Important Matters Quotes

#1. I have always tried to be obedient regarding important matters like not being scalded to death by burning oil, but when public opinion takes a route far from one's inner conviction, one cannot value disobedience too highly.

Barbara Dana

#2. Think about that: 81 percent of Americans believe that Obama lies to them at least 'now and then' on 'important matters.'

Marc Thiessen

#3. An institution is right or it is wrong. One that cannot accept dinosaur bones is one that cannot be trusted on more important matters.

Fletcher Wortmann

#4. Journalism has become a sort of competitive screeching: what is trivial but noisy and immediate takes precedence over important matters that develop over time.

Ted Koppel

#5. Men are children," my mother instructed me. To her they always seemed pitiable, easily manipulated creatures, good for sex, to be sure, but in important matters not to be counted on.

Wendy W. Fairey

#6. I am calling attention just to the main points of these tremendously important matters, which can be understood better by pious meditation than explained by human language.

Martin Chemnitz

#7. In seeking for justice men seek for the mean or neutral, for the law is the mean. Again, customary laws have more weight, and relate to more important matters, than written laws, and a man may be a safer ruler than the written law, but not safer than the customary law.

Aristotle.

#8. But a somewhat more liberal and sympathetic examination of mankind will convince us that the cross is even older than the gibbet, that voluntary suffering was before and independent of compulsory; and in short that in most important matters a man has always been free to ruin himself if he chose.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

#9. It requires a constant effort to keep people worried about inconsequential issues and unconcerned with important matters.

Robert Kroese

#10. Ultimately, and precisely in the deepest and most important matters, we are unspeakably alone; and many things must happen, many things must go right, a whole constellation of events must be fulfilled, for one human being to successfully advise or help another.

Rainer Maria Rilke

#11. In all unimportant matters, style, not sincerity, is the essential. In all important matters, style, not sincerity, is the essential.

Oscar Wilde

#12. I was also supposed to quiz my various companions on a number of important matters such as nostalgia, fear of unknown animals, food fantasies, nocturnal emissions, hobbies, choice of radio program, changes in out look and so forth.

Vladimir Nabokov

#13. Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.

Albert Einstein

#14. The urgent finds you; you have to find the important. Importance is not fast. It is slow. It is not superficial. It is deep. And as a result, it's extremely powerful. When important matters go wrong, they undermine everything. When they go right, they sustain everything.

Stewart Brand

#15. I suppose that by this time they had finished their dressing. Roger Scurvilegs tells us nothing on such important matters; no doubt from modesty. "Next morning they rose," he says, and disappoints us of a picture of Udo brushing his hair.

A.A. Milne

#16. The difference between the two classes is often a trivial concern; but in a state, and when affecting really important matters, becomes of all disorders the most hateful.

Plato

#17. The intellectual debility of contemporary conservatism is indicated by its silence on all important matters.

Christopher Lasch

#18. In my opinion it is harmful to place important things in the hands of philanthropy, which in Russia is marked by a chance character. Nor should important matters depend on leftovers, which are never there. I would prefer that the government treasury take care of it.

Anton Chekhov

#19. [Marco Rubio] a total non-show senator. I mean, he was elected - he defrauded the people of Florida. He was elected to be a senator. He was elected to go and vote on important matters, and he's all over the country. He's not voting. I mean, he's not voting.

Donald Trump

#20. I wouldn't have thought the king would discuss important matters where the dull-minded can hear. Such people tend to be so confused by events that it is a disservice to allow them the opportunity.

Brandon Sanderson

#21. I believe that all important matters have to be settled here, not in the clouds somewhere after we kick off.

Billy Joel

#22. It is the mark of great people to treat trifles as trifles and important matters as important.

Doris Lessing

#23. It is impossible for someone to dispel his fears about the most important matters if he doesn't know the nature of the universe but still gives some credence to myths. So without the study of nature there is no enjoyment of pure pleasure.

Epicurus

#24. I like better for one to say some foolish thing upon important matters than to be silent. That becomes the subject of discussion and dispute, and the truth is discovered.

