Worthwhile Quotes

All my life I wanted to accomplish something worthwhile-a thing people will say took a little something.

I actually think there's a potential, a crazy potential, that network TV could become something valuable and worthwhile, just because of fear on the part of the networks.

Satisfy the deep subconscious needs of your customers - to feel important, to feel valued, respected and worthwhile

I find that it takes a lot of years of living, and many more of reckoning, to come up with one worthwhile paragraph. And when a deadline looms, prayer doesnt hurt, either.

I'm not afraid of putting myself out there to someone and then them passing on it. At least you could have gotten a 'yes.' So it's worthwhile to have the cojones to do it.

Love is the one thing in life that makes everything worthwhile.

Do not fail, as you go on, to draw something every day, for no matter how little it is, it will be well worthwhile, and it will do you a world of good.

I decided that if I could fly for ten years before I was killed in a crash, it would be a worthwhile trade for an ordinary life time.

You play the hand you're dealt. I think the game's worthwhile.

Worthwhile success is impossible in a 40-hour week.

The mistake that people make in stand-up is thinking they're profound or they're deep when there are so many people who have more worthwhile ways of phrasing things.

If the work is worthwhile, then whether we can complete it or not, it's worth making the attempt. That's why courage is important.

Compassion is something really worthwhile. It is not just a religious or spiritual subject, not a matter of ideology. It is not a luxury, it is a necessity.

I also believe that writing becomes worthwhile and vitalized only through a full and exciting life.

Running has made my life worthwhile. I used to be more dead than alive after the personal tragedy in my life.

Our sense of being worthwhile, our sense of being good, our sense of being anything must go - Final clearance sale.

I believe myself to be a worthwhile and inventive performer in my own right. But I'm not in a league with Lenny [Bruce], certainly not in terms of social commentary.

The great things you intend to do some time must have a beginning if they are ever to be done, so begin something worthwhile today.

Kanye West hasn't really done anything worthwhile-- except maybe musically, I haven't heard him. But he hasn't overthrown the government.

I hope people leave my show thinking they've had a worthwhile couple of hours. The worst thing you want is for people to think they've wasted their time or didn't get their money's worth.

I would not consider my spirituality worthwhile that wants to walk in sweetness and ease and run from the imitation of Christ.

There is no substitute for work. Worthwhile results come from hard work and careful planning.

There is no doubt that, as a society, we have become blase about the importance of marriage as a stabilising influence and less inclined to prize it as a worthwhile institution.

We should listen to both philosophers and scientists, because the philosophical contribution is different from the scientific contribution, and both of them are worthwhile.

Not so much a film as a visual essay, exquisitely directed and photographed (by Sacha Vierny)... Difficult to watch but well worthwhile for those willing to be challenged.

It hardly seems worthwhile to point out the shortsightedness of those practitioners who would have us believe that the form of the poem is merely its shape.

Definiteness of purpose with positive mental attitude is the starting point of all worthwhile achievement.

Love is a wonderful thing. It makes life worthwhile. I love being in love.

She was also incredibly confident, with a way of moving and talking that communicated that she didn't need anyone to tell her she was beautiful or worthwhile.

The warrior of light only risks his heart for something worthwhile.

Every animal has its own intelligence and sensitivities. They're all lovely, worthwhile, and deserving of our respect.

You can't accomplish anything worthwhile if you inhibit yourself. If life teaches you nothing else, know this for sure: When you get the chance, go for it.

The thing about being a writer is that you never have to ask, 'Am I doing something that's worthwhile?' Because even if you fail at it, you know that it's worth doing.

The pursuit of meaning, not happiness, is what makes life worthwhile.

One thing is for sure, a World Cup without me is nothing to watch so it is not worthwhile to wait for the World Cup.

Nothing worthwhile is ever fun.

If a life can have a 'theme-song' - and I believe every worthwhile one has - mine is [best] expressed in one word: Individualism.

The ceiling on taxation of capital gains reflects the national belief that speculation is a more worthwhile way to make a living than work.

That is almost the definition of any friendship that is worthwhile - that we don't care a damn how you behave yourself.

even if I do not see the fruits, the struggle has been worthwhile. If my life has taught me anything, it is that one must fight.

The greatest work in all the world is the building of men and women of character. Without character there is not much that is worthwhile.

I believe myself to be a worthwhile and inventive performer in my own right. [And] I want to be known for what I do best.

The inexpressible is the only thing that is worthwhile.

This card is sent to cheer you As you're confined to bed I'm sure it'll feel all worthwhile In the happier days ahead.

Americans think anything you do not get paid for is not worth doing. As a consequence, the things that don't get done are often the most worthwhile.

Pleasure alone makes existence worthwhile. A pleasure-seeker has a difficult time parting from life.

Anything that gets you to release the stress in your life and really laugh is worthwhile. It can heal the planet. It truly can, and it actually has.

Novelists have to love humanity to write anything worthwhile. Poets have to love themselves.

Human pride is not worthwhile; there is always something lying in wait to take the wind out of it.

Now I'm starting, relatively, to think straight again. I live one day at a time, one hour at a time. What makes it all worthwhile is my children.