Worthwhile Quotes

621 quotes by 524 authors

Do we talk about the dignity of work? Do we give our students any reason for believing it is worthwhile to sacrifice for their work… — Sargent Shriver
We need to recognise that what really matters isn't buying more and more consumer goods, but family, friends, and knowing that we are doing something… — Peter Singer
There has to be this pioneer, the individual who has the courage, the ambition to overcome the obstacles that always develop when one tries to… — Alfred P. Sloan
If I leave this Earth, I want to leave this Earth just knowing I've tried to give something back and tried to do something worthwhile… — Patrick Swayze
This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile. — Wislawa Szymborska
No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect. — Edward Teller
Most of the time I've worked in labs if I didn't encounter something in a week entirely unexpected and surprising I'd consider it a lost… — Lewis Thomas
I think I'm one of the most patriotic people that I've ever encountered in America. I consider myself a bedrock patriot. I participate very actively… — Hunter S. Thompson
There's nothing wrong in suffering, if you suffer for a purpose. Our revolution didn't abolish danger or death. It simply made danger and death worthwhile. — H.G. Wells
It is time my colleagues got real. All British universities doing worthwhile research use animals, and, instead of hiding, they should be boasting of their… — Robert Winston
I can't imagine anything more worthwhile than doing what I most love. And they pay me for it. — Edgar Winter
If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it… — Carter G. Woodson
I thought depression was the part of my character that made me worthwhile. I thought so little of myself, felt that I had such scant… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
Now I'm starting, relatively, to think straight again. I live one day at a time, one hour at a time. What makes it all worthwhile… — Paula Yates
Everything worthwhile, everything of any value, has its price. Everything anyone has ever wanted has come neatly wrapped up in its penalties. — Loretta Young
Human pride is not worthwhile; there is always something lying in wait to take the wind out of it. — Mark Twain
I meant," said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?" Death thought about it. CATS, he said eventually. CATS… — Terry Pratchett
And he could not tell why the struggle was worthwhile, why he had determined to use the utmost himself and his heritage from the personalities… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Part of us is always the observer, and no matter what, it observes. It watches us. It does not care if we are happy or… — Richard Bach
Of course, it is very important to be sober when you take an exam. Many worthwhile careers in the street-cleansing, fruit-picking and subway-guitar-playing industries have… — Terry Pratchett

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