Importance Quotes
The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.
That I am a monk and you are a layman is of no importance ... rather that we are both in the light of the Holy Spirit ... Acquire peace, and thousands around you will be saved.
Our national myths often exaggerate the role of the individual heroes and understate the importance of collective effort.
Especially in times of collective neurosis, the existence of . . . mature people is of crucial importance.
The conscious life of the mind is of small importance in comparison with its unconscious life.
There is only one history of any importance, and it is the history of what you once believed in, and the history of what you came to believe in.
The difficulties of living in a secular risk culture are compounded by the importance of lifestyle choices.
When a man retires and time is no longer a matter of urgent importance, his colleagues generally present him with a watch.
What an odd thing a diary is: the things you omit are more important than those you put in.
Good fiction reveals feeling, refines events, locates importance and, though its methods are as mysterious as they are varied, intensifies the experience of living our own lives.
Self-regulation stands in relation to regulation the way self-importance stands in relation to importance.
Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.
If it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it.
It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance, for our consideration and application of these things, and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.
Because when God heals a body, that is temporal; but when God saves a soul, that has eternal importance.
Never underestimate the importance of simply being physically present in the place God wants you. You may not be asked to perform some dramatic ministry, but simply being there is a ministry.
A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.
In order of importance to me are: 1) the long term trend, 2) the current chart pattern, and 3)picking a good spot to buy or sell.
I don't think many people have a very good understanding of leisure and the importance it plays in our lives.
The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take.
The nature of light is a subject of no material importance to the concerns of life or to the practice of the arts, but it is in many other respects extremely interesting.
The plants which stand next to dwarf trees in importance with the Chinese are certainly chrysanthemums, which they manage extremely well, perhaps better than they do any other plant.
The moment you understand the importance of loving yourself, you will stop hurting others.
Successful organizations understand the importance of implementation, not just strategy, and, moreover, recognize the crucial role of their people in this process.
The United States has become a place where entertainers and professional athletes are mistaken for people of importance.
When making a decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous to consider all the pros and cons.
You may never have proof of your importance but you are more important than you think. There are always those who couldn’t do without you. The rub is that you don’t always know who.
The problem of far greater importance remains to be solved. Rather than build a world in which we shall all live well, we must stop building one in which it will be impossible to live at all.
Think about it: what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellow men. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone.
The effort invested in 'getting it right' should be commensurate with the importance of the decision.
The prime purpose of being four is to enjoy being four - of secondary importance is to prepare for being five.
It is an art of no little importance to administer medicines properly: but, it is an art of much greater and more difficult acquisition to know when to suspend or altogether to omit them.
The mistakes that people will make are of much less importance than the mistake that management makes if it tells them exactly what to do.
The importance of recovering the customs and the institutions of the past thus inaugurating the archaeological approach to art.
I believe that the artist doesn't know what he does. I attach even more importance to the spectator than to the artist.
I can maintain my sense of the sacredness of existence only by understanding my own limitations and losing my self-importance.
The more we give importance to skill development, the more competent will be our youth.
The proportion between the velocity with which men or animals move, and the weights they carry, is a matter of considerable importance, particularly in military affairs.