Denis Diderot

#25. The success of very important matters often depends on doing or not doing something that seems trivial. Even in little things, therefore, you must be cautious and thoughtful. Francesco Guicciardini

Bohdi Sanders

#26. I think right now we need to look back at the founding values of our country. Rise above partisanship, be less bitter when it comes to important matters that have to be solved.

Walter Isaacson

#27. In matters of climbing long staircases, how many stairs there are is not as important as how strong a will you have!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#28. It is not how much you are paid that matters. But how much you get done that is most important.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#29. I don't think it matters what school you go to, but I think it's important for parents to be involved. And to know that when school stops, learning continues, and to continue teaching at home.

Erykah Badu

#30. The real world, whether we like it or not, is right here, right now. All of this, every day, is important. Everybody matters. Everything we do has an effect on other, directly or indirectly, whether we realize it or not.

Megan McCafferty

#31. More important by far is that one be honest with oneself. I have always been, and it has cost me dearly. Nothing matters but the truth. I have dedicated my life to the pursuit of it, no matter where it hides. That is the heart of science, Will Henry, the true monster we pursue.

Rick Yancey

#32. Material possessions aren't important to me," I say breathlessly. "All that matters to me is yoga.

Sophie Kinsella

#33. It is always important to know when something has reached its end. Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters, it doesn't matter what we call it; what matters is to leave in the past those moments in life that are over.

Paulo Coelho

#34. It's not just learning that's important. It's learning what to do with what you learn and learning why you learn things that matters.

Norton Juster

#35. Loosen up. Relax. Except for rare life-and-death matters, nothing is as important as it first seems.

H. Jackson Brown Jr.

#36. Nothing matters so much that we should throw ourselves into a state of panic about it.
No happening is so important that we should let ourselves be exiled
from from inner peace and mental calm for its sake.

Paul Brunton

#37. If we can fall in love with serving people, creating value, solving problems, building valuable connections and doing work that matters, it makes it far more likely we're going to do important work

Seth Godin

#38. because I know I would do the best job. Maybe the only thing that's important to you is money, but that matters the least to me. Leaders care about the common good, not the self-interest of one selfish man.

E.L. Todd

#39. The reason to consider life and what's of value is to make sure you're not missing out. Seize the day. What's important to you? What do you care about? What matters? Pursue that, forget the rest.

Brittany Maynard

#40. The important questions focus on what matters most-Heavenly Father's plan and the Savior's Atonement.

M. Russell Ballard

#41. The conviction that Christian doctrine matters for Christian living is one of the most important growth points of the Christian life.

Sinclair B. Ferguson

#42. Affection is not important to you, nor to me. You want power Margaret, power and wealth; and so do I. Nothing matters as much as this to either of us, and we will sacrifice anything for it

Philippa Gregory

#43. You are worthy of love, and success, and your dreams coming true. Never stop speaking, even when your voice begins to shake, okay? Never give up on yourself. You are important, you are loved, and your beautiful voice matters.

Brittainy C. Cherry

#44. Yet, he thought, if I can die saying, "Life is so beautiful," then nothing else is important. If i can believe in myself that much, nothing else matters.

Mario Puzo

#45. In truth, everyone argues about important issues. But not everyone splits up. It's how you argue that matters.

Kerry Patterson

#46. Take heart, Maya. As a bookseller, I assure you that prizewinning can be somewhat important for sales but rarely matters much in terms of quality.

Gabrielle Zevin

#47. We tend to harp on little things, or worry about something, when, really, it's just not that important. If you have a roof over your head, and you're healthy, and your family is healthy, that's all that matters. Don't let the little things get you down.

Asher Roth

#48. It seems cruel," she said, "that after a while nothing matters ... any more than these little things that used to be necessary and important to forgotten people, and now have to be guessed at under a magnifying glass and labelled: 'Use unknown.'"
"Yes, but meanwhile -"
"Ah, meanwhile -

Edith Wharton

#49. Personal matters have diverted attention away from the important work Sesame Street is doing, and I cannot allow it to go on any longer. I am deeply sorry to be leaving and am looking forward to resolving these personal matters privately.

