Important Work Quotes

• One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.

  Bertrand Russell

  Success, Work, Stress

  Conquest of Happiness (1930) ch. 5

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• Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• Real greatness is often humble, simple, and unobtrusive. It is not easy to trust ourselves and our actions without public affirmation. Some of the greatest works of art and the most important works of peace were created by people who had no need for the limelight. They knew that what they were doing was their call, and they did it with great patience, perseverance, and love.

  Henri Nouwen

  Perseverance, Art, Real

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• I appreciate any organization or individual people who sincerely make an effort to promote harmony between humanity, and particularly harmony between the various religions. I consider it very sacred work and very important work

  Dalai Lama

  God, Organization, People

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• I've never invested in any airline. I'm an airline manager. I don't invest in airlines. And I always said to the employees of American, 'This is not an appropriate investment. It's a great place to work and it's a great company that does important work. But airlines are not an investment.'

  Robert Crandall

  Important, Doe, Investment

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• It's easy to hate and point out everything that is wrong with the world; it is the hardest and most important work in one's life to free oneself from the bonds of fear and attachment.

  Noah Levine

  Hate, Attachment, Important

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• Of course it's difficult to top a box office success like Emmanuelle, so it will always be my most important work. But that's nothing to be ashamed of.

  Sylvia Kristel

  Office, Important, Boxes

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• Yeah i saw An Inconvenient Truth, and i dont want to say it was preachy but let's not kid ourselves, i've got far more important work to do

  Zach Braff

  Kids, Important, Want

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• The search for the truth is the most important work in the whole world - and the most dangerous.

  James Clavell

  Important, World, Truth Is

  "Fictional character: Francois Delambre". "The Fly", July 16, 1958.

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• Choices can change our lives profoundly. The choice to mend a broken relationship, to say "yes" to a difficult assignment, to lay aside some important work to play with a child, to visit some forgotten person - these small choices may affect many lives eternally.

  Gloria Gaither

  Children, Play, Broken

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• He can talk to himself about his dreams, hopes and aspirations. He can convince himself that there is a place for him and an important work for him to do.

  Wilferd Peterson

  Confidence, Dream, Important

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• Your most important work is always ahead of you, never behind you.

  Stephen Covey

  Important, Behind You, Behinds

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• It's not that your most important work is meaningless; it's that your most trivial movements are also significant.

  David Jeremiah

  Christian, Important, Movement

  David Jeremiah (2007). “Searching for Heaven on Earth: How to Find What Really Matters in Life”, p.15, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• It is not possible to design always the same. How to be different in each different place - that is the most important work and duty of the architect to find out.

  Jean Nouvel

  Design, Important, Different

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• I very much want to be in the business of creating content, of doing stories all over the world rather than figuring out what the business model is for 'Newsweek' on the iPad, although that's very important work as well.

  Fareed Zakaria

  Business, Ipads, Creating

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• The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.

  George Eliot

  Inspirational, Motivational, Work

  "Janet's Repentance". Story by George Eliot, Chapter 25. "Scenes of Clerical Life". Book by George Eliot, 1857.

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• A little girl who finds a puzzle frustrating might ask her busy mother (or teacher) for help. The child gets one message if her mother expresses clear pleasure at the request and quite another if mommy responds with a curt 'Don't bother me - I've got important work to do.'

  Daniel Goleman

  Girl, Mother, Teacher

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• She was unaware that she was somewhat of a celebrity up in heaven. I had told people about her, what she did, how she observed moments of silence up and down the city and wrote small individual prayers in her journal, and the story had travelled so quickly that women lined up to know she had found where they’d been killed. She had fans in heaven..... Meanwhile, for us, she was doing important work, work that most people on Earth were too frightened even too contemplate.

  Alice Sebold

  Prayer, Cities, People

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• Tea? At the beach? No time for luxuries, Holly. There is important work to be done.” He winked at Butler. “Are you sure you’re at the library? I thought I heard water.” Artemis smiled, enjoying the exchange. “Water? Surely not. The only thing flowing here is information.” “Are you grinning, Artemis? For some reason I get the feeling that you’re wearing that smug smile of yours.

  Eoin Colfer

  Beach, Luxury, Water

  Eoin Colfer (2008). “Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony”, Miramax

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• Okay. Morality in a nutshell. Don't hurt people if you can avoid it. Don't steal stuff unless you're starving or it's really, really important. Work hard. Pay your bills. Try to help others. Always double-check your math if there are explosives involved. If you screwed it up, you need to see it gets fixed. And don't eat anything that talks. If it doesn't fall under one of those categories, just do the best you can.

  Ursula Vernon

  Hurt, Fall, Hard Work

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• If a man has important work, and enough leisure and income to enable him to do it properly, he is in possession of as much happiness as is good for any of the children of Adam.

  R. H. Tawney

  Inspirational, Children, Work

  R. H. TAWNEY (1920). “THE ACQUISITIVE SOCIETY”

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• A building does not have to be an important work of architecture to become a first-rate landmark. Landmarks are not created by architects. They are fashioned by those who encounter them after they are built. The essential feature of a landmark is not its design, but the place it holds in a city's memory. Compared to the place it occupies in social history, a landmark's artistic qualities are incidental.

  Herbert Muschamp

  Memories, Cities, History

  "The Secret History of 2 Columbus Circle" by Herbert Muschamp, www.nytimes.com. January 8, 2006.

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• If you don't work on important problems, it's not likely that you'll do important work.

  Richard Hamming

  Hard Work, Important, Problem

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• ...you have to understand that motherhood has to be your priority. It's important work.

  Salma Hayek

  Mom, Motherhood, Priorities

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• Dr. Lourie's determined and compassionate advocacy led to new and improved services for thousands of children and families across the nation... the Lourie Center has rededicated itself institutionally to continuing his important work.

  C. Everett Koop

  Children, Memorable, Important

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