As a child I experienced firsthand the severe effects of poverty and illiteracy, especially upon women and children. My parents taught me… — Naveen Jain Copy Share Image
the real evidence of growing older is that things level off in importance ... Days are no longer jagged peaks to climb;… — Gladys Taber Copy Share Image
I am shocked as to how much importance my weight garners in the world we live in. I don't know why it… — Ronaldo Copy Share Image
Some major churches overemphasize the importance of preaching as a means to increase membership and fail to reach out with compassion to… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
By actively thinking about the implications a space has on its inhabitants, we can create great experiences for those who enter. Make… — James P Hackett Copy Share Image
What gave transcendent importance to the aggressiveness of power was the fact that its natural prey, its necessary victim, was liberty, or… — Bernard Bailyn Copy Share Image
I belong to the generation of workers who, born in the villages and hamlets of rural Poland, had the opportunity to acquire… — Lech Walesa Copy Share Image
All gods have good points, just as have all priests. Personally, I attach much importance to Hanuman , and am kind to… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
Solitude is used to teach us how to live with other people. Rage is used to show us the infinite value of… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
What meaning has such meditation? There is no meaning; there is no utility. But in that meditation there is a movement of… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
If Watson and I had not discovered the [DNA] structure, instead of being revealed with a flourish it would have trickled out… — Francis Crick Copy Share Image
When I was in school, sport was given utmost importance. I think it's fantastic for character building, for team playing, and I… — Abhishek Bachchan Copy Share Image
I must admit that when I chose the name, "vitamine," I was well aware that these substances might later prove not to… — Casimir Funk Copy Share Image
If the world kept a journal, many of the entries would be conversations concerning the advancement of scientific knowledge and its importance… — Flavia Weedn Copy Share Image
The year 1896 ... marked the beginning of what has been aptly termed the heroic age of Physical Science. Never before in… — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
Do not any longer contend for mastery, for power, money, or praise. Be content to be a private, insignificant person, known and… — John Wesley Copy Share Image
One has to bring the multidimensional impact that schooling makes in the lives of people. There's nothing like it, and I think… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
There is no escape from yesterday because yesterday has deformed us, or been deformed by us. The mood is of no importance.… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
A scientifically unimportant discovery is one which, however true and however interesting for other reasons, has no consequences for a system of… — Talcott Parsons Copy Share Image
[I attach] little importance to physical size. I don't feel the least humble before the vastness of the heavens. The stars may… — Frank P. Ramsey Copy Share Image
Irreverence is a most necessary ingredient of religion. Not to speak of its importance in philosophy. Irreverence is the only way left… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Consequently, the value and importance of the monarchic idea cannot reside in the person of the monarch himself except if Heaven decides… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
The dunyâ distracts and preoccupies the heart and body, but al-zuhd (asceticism, not giving importance to worldly things) gives rest to the… — Hasan of Basra Copy Share Image
What makes a story a story is that something changes. Internal, external, small or large, trivial or of earth-shattering importance. Doesn't matter. — Sarah Monette Copy Share Image
I'm thrilled to be joining Gap Inc., a company that understands the importance of integrating technology and retail in ways that improve… — Padmasree Warrior Copy Share Image
A lot of political people, especially people on the left, have forgotten the importance of humor as an incredible weapon, and a… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
Ministers have received their wages, and some have their minds too much on their wages. They labor for wages, and lose sight… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
Peace of mind is another way of saying that you've learned how to love, that you have come to appreciate the importance… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
I admire the ballad form most of all. Stories are irresistible. I've always had a passion for stories, the endings being of… — David Massengill Copy Share Image
In general, I'm careful when I'm dealing with subjects of deep cultural importance and write with abandon when I'm dealing with issues… — Eden Robinson Copy Share Image
Their mother had always stressed the importance of taking care of yourself first, your family second and everyone else not at all..… — Gena Showalter Copy Share Image
I was raised in a spirit of the importance of service to your fellow man. My mom is a senator back home… — Adhir Kalyan Copy Share Image
I also talk a lot in Deeper Reading about the importance that confusion plays. When my students come to me, they think… — Kelly Gallagher Copy Share Image
Humility does not mean believing oneself to be inferior, but to be freed from self-importance. It is a state of natural simplicity… — Matthieu Ricard Copy Share Image
Federal Reserve officials have stressed the importance of the Fed's independence. But such independence does not mean that it is immune from… — Richard Shelby Copy Share Image
Internal improvement and the diffusion of knowledge, so far as they can be promoted by the constitutional acts of the Federal Government,… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
The drive behind what I do is really to make sure that people don't go to bed hungry. It's not just that… — Cary Fowler Copy Share Image
On the news two dozen events of fantastically different importance are announced in exactly the same tone of voice. The voice doesn't… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
I learned some valuable lessons about the legislative process, the importance of bipartisan cooperation and the wisdom of taking small steps to… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
There is no tomorrow to remember if we don’t do something today, and to live most fully today, we must do that… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image