Worthwhile Quotes

621 quotes by 524 authors

Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Half effort does not produce half results, it produces no results. — Hamilton Holt
People who say that life is not worthwhile are really saying that they themselves have no personal goals which are worthwhile. Get yourself a goal… — Maxwell Maltz
Lessons are not to take the place of practice, but to make practice worthwhile. — Harvey Penick
O Lord, please fill my mouth with worthwhile stuff, and nudge me when I've said enough. Enlightenment is the "quiet acceptance of what is" I… — Susan Jeffers
The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times...the best moments usually occur when a person's body or mind is stretched… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
To hate is to deprive oneself of energy better spent on worthwhile endeavors. — Wes Fesler
And Tempus thought then that nothing was more worthwhile than what was growing in this whitewashed barracks, where he has come to build a force… — Janet Morris
Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea. — Edward de Bono
The essence of life is finding something you really love and then making the daily experience worthwhile. — Denis Waitley
The measure of achievement is not winning awards. It's doing something that you appreciate, something you believe is worthwhile. — Julia Child
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
You will gain more by receiving scorn peacefully than if you fasted for a week on bread and water. It is good to humble ourselves;… — Alphonsus Liguori
May every soul that touches mine - be it the slightest contact - get there from some good; some little grace; one kindly thought; one… — George Eliot
The only worthwhile achievements of man are those which are socially useful. — Alfred Adler
What will your children remember? We can change the world inside our own houses. Take the gift of this moment and make something beautiful of… — Gloria Gaither
If his spirit is distorted he should simply fix it-purge it, make it perfect-because there is no other task in our entire lives which is… — Carlos Castaneda
The more experiences and experiments accumulate in the exploration of nature, the more precarious the theories become. But it is not always good to discard… — Georg C. Lichtenberg
We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made. — Albert Einstein
Any serious attempt to try to do something worthwhile is ritualistic. — Derek Walcott
...the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of their play. It… — Robert Kennedy

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