Worthwhile Quotes - Page 13

Money is not the only commodity that is fun to give. We can give time, we can give our expertise, we can give our love or simply give a smile. What does that cost? The point is, none of us can ever run out of something worthwhile to give.

Steve Goodier

Running, Fun, Giving

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Causes do matter. And the world is changed by people who care deeply about causes - about things that matter. We don't have to be particularly smart or talented. We don't need a lot of money or education. All we really need is to be passionate about something important; something bigger than ourselves. And it's that commitment to a worthwhile cause that changes the world.

Steve Goodier

Smart, Commitment, People

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Relationships have always seemed very mysterious, and therefore worth exploring. I’m single, so it’s still kind of a mystery - a worthwhile mystery, one that I want to be on the scent of. I’m not lonely, and I think that has a lot to do with what’s on my bedside table rather than what’s in my bed.

Michelle Williams

Lonely, Thinking, Bed

"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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You are never going to be driven anywhere worthwhile, but you sure as hell drive yourself to a lot of great places. It is up to you to drive yourself there.

Bobby Knight

Up To You, Hell, Driven

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As they used to say 'What if they gave a war and nobody came?' How worthwhile if they declared a day of peace and everybody came.

Ed Asner

Peace, War, What If

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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 such as men or gods have never seen - a force worth reckoning with, if you were of a mind. And something was of that mind. And something else opposed it. He should have expected that. Battle in the heavens, battle on the earth.

Janet Morris

Loyalty, Men, Should Have

Janet Morris, Chris Morris (2010). “The Sacred Band”, p.286, Paradise Publishing

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Creativity gives hope that there can be a worthwhile idea.

Edward de Bono

Hope, Creativity, Ideas

Edward De Bono (1992). “Serious Creativity: Using the Power of Lateral Thinking to Create New Ideas”, Harpercollins

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The measure of achievement is not winning awards. It's doing something that you appreciate, something you believe is worthwhile.

Julia Child

Believe, Winning, Awards

"Julia Child: What I've Learned". Interview with Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. June 2001.

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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 and controversy. Nothing worthwhile is easy. Your ability to overcome unfavorable situations will provide you with time to demonstrate your true strength and determination for success. Always set your standards high, your greatest achievements lie within the infinite feats you achieve in your life.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Meaningful, Determination, Lying

Strength to Love (1963) ch. 3

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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; but it is much more worthwhile to accept the humiliations that come to us from others.

Alphonsus Liguori

Humble, Water, Suffering

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May every soul that touches mine - be it the slightest contact - get there from some good; some little grace; one kindly thought; one aspiration yet unfelt; one bit of courage for the darkening sky; one gleam of faith to brave the thickening ills of life; one glimpse of brighter skies beyond the gathering mists - to make this life worthwhile.

George Eliot

Sky, Brave, Grace

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The only worthwhile achievements of man are those which are socially useful.

Alfred Adler

Motivation, Inspiration, Men

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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 it. Few worthwhile experiences just happen; memories are made on purpose.

Gloria Gaither

Beautiful, Children, Memories

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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 more worthwhile...To seek the perfection of the warrior's spirit is the only task worthy of our temporariness, our manhood.

Carlos Castaneda

Life, Courage, Warrior

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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 them immediately on this account. For every hypothesis which once was sound was useful for thinking of previous phenomena in the proper interrelations and for keeping them in context. We ought to set down contradictory experiences separately, until enough have accumulated to make building a new structure worthwhile.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

Nature, Science, Thinking

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Any serious attempt to try to do something worthwhile is ritualistic.

Derek Walcott

Trying, Serious, Ritual

Derek Walcott, William Baer (1996). “Conversations with Derek Walcott”, Univ Pr of Mississippi

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...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 does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages, the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country, it measures everything in short, except that which makes life worthwhile.

Robert Kennedy

Marriage, Country, Children

Robert F. Kennedy, Edwin O. Guthman (1993). “RFK: collected speeches”, Viking Pr

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To hate is to deprive oneself of energy better spent on worthwhile endeavors.

Wes Fesler

Hate, Energy, Endeavor

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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 to it's limited in voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Effort, Mind, Body

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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 believe the truly enlightened beings are those who refuse to allow themselves to be distressed over things that simply are the way they are. - Wayne Dyer Learn the richness of solitude and quiet. That "still small voice" is yearning to be heard.

Susan Jeffers

Wisdom, Believe, Acceptance

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I feel sorry for the person who can't get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile.

Walter Chrysler

Life, Motivational, Sorry

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God bless the homicidal maniacs. They make life worthwhile.

George Carlin

Funny, Stupid, Humor

George Carlin (2002). “Napalm & Silly Putty”, Hyperion

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Lord of the springtime, Father of flower, field and fruit, smile on us in these earnest days when the work is heavy and the toil wearisome; lift up our hearts, O God, to the things worthwhile-sunshine and night, the dripping rain, the song of the birds, books and music, and the voices of our friends. Lift up our hearts to these this night and grant us Thy peace. Amen.

W. E. B. Du Bois

Song, Spring, Father

W. E. B. Du Bois (1980). “Prayers for Dark People”

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You ask me why I spend my life writing? Do I find entertainment? Is it worthwhile? Above all, does it pay? If not, then, is there a reason?... I write only because there is a voice within me. That will not be still.

Sylvia Plath

Inspirational, Life, Beautiful

Sylvia Plath (2011). “Letters Home”, p.56, Faber & Faber

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All worthwhile journeys have big obstacles. It's the way of the world. The rewards go to those who can push through those trying moments and still manage to keep a smile on their face.

Bear Grylls

Motivational, Determination, Journey

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