Importance Quotes

1777 Importance quotes by 1325 unique authors

Hence the importance of patience in the New Testament, which becomes the basic constituent of Christianity, more central even than humility: the power to wait,… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
An empathic way of being can be learned from empathic persons. Perhaps the most important statement of all is that the ability to be accurately… — Carl Rogers
I can maintain my sense of the sacredness of existence only by understanding my own limitations and losing my self-importance. — Jim Harrison
You cannot compare your athletic achievement to the importance of children and giving them a safe environment in which to grow up and enjoy life. — Steffi Graf
There is no task of greater importance than to give our children the very best preparation for the demands of an ominous future, a preparation… — Bruno Walter
It is of first importance that the military be subordinate to civilian government — John Rawls
The individual's life is of importance to none besides himself: the point is whether he wishes to escape from history or give his life for… — Oswald Spengler
There is another side [to ego] that can wreck a team or an organization. That is being distracted by your own importance. It can come… — Bill Walsh
Nor is it of much Importance to us to know the Manner in which Nature executes her laws; 'tis enough to know the Laws themselves. — Benjamin Franklin
Over the years, many Americans have made sacrifices in order to promote freedom and human rights around the globe: the heroic actions of our veterans,… — George H. W. Bush
The great British blues guitarists of the Sixties - people like Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Peter Green - could play like virtuosos,… — Joe Perry
You exert a certain degree of influence, and be it ever so small, it affects some person or persons, and for the results of the… — Lorenzo Snow
I am deeply interested in the progress and elevation of journalism, having spent my life in that profession, regarding it as a noble profession and… — Joseph Pulitzer
We are involved in a constitution-building process of historic importance. The Convention should mark a new stage in European integration. — Romano Prodi
The importance of an artist is to be measured by the quantity of new signs which he has introduced to the language of art. — Henri Matisse
I wanted to come back to Sighet to tell you the story of my death. So that you could prepare yourselves while there was still… — Elie Wiesel
The adoption by Jefferson and the Republicans of the political structure of their opponents is of an importance hardly inferior to that of the adoption… — Herbert Croly
I wouldn't attach too much importance to these student riots. I remember when I was a student at the Sorbonne in Paris, I used to… — John Foster Dulles
Connect the dots between individual roles and the goals of the organization. When people see that connection, they get a lot of energy out of… — Ken Blanchard
Man cannot long survive without air, water, and sleep. Next in importance comes food. And close on its heels, solitude. — Thomas Szasz
Why is one a slave to thought ? Why has thought become so important in all our lives -thought being ideas, being the response to… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
I think we continually need to understand how important an event the war was - how defining, how central to who we are. Everything that… — Ken Burns
Personal importance, or taking things personally, is the maximum expression of selfishness because we make the assumption that everything is about me. — Miguel Angel Ruiz
Let your actions always speak for you, but be forever on guard against the terrible traps of false pride and conceit that can halt your… — Og Mandino
We are all looking for something of extraordinary importance whose nature we have forgotten; I am writing the memoirs of a man who has lost… — Eugene Ionesco

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