Kevin Clash

#50. When I think about it, I have no idea who you are, but that's not important, what matters is that we care about each other.

Jose Saramago

#51. While technology is important, it's what we do with it that truly matters.

Muhammad Yunus

#52. Remember, how you speak to people matters, and a lot more than you might realize. Especially when meeting people for the first time, your facial expression, handshake, and eye contact are most important - and one I strongly believe is the most important of all - ENTHUSIASM - when you speak.

Allan London

#53. It's not what you're faced with that's the problem, it's what you do with the situation. Your experience is not the important thing; what really matters is what you do with your experience.

Chris Oyakhilome

#54. It is not important to be what you want to be. It's the ability to be what you are supposed to be that matters.

A. Spencer

#55. What is clearest, most memorable and important about art is its coming into being, and the world's best works of art, while telling of very diverse matters, are really telling about their birth.

W.B.Yeats

#56. I'm not sure what it would mean to have "made it." Made what? Yes, I can make a decent living in show business, so if that's the criteria, then I've made it. But that doesn't feel that important to me. The stuff that matters to me are the new challenges. I know that sounds hokey, but it's true.

Michael Ian Black

#57. From the moment we take our first breaths, our days are numbered, so how we live matters. The decisions we make - the important ones and, yes, the mundane ones too - they all matter. Everyday decisions add up to form the life we live and the legacy we leave behind.

Sally Clarkson

#58. What matters most: passion or competence that was born in? Berkshireis full of people who have a peculiar passion for their own business. I would argue passion is more important than brain power.

Charlie Munger

#59. Being one step ahead of a fashion trend is not so important to me. What matters is to always forge ahead.

Sonia Rykiel

#60. Under certain circumstances the fateful decisions in life, sometimes even in matters of life and death, are made with an almost indifferent ease. While the little things-for instance, the way people hang on to what is over-seem so important.

Peter Hoeg

#61. Religion is like a map. The route isn't important. It's the destination that matters.

Marianne Williamson

#62. The values of confidentiality of matters occurring before the grand jury is very important.

Ken Starr

#63. How different our lives are when we really know what is deeply important to us, and keeping that picture in mind, we manage ourselves each day to be and to do what really matters most.

Stephen R. Covey

#64. Everyone needs to find the one thing that brings out her passion. It's what we do and share with the world that matters. I believe it's important that we leave our communities in better shape than we found them.

Beth Hoffman

#65. If one is but secure at the foundation, he will not be pained by departure from minor details or affairs that are contrary to expectation. But in the end, the details of a matter are important. The right and wrong of one's way of doing things are found in trivial matters.

Tsunetomo Yamamoto

#66. It is not important how successful you are, the only thing that matters is how good a person you are...

Vedang Sati

#67. Promise yourself that you will not leave this world before accomplishing what is important to you and what matters for the world.

Debasish Mridha

#68. Remember, Weed: The good of one tree is not important. The good of the forest is what matters.

Maryrose Wood

#69. The activity at this very moment must be the only thing that matters, to which one is fully given. If one is concentrated, it matters little what one is doing. The important, as well as the unimportant things, assume a new dimension of reality, because they have one's full attention.

Erich Fromm

#70. We all recall what is or was important to us and are astonished when it slips other people's minds. Perhaps we dismiss as irrelevant matters of crucial concern to those we love. That's life as most of us experience it, and which few movies document with such understated acuity as 'Boyhood' does.

Richard Corliss

#71. It's not important - it's not necessary that you read everything. What is necessary is that you care about things that you read and that you find something that really matters to you and you try and make something like that.

Edward Hirsch

#72. To this day, just always treat people the way you want to be treated. Whether it's family or friends or co-workers, I think it's the most important thing. Whether you have success or don't have it, whether you're a good person is all that matters.

Brenda Song

#73. I think it's important to break taboos for the same reason it's important to break laws and rules - because either you're a slave to them, or you're taking matters into your hands.

George Carlin

#74. I don't think about whether people will remember me or not. I've been an ok person. I've learned a lot. I've taught people a thing or two. That's what's important.

