Worthwhile Quotes

621 quotes by 524 authors

There is no more compelling motivation to worthwhile endeavor than the knowledge that we are children of God, that God expects us to do something… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph: a beginning, a struggle, and a victory. — Mahatma Gandhi
If you are careful,' Garp wrote, 'if you use good ingredients, and you don't take any shortcuts, then you can usually cook something very good.… — John Irving
According to the mystics, this search for divine bliss is the entire purpose of a human life. this is why we all chose to be… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Truth to tell, the longer I live, the more I'm tempted to think that the only moderately worthwhile people in the world are you and… — Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Forgiving and being reconciled to our enemies or our loved ones are not about pretending that things are other than they are. It is not… — Desmond Tutu
...we're told by TV and Reader's Digest that a crisis will trigger massive personal change--and that those big changes will make the pain worthwhile. But… — Douglas Coupland
For me there is only the traveling on paths that have heart, on any path that may have heart, and the only worthwhile challenge is… — Carlos Castaneda
So for all that we might speak words in each other's vicinity, this could never develop into anything that could be called a conversation. It… — Haruki Murakami
Nothing thatâ€™s worthwhile is ever easy. Remember that. — Nicholas Sparks
During my three years in Vietnam, I certainly heard plenty of last words by dying American footsoldiers. Not one of them, however, had illusions that… — Kurt Vonnegut
It has always seemed to me. ever since early childhood, amid all the commonplaces of life, i was very near to a kingdom of ideal… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
In a properly automated and educated world, then, machines may prove to be the true humanizing influence. It may be that machines will do the… — Isaac Asimov
The world needs a sense of worth, and it will achieve it only by its people feeling that they are worthwhile. — Fred Rogers
There were days when she was unhappy, she did not know why,--when it did not seem worthwhile to be glad or sorry, to be alive… — Kate Chopin
I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life… — John F. Kennedy
Apparently there is no profit in the unique, or not enough to make it worthwhile to preserve. Ultimately it drains the life out of us,… — Lewis Black
Progress does not have to be patented to be worthwhile. Progress can also be measured by our interactions with nature and its preservation. Can we… — Richard Louv
Dirk turned on the car wipers, which grumbled because they didn't have quite enough rain to wipe away, so he turned them off again. Rain… — Douglas Adams
As you read my stories of long ago I hope you will remember that things truly worthwhile and that will give you happiness are the… — Laura Ingalls Wilder

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