Be Worthy Quotes

My father didn't think being an artist was a respectable or worthy goal for a man. He hoped I would see my way to more serious work and would find myself turning towards medicine, law, or business.

Wise and prudent men and intelligent conservatives have long known that in a changing world worthy institutions can be conserved only by adjusting them to the changing time.

Ambition is not in itself an evil; nor is he to be condemned whose spirit prompts him to seek fame by worthy and honourable ways.

Tomorrow, the Tripartite Pact will become an instrument of just peace between the peoples. Italians! Once more arise and be worthy of this historical hour! We shall win.

I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority of the Church. I am hopelessly unworthy of it, but I hope to become worthy.

We think work with the brain is more worthy than work with the hands. Nobody who thinks with his hands could ever fall for this.

To not to have entirely wasted one’s life seems to be a worthy accomplishment, if only for myself.

Worthy of honor is he who does no injustice, and more than twofold honor, if he not only does no injustice himself, but hinders others from doing any.

My definition of success is: 1.) The progressive realization of worthy goals 2.) The ability to love and have compassion 3.) To be in touch with the creative source within.

Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, seek to be worthy of being known.

Along the blade of a knife lies the path of paradox—the single most worthy path of the fearless mind . . . .

God's love does not love that which is worthy of being loved, but it creates that which is worthy of being loved.

Nothing makes people so worthy of compliments as receiving them. One is more delightful for being told one is delightful-just as one is more angry for being told one is angry.

Every screenwriter worthy of the name has already directed his film when he has written his script.

The early and the latter part of human life are the best, or, at least, the most worthy of respect; the one as the age of innocence, the other of reason.

Take away God and religion, and men live to no purpose, without proposing any worthy end of life to themselves.

We all make the mistake thinking that how you look makes you more worthy of love.

The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.

Reducing health costs and increasing access to health care are worthy goals that every Member of Congress should support.

If a task is worthy of our attention, it is worthy of our best.

The inscrutable wisdom through which we exist is not less worthy of veneration in respect to what it denies us than in respect to what it has granted.

When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, that petty fears and petty pleasures are but the shadow of the reality.

You do not lose your value or preciousness when you grow to be a adult. You are still that miraculous creation. You must work, we must all work, to make the world worthy of its children.

While people who are enlightened are worthy of respect, to put them on a pedestal is a mistake. To undervalue them is also a mistake.

I suppose for whatever reason I actively welcome being put down, something which perhaps goes back to my upbringing - that accusation of not being worthy which could be laid at one's door.

A man convinced of his own merit will accept misfortune as an honor, for thus can he persuade others, as well as himself, that he is a worthy target for the arrows of fate.

One of the best ways to elevate your character is to emulate worthy role models

Television is not the exclusive target of promoters. Is Superman really worthy of a Newsweek cover?

I also ache at that thought your majesty... But if they do not offer the sacrifice in blood now, we will all pay dearly with added gallons later. So if some most die it is in a worthy cause.

You must be worthy of the best, but not more worthy than the rest.

Success in life could be defined as the continued expansion of happiness and the progressive realization of worthy goals.

Being a gentleman is a worthy goal.

The challenge of our time is to find a journey worthy of your heart and your soul.

To say that poverty explains terror is to slander those caught in poverty who choose to lead worthy lives. [Terrorists] are not the oppressed, but they are the parasites of the oppressed.

Except for its backward compatibility with existing Wii software and accessories, we have so far failed to make propositions worthy of Wii U's position as a successor to the Wii system.

Hold the mirror up to nature. Human behavior is worthy of examination and celebration.

Human rights are not worthy of the name if they do not protect the people we don't like as well as those we do.

If you are leaving that sorrowful place with hate and anger against men, you are worthy of compassion; if you leave it with good will, gentleness and peace, you are better than any of us.

It’s up to the captain. I certainly feel my golf is worthy of playing in the Ryder Cup. But I’m not sure I’m on the radar screen of Paul McGinley.

Our bodies are exploited so much in the media, I feel like everyone is made to feel like they're not worthy or beautiful.

Those who experiment on animals should never be able to quiet their own conscience by telling themselves that these cruelties have a worthy aim.

One who faces and who fears the right things and from the right motive, in the right way and at the right time, posseses character worthy of our trust and admiration.

Genuine asceticism for finding one's own soul and for the good of humanity is worthy of reverence.

There is a price for popularity. Critics look for your weaknesses, your flaws, anything that makes the work seem like a fluke and not seem worthy of all the attention it's getting.

Education is the only interest worthy the deep, controlling anxiety of the thoughtful man.

The door of conciliation and compromise is finally closed by our adversaries, and it remains only to us to meet the conflict with the dignity and firmness of men worthy of freedom.

A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.

Modesty makes large amends for the pain it gives those who labor under it, by the prejudice it affords every worthy person in their favor.

If we’re going to have arguments, let’s have arguments — but let’s make them debates worthy of this body and worthy of this country.

His purity was too great, his aspiration too high for this poor, miserable world! His great soul is now only enjoying that for which it was worthy!