Julia Child

#75. We strive toward a goal, and whether we achieve it or not is important, but it's not what's most important. What matters is how we move toward that goal.

Scott Jurek

#76. Surely it is important that people who love each other should be able to speak openly and truly about matters which touch them.

P.D. James

#77. I just think people forget what it feels like to really be in love, you know? Like when that's the only thing in the world that matters. I just don't want to decide it's not that important.

Laura Dave

#78. Unexplained, obscure matters are regarded as more important than explained, clear ones.

Friedrich Nietzsche

#79. Emotional health is more important than a fit body. Unknowingly most of us focus on the latter hence the lack of inner-happiness, peace, love and fulfillment.

Maddy Malhotra

#80. If every child matters, every child has the right to a good start in life. If every child matters, every child has the right to be included. And that is so important for children with special needs.

Cherie Blair

#81. While paying attention to positive and negative feedback is very important, it is not enough. What also matters is acknowledging and responding to this feedback. This is how you nurture your relationship with your audience.

Cendrine Marrouat

#82. I don't waste time. I move. I finish things. I don't try and do things to the nth degree. I know what's important and what's not. I've really learned that. That's a judgement I've learned, what really matters.

Gail Kelly

#83. Today, people are inclined to think that the sincerity and fervency of one's beliefs are more important than the content. As long as we believe something honestly and strongly, we are told, then that is all that really matters. Reality is basically indifferent to how sincerely we believe something.

J.P. Moreland

#84. I've come to understand that the truth isn't really what's important ... what really matters is what people agree is the truth. -Greymane

Ian C. Esslemont

#85. I think we're avoiding the most important question here. What matters most. What means the most to men like us."
Conall growled at Billy Dunwich's sincere face. "I am not telling you if she swallows."
Dunwich smiled. "Just tell me if she's a good girl ... or if she's a very good girl?

Shelly Laurenston

#86. Today riches and honours have been lavished on me, but one gift has been lacking, the most important one of all, the only one that matters, the gift of youth.

Knut Hamsun

#87. Comment on the authorship of the Pentateuch (Genesis - Deuteronomy)" -" ... it is not the author who is important. What matters is the existence of a message that is relevant to the community.

Samuel Ngewa

#88. Family is extremely important, and home is wherever they're waiting for you. No matter where you are, if you have great support, that's all that matters.

Sammi Hanratty

#89. It isn't important what you do, it is the attitude with which you proceed through the world that matters.

Jenny Diski

#90. The topic of trust is an important factor in all matters of the heart - and here's why. Men lie to women. Women lie to men. And most people agree that some lying is even necessary - to avoid petty squabbles and to grease the wheels of a relationship.

Joyce Brothers

#91. We are so busy doing the urgent that we don't have time to do the important.

Confucius

#92. Love. Is that so very important? You were a teacher, you ought to know. Is it?" "It's vital. If a child has it for the first ten years, hardly anything else matters. If he hasn't, then nothing does.

P.D. James

#93. The idea that 20% of the features will get you 80% of the value may well be correct, but it also means that on important tasks, you're giving the customers B-grade experieence where it matters most.

Des Traynor

#94. The queen banishes Snow White because of her beauty. But the dwarves help Snow White because they're smitten by that very beauty. It teaches kids an important lesson: Nothing matters except for your looks.

Craig Ferguson

#95. It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

Bertolt Brecht

#96. All that really matters is I have two beautiful kids, and I'm trying to be the best dad I can possibly be, and that's the most important thing of all.

Tiger Woods

#97. For God must have more important universal matters to attend to than keeping himself busy with us, people! God is not interested in local matters!

Mehmet Murat Ildan

#98. Nothing else matters much ... not wealth, nor learning, nor even health ... without this gift: the spiritual capacity to keep zest in living. This is the creed of creeds, the final deposit and distillation of all important faiths: that you should be able to believe in life.

Harry Emerson Fosdick

#99. The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters.

Audrey Hepburn

#100. The important thing is to create. Nothing else matters; creation is all.

Pablo Picasso