Worthwhile Quotes

621 quotes by 524 authors

Even fools say something worthwhile now and again. Even a blind pig finds an acorn sometimes. — Robert Jordan
It is worthwhile adding that the power of the poem to teach not only sensibilities and the subtle movements of the spirit but knowledge, real… — Guy Davenport
This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer for… — Iris DeMent
Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for. — Earl Warren
...our societies appear to be intent on immediate consumption rather than on investment for the future. We are piling up enormous debts and exploiting the… — Lesslie Newbigin
A society which believes in a worthwhile future saves in the present so as to invest in the future. Contemporary Western society spends in the… — Lesslie Newbigin
The lower classes of men, though they do not think it worthwhile to record what they perceive, nevertheless perceive everything that is worth noting; the… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
it is very well worthwhile to be tormented for two or three years of one's life, for the sake of being able to read all… — Jane Austen
One must have a high opinion of a work of art - not the work one is creating at the moment, but of that which… — Edgar Degas
I haven't many years left ahead of me and I must devote all my time to painting, in the hope of achieving something worthwhile in… — Claude Monet
When Picasso paints as a cubist, putting one tone next to another, the arrangement of planes is fine and the results very storng. But those… — Aristide Maillol
There are two things that I want you to make up your minds to: first, that you are going to have a good time as… — Theodore Roosevelt
Tain't worthwhile to wear a day all out before it comes. — Sarah Orne Jewett
The barbarous custom of having men beaten who are suspected of having important secrets to reveal must be abolished. It has always been recognized that… — Napoleon Bonaparte
It is the simple things of life that make living worthwhile, the sweet fundamental things such as love and duty, work and rest, and living… — Laura Ingalls Wilder
What you do to-day that is worthwhile, inspires others to act at some future time. — Marcus Garvey
We like to have a point of view in our stories, not an obvious moral, but a worthwhile theme. ... All we are trying to… — Walt Disney
Think beyond your lifetime if you want to accomplish something truly worthwhile. — Walt Disney
Everything worthwhile is a good idea, but did you ever notice there is more bad ideas that will work than there is good ones? — Will Rogers
Judging others will avail you nothing and injure you spiritually. Only if you can inspire others to judge themselves will anything worthwhile have been accomplished.… — Peace Pilgrim

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