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• Love is holy because it is like grace--the worthiness of its object is never really what matters.

  Marilynne Robinson

  Love Is, Grace, Holy

  Marilynne Robinson (2004). “Gilead: A Novel”, p.209, Macmillan

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• Relationships, not achievements or the acquisition of things, are what matters most in life.

  Rick Warren

  Motivation, Achievement, Acquisition

  "Purpose Driven Life". Book by Rick Warren, 2002.

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• We all fall but that's not what matters. What matters is picking yourself up again.

  Patrick Ness

  Fall, Matter, Pick Yourself Up

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• Good and bad is tricky," she said. "I ain't too certain about where people stand. P'raps what matters is which way you face." (pp. 348-349)

  Terry Pratchett

  Rap, People, Way

  "Witches Abroad". Book by Terry Pratchett, 1991.

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• Being in the Tuileries is not everything: what matters is to stay here.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Matter

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• At the heart of each spiritual tradition is the question of how to be in the world without losing what matters, and whether living an awakened life is of any use if we don't bring what matters to bear on the world.

  Mark Nepo

  Spiritual, Heart, Use

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• What matters supremely, therefore, is not, in the last analysis, the fact that I know God, but the larger fact which underlies it - the fact that He knows me.

  J. I. Packer

  Analysis, Lasts, Facts

  J. I. Packer (1973). “Knowing God”, Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press

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• There is no one perfect way to be a good mother... Each mother has different challenges, different skills and abilities, and certainly different children... What matters is that a mother loves her children deeply and, in keeping with the devotion she has for God and her husband, prioritizes them above all else.

  M. Russell Ballard

  Mother, Children, Husband

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• The beautiful thing about such moments in life is that there is so much clarity. You know what you live for and what matters.

  Angelina Jolie

  Beautiful, Clarity, Life Is

  "Angelina Jolie Pitt: Diary of a Surgery". www.nytimes.com. March 24, 2015.

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• Looking and seeing are two different things. What matters is the relationship with the subject.

  Christophe Agou

  Photography, Two, Different

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• Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Inspirational, Motivational, Friendship

  "My Country", Volume 2, No. 3, published by Litchfield Historical Society, p. 23, September 1968.

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• The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work

  Steve Jobs

  Work, Believe, Loving What You Do

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of the moment that create your future. The outline of your future path already exists, for you created its pattern by your past.

  Sai Baba

  Inspirational, Future, Past

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• We need much less than we think we need.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Thinking, Simplicity

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• Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me.

  Steve Jobs

  Men, Best Job, Design Work

  Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.57, Prabhat Prakashan

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• Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Life, Important

  "Phenomenal: 12 Pearls of Wisdom From Maya Angelou" by Tai Goodwin, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 29, 2014.

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  It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.

  Steve Jobs

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• What matters is the value we’ve created in our lives, the people we’ve made happy and how much we’ve grown as people.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  People, Made, Our Lives

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• To be an artist — actually, to be a human being in these times — it’s all difficult. … What matters is to know what you want and pursue it.

  Patti Smith

  Artist, Want, Difficult

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• It doesn't matter if I don't succeed in something, what matters is that I learn from my mistakes.

  Linda Evans

  Mistake, Succeed, Ifs

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• Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.

  Maya Angelou

  Life, Inspiring, Art

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Jul 07, 2011

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• The amount you give isn't important. What matters is what that amount represents in terms of your life.

  Jim Rohn

  Giving, Deep Thought, Important

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Sep 07, 2016

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• Being ready is not what matters. What matters is winning after you get there.

  Victor H. Krulak

  Motivational, Military, Marine

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• We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are.

  J. K. Rowling

  Love, Inspirational, Dark

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