Meaningful Quotes · Page 33

I think e-mail petitions are an illusion. It gives people the illusion that they're participating in some meaningful political action.

— Howard Rheingold

There's a fine line in being too specific so you can't be too flexible, and being too vague in being specific and…

— Jim Nussle

The first condition of education is being able to put someone to wholesome and meaningful work.

— John Ruskin

I have a lot of cultural references that have amassed in my brain like shrapnel over the years that are meaningful to…

— John Hodgman

It is this spiritual freedom - which cannot be taken away - that makes life meaningful and purposeful.

— Viktor E. Frankl

Church can be extremely boring. It can be very meaningful, it can be character forming, but can be have very little fizz…

— Barbara Brown Taylor

Sometimes you can have a whole lifetime in a day and never notice that this is a beautiful as it gets.

— Robin Williams

Survivorship comes with unspoken pressures, responsibilities and challenges. After all, what is the point of saving a life if the life isn't…

— Suleika Jaouad

Values are principles and ideas that bring meaning to the seemingly mundane experience of life. A meaningful life that ultimately brings happiness…

— Laura Schlessinger

Now it won't be long till we feel absolute happiness. You smile, close your eyes, and we meet midway for a kiss.…

— Raghib Clitso

My urge to photograph is activated by an almost biological instinct for preservation from disorder. The camera is a mechanical apparatus that…

— Arthur Tress

I've actually done more [music for] films than television. I love the process of writing for a film. I love that you…

— Jeff Cardoni

Courage, it would seem, is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune, fear, injustice, while continuing to affirm inwardly that…

— Dorothy Thompson

I do think that Social Security reform needs to be bipartisan, and we are going to have to reach that in this…

— Judy Biggert

This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us; to live in such…

— Oswald Spengler

Self-development is the only thing that keeps a person from burning out. We all have many needs - the need for certainty,…

— Tony Robbins

A dream inspiring a story is different than placing a description of a dream in a story. When you describe a character's…

— Jeff VanderMeer

As the years progress, what women and men will discover is that the most lasting and rewarding educational experiences come not from…

— Manning Marable

I have found it very important in my own life to try to let go of my wishes and instead to live…

— Henri Nouwen

“This is what true love is and yes it seems very small, and something that a person wouldn’t think would be a…

— Austin V. Songer

Trees and flowers were often more meaningful to me than people. They always helped me, consoled me, giving the soul a chance…

— Svetlana Alliluyeva

We like to pretend that our generous impulses come naturally. But the reality is we often become our kindest, most ethical selves…

— Cheryl Strayed

I learned that I could control my life. You are the master of your fate. . . you are the captain of…

— Oprah Winfrey

I experienced direct telepathy with other people, and during one such incident, I I received a channelling of cosmic information from some…

— Susan Schneider

Communicative skills develop when there's something meaningful for children to communicate about-when they are taking an active role.

— Lilian Katz

I didn't have a rigidly enforced religious parental pressure, but I did have a few years in my mid-teens of turning to…

— Warren Beatty

Every person who dedicates his or her life to something that belongs to the greater good is very meaningful.

— Mariane Pearl

Just because the past taps you on the shoulder, does not mean you have to look back.

— Wiz Khalifa

Synchronicity is an inexplicable and profoundly meaningful coincidence that stirs the soul and offers a glimpse of one's destiny.

— Phil Cousineau

A hug from a samurai girl is warmer than a heap of blankets and more meaningful than a pile of words.

— Sandy Fussell

Data are just summaries of thousands of stories - tell a few of those stories to help make the data meaningful.

— Dan Heath

It’s a brilliant song! C’mon…’Every day is like survival. You’re my lover, not my rival.’ What could be more meaningful than that?…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

We turn to literature to remedy the loss, to impose some kind of meaningful order on the nonsequential.

— Wendy Lesser

You can get around to meaningful conversations more quickly in the dark than with the sun tickling your face.

— Anne Frank

Most people I know that have work that is very meaningful to them pay the price of having to work all the…

— Terry Gross

I think if you can create a meaningful thing that is also an advertisement that's a pretty cool option for brands.

— Doug Walters

Our focus on meaningful projects means serving a useful social purpose while generating high-quality profits.

— Masimi Iijima

This occasion is personally very meaningful and I hope to visit Korea again if I have the chance.

— Cathy Freeman

For, in the end, it is impossible to have a great life unless it is a meaningful life. And it is very…

— Anonymous

Greatness and nearsightedness are incompatible. Meaningful achievement depends on lifting one's sights and pushing toward the horizon.

— Daniel H. Pink