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title: "25 Important Happens Quotes by 23 authors"
description: "Browse 25 Important Happens quotes by 23 authors. Discover the best Important Happens sayings and thoughts."
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> [“What is important is not what happens to us, but how we respond to what happens to us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/what-is-important-is-not-what-happens-to-us-but-how-we-respond-to/)

[Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/)

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> [What's important is not what happens when you're there, it's what happens when you are NOT there!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritu-ghatourey/what-s-important-is-not-what-happens-when-you-re-there-it-s-what/)

[Ritu Ghatourey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritu-ghatourey/)

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> [Nothing important happens in life without a cost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-novogratz/nothing-important-happens-in-life-without-a-cost/)

[Jacqueline Novogratz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-novogratz/)

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> [Almost nothing important that ever happens to you happens because you engineer it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-foster-wallace/almost-nothing-important-that-ever-happens-to-you-happens-because-you-2/)

[David Foster Wallace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-foster-wallace/)

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> [What is interesting and important happens mostly in secret, in places where there is no power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ondaatje/what-is-interesting-and-important-happens-mostly-in-secret-in-places-2/)

[Michael Ondaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ondaatje/)

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> [ \[On not reading newspapers:\] If something important happens, your mother calls you. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-lebowitz/on-not-reading-newspapers-if-something-important-happens-your-mother/)

[Fran Lebowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-lebowitz/)

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> [I feel that nothing important ever happens that is not revealed to me beforehand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-hutchinson/i-feel-that-nothing-important-ever-happens-that-is-not-revealed-to-me/)

[Anne Hutchinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-hutchinson/)

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> [Remember that nothing really important ever happens until someone takes a chance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-jackson-brown-jr/remember-that-nothing-really-important-ever-happens-until-someone/)

[H. Jackson Brown, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-jackson-brown-jr/)

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> [Whenever anything important happens in America, they have to gold-plate it, like baby shoes. That way you can forget it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/whenever-anything-important-happens-in-america-they-have-to-gold/)

[Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/)

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> [“It is not important what happens where; Where we fall or rise, What we conquer or lose, How big or small we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dejan-stojanovic/it-is-not-important-what-happens-where-where-we-fall-or-rise-what-we/)

[Dejan Stojanovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dejan-stojanovic/)

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> [I do not watch television. But I'm in touch with the world. If anything really important happens, someone will tell me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nhat-hanh/i-do-not-watch-television-but-i-m-in-touch-with-the-world-if-anything/)

[Nhat Hanh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nhat-hanh/)

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> [When you are younger, you think money is happiness, your importance are your friends. Your public image is important. And then, something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karan-kundrra/when-you-are-younger-you-think-money-is-happiness-your-importance-are/)

[Karan Kundrra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karan-kundrra/)

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> [“It’s not what happens to you that is most important, but what happens IN you because only you determine what happens through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-banos/it-s-not-what-happens-to-you-that-is-most-important-but-what-happens/)

[Mary Banos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-banos/)

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> [“What we are waiting for is not as important as what happens to us while we are waiting. Trust the process.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mandy-hale/what-we-are-waiting-for-is-not-as-important-as-what-happens-to-us/)

[Mandy Hale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mandy-hale/)

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> [“Why life is so dark sometimes we do not know, but we do know this: what happens is not as important as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marvin-j-besteman/why-life-is-so-dark-sometimes-we-do-not-know-but-we-do-know-this-what/)

[Marvin J. Besteman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marvin-j-besteman/)

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> [What happens outwardly in your life is not as important as what happens inside you. Your circumstances are temporary, but your character…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-warren/what-happens-outwardly-in-your-life-is-not-as-important-as-what/)

[Rick Warren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-warren/)

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> [The fact is, for most of us, what happens to ourselves is so much more important than what happens to other people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-wentworth/the-fact-is-for-most-of-us-what-happens-to-ourselves-is-so-much-more/)

[Patricia Wentworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-wentworth/)

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> [What is interesting and important happens mostly in secret, in places where there is no power. Nothing much of lasting value ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ondaatje/what-is-interesting-and-important-happens-mostly-in-secret-in-places/)

[Michael Ondaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ondaatje/)

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> [“I made sure to pay attention to everything I was doing. To be fully in the moment. Because that’s all life is,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-mass/i-made-sure-to-pay-attention-to-everything-i-was-doing-to-be-fully-in-2/)

[Wendy Mass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-mass/)

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> [“In spite of this, our table's status on the Oronsay continued to be minimal, while those at the Captain's Table were constantly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ondaatje/in-spite-of-this-our-table-s-status-on-the-oronsay-continued-to-be/)

[Michael Ondaatje](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ondaatje/)

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> [“Is Death important? No. Everything that happens before death is what counts.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/is-death-important-no-everything-that-happens-before-death-is-what/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

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> [Sometimes it's not important why something happens, just that it happens, and that is important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/sometimes-it-s-not-important-why-something-happens-just-that-it/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [While 9-5 and what happens on the job is important, what happens from 5-9, off the job, is infinitely more important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zig-ziglar/while-9-5-and-what-happens-on-the-job-is-important-what-happens-from/)

[Zig Ziglar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zig-ziglar/)

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> [“Facts are important, the story is important. It's what happens to you that changes your life, not where or who with.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fabio-geda/facts-are-important-the-story-is-important-it-s-what-happens-to-you/)

[Fabio Geda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fabio-geda/)

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> [We're so interdependent, and what one country does is such an important part of what happens in the global economy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-mulally/we-re-so-interdependent-and-what-one-country-does-is-such-an/)

[Alan Mulally](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-mulally/)

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