copy Share Image
Generous people can become more generous as they become richer, giving away vast fortunes to worthwhile causes as Bill Gates and Warren… — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
It's an attitude that has to do with curiosity, with wanting to know about things, wanting to be able to influence things,… — Richard Bandler Copy Share Image
The mistake that people make in stand-up is thinking they're profound or they're deep when there are so many people who have… — Colin Quinn Copy Share Image
I did not win anything at Leverkusen so to win six titles in four years with Bayern shows the move was worthwhile. — Michael Ballack Copy Share Image
“Yes, it's worth it. The pain of sorrow is terrible and hard to bear, but the joy of love makes it worthwhile.… — Kate Sherwood Copy Share Image
We like to have a point of view in our stories, not an obvious moral, but a worthwhile theme. ... All we… — Walt Disney Copy Share Image
“Maybe our relationships--love--can save us, at least enough so that our lives are finally worthwhile, even with all the rotten misery and… — Jonathan Hull Copy Share Image
Just because something has been a lot of work or consumed a lot of time doesn't make it productive or worthwhile. — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
