Worthwhile Quotes

621 quotes by 524 authors

What about the rat race in the first place? Is it worthwhile? Or are you just buying into someone else's definition of success? Only you… — Sheryl Sandberg
Today is the day in which to attempt and achieve something worthwhile. — Grenville Kleiser
It's an attitude that has to do with curiosity, with wanting to know about things, wanting to be able to influence things, and wanting to… — Richard Bandler
All worthwhile writing... comes from an individual vision, privately pursued. — Nadine Gordimer
Challenges met are the scariest but are sometimes the most worthwhile. — Jon Taffer
I came to understand the value of education, not just to enable me to make a good living, but to enable me to make a… — Ruth Simmons
It were worthwhile to die, if thereby a soul could be born again. — Mary Slessor
The most worthwhile things in life rarely come easy, this is a lesson I've always known. The journey continues. — Michael Sam
You should rather suppose that those are involved in worthwhile duties who wish to have daily as their closest friends Zeno, Pythagoras, Democritus and all… — Seneca the Younger
I have times when I doubt what I'm doing. When those moments hit, I think about how grateful I am to be able to do… — Kimbra
I wouldn't wish any specific thing for any specific person - it's none of my business. But the idea that a four-year degree is the… — Mike Rowe
The Gross National Product measures everything except that which makes life worthwhile — Robert Kennedy
Wisdom is not what comes from reading great books. When it comes to understanding life, experiential learning is the only worthwhile kind, everything else is… — Joan Erikson
Life is so full of miseries, minor and major; they press so close upon us at every step of the way, that it is hardly… — Agnes Repplier
All my life I wanted to accomplish something worthwhile-a thing people will say took a little something ... — Bernard Malamud
The ceiling on taxation of capital gains reflects the national belief that speculation is a more worthwhile way to make a living than work. — Calvin Trillin
A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read as… — Mark Strand
It hardly seems worthwhile to point out the shortsightedness of those practitioners who would have us believe that the form of the poem is merely… — Mark Strand
Babies are a nuisance, of course. But so does everything seem to be that is worthwhile - husbands and books and committees and being loved… — Vera Brittain
Critics? Don't talk to me of critics! You think some jackanapes journalist, his soul eaten away by the maggots of jealousy and failure, has anything… — Jonathan Raban

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