Worthwhile famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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The only worthwhile achievements of man are those which are socially useful.
-- Alfred Adler -
Winning isn't worthwhile unless one has something finer and nobler behind it.
-- Amos Alonzo Stagg -
A good lover will do that, see something worthwhile in you that you never knew was there. And when there's something you don't like to see in yourself a good lover won't see it either.
-- Ana Castillo -
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 -
Satisfy the deep subconscious needs of your customers - to feel important, to feel valued, respected and worthwhile
-- Brian Tracy -
To do something well is so worthwhile, that to die trying to do it better cannot be foolhardy
-- Bruce McLaren -
There are times when what's happening in rock is the best music in the world, and there are times when there is nothing worthwhile at all.
-- Carla Bley -
Nothing in life is worthwhile unless it's kind of hard to get there.
-- Carli Lloyd -
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.
-- Carol Leifer -
Love is the one thing in life that makes everything worthwhile.
-- Carrie Ann Inaba -
Almost everything worthwhile carries with it some sort of risk...
-- Chris Hadfield -
All worthwhile endeavors are 90% work and 10% love, and only the love should show.
-- Chuck Jones -
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.
-- Dalai Lama -
Just work on your craft hard - that's your only hope of doing anything worthwhile.
-- David O. Russell -
The essence of life is finding something you really love and then making the daily experience worthwhile.
-- Denis Waitley -
Any serious attempt to try to do something worthwhile is ritualistic.
-- Derek Walcott -
What do you do with what you're given, and how do you transform it into something worthwhile?
-- Donald Fagen -
Everything that's really worthwhile in life comes to us.
-- Earl Nightingale -
Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile I caught hell for.
-- Earl Warren -
It takes a lot of patience and a lot of time to create something worthwhile.
-- Elvis Stojko -
I also believe that writing becomes worthwhile and vitalized only through a full and exciting life.
-- Esther Forbes -
Everything is worthwhile if the soul is not small.
-- Fernando Pessoa -
It's always helpful to learn from your mistakes because then your mistakes seem worthwhile.
-- Garry Marshall -
What worthwhile book after the Pentateuch has been written by a committee?
-- George Steiner -
Say something worthwhile and people will listen.
-- Germany Kent -
The most fruitful and worthwhile thing I have ever done has been to teach.
-- Harvey Dunn -
Everything is difficult, and everything worthwhile is difficult. A certain need, a need not unlike Mickey had: to know, to understand, and I had that need to understand and to know.
-- Harvey Keitel -
To have a purpose that is worthwhile, and that is steadily being accomplished, that is one of the secrets of life that is worth living.
-- Herbert Newton Casson -
This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer for it.
-- Iris DeMent -
Nothing worthwhile is ever achieved without deep thought and hard work,
-- J. R. D. Tata -
Anything truly worthwhile does not come easy. If it did, it would not be all that worthwhile.
-- Jack Lemmon -
If you’re not afraid, if you take everything you are, everything worthwhile in you and direct it at one goal, one ultimate mark, you’ve got to get there.
-- James Dean -
On Earth they've forgotten how to make everything except money. But what good is it, if there's nothing worthwhile left to buy?
-- James P. Hogan -
Comics could use more creators with something worthwhile to say.
-- Jim Woodring -
All have disappointments, all have times when it isn't worthwhile.
-- John H. Johnson -
Your voice is worthwhile. Have faith in it.
-- John Lasseter -
To share our stories is not only a worthwhile endeavor for the storyteller, but for those who hear our stories and feel less alone because of it.
-- Joyce Maynard -
When you work so hard on making a film, it's all worthwhile when you get to experience seeing that film with an audience who thoroughly enjoy it and react to the movie.
-- Karl Urban -
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.
-- Laurence Overmire -
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.
-- Leonard Maltin -
Everything worthwhile, everything of any value, has its price. Everything anyone has ever wanted has come neatly wrapped up in its penalties.
-- Loretta Young -
It's always worthwhile to make others aware of their worth.
-- Malcolm Forbes -
No one ever said that you would live to see the repercussions of everything you do, or that you have guarantees, or that you are not obliged to wander in the dark, or that everything will be proved to you and neatly verified like something in science. Nothing is: at least nothing that is worthwhile.
-- Mark Helprin -
I like to think the movies that I've picked have something worthwhile to say. Something relevant.
-- Mark Ruffalo -
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.
-- Mark Strand -
It is not necessarily true that expensive experiments are not worthwhile doing but there are plenty of rather cheap experiments which are certainly worth doing.
-- Martin Fleischmann -
It were worthwhile to die, if thereby a soul could be born again.
-- Mary Slessor -
Change really isn't as hard as we thought if we capture people's interest and give them enjoyable, worthwhile experiences.
-- Michael Fullan -
There is an integrity to INXS, in the music, that makes it worthwhile
-- Michael Hutchence -
If we had helped a hundred children it would have all been worthwhile.
-- Milton S. Hershey -
Unless a life is lived for others, it is not worthwhile.
-- Mother Teresa -
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.
-- Oprah Winfrey -
I am a product of every other black woman before me who has done or said anything worthwhile. Recognizing that I am part of history is what allows me to soar.
-- Oprah Winfrey -
Living is worthwhile if one can contribute in some small way to this endless chain of progress.
-- Paul Dirac -
There has to be a measure of difficulty or problem-solving in travel for it to be worthwhile.
-- Paul Theroux -
Every animal has its own intelligence and sensitivities. They're all lovely, worthwhile, and deserving of our respect.
-- Portia de Rossi -
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.
-- Richard Ford -
Learn what the rest of the world is like. The variety is worthwhile.
-- Richard P. Feynman -
You cannot make anything worthwhile in this world unless you have first developed and transformed yourself.
-- Robert Greene -
I could never be like Hitchcock and do only one kind of movie. Anything that's good is worthwhile.
-- Robert Zemeckis -
I came to understand the value of education, not just to enable me to make a good living, but to enable me to make a worthwhile life.
-- Ruth Simmons -
Music gave me a sense that I was worthwhile and that I had something of value to offer the world even though everybody was telling me that I didnt.
-- Sarah McLachlan -
Tain't worthwhile to wear a day all out before it comes.
-- Sarah Orne Jewett -
To me YES, AND means don't be afraid to contribute. Always make sure you're adding something to the discussion. Your initiations are worthwhile.
-- Tina Fey -
You know that only thing that has made the whole thing worthwhile has been those few times that I was able to truly connect with another person.
-- Tom Ford -
The pursuit of meaning, not happiness, is what makes life worthwhile.
-- Tom Rath -
The only thrill worthwhile is the one that comes from making something out of yourself.
-- William Feather -
It seems to me self-evident that it is worthwhile to understand the best thoughts of the past, to appropriate them, to criticize them.
-- Allen W. Wood -
Being a Celtic supporter is not always easy, but it is always worthwhile.
-- Fergus McCann -
The inexpressible is the only thing that is worthwhile.
-- Jerome Frank -
Daniel Patrick Moynihan is the archetypal extremely smart person who went into politics anyway instead of doing something worthwhile for his country.
-- P. J. O'Rourke -
Connecting with people, getting things done - that's what makes the travel worthwhile.
-- Tim Finchem -
The pursuit of strength is inherently difficult and entirely worthwhile.
-- Mike Berry -
That is almost the definition of any friendship that is worthwhile - that we don't care a damn how you behave yourself.
-- E. C. Bentley -
Any doorway that leads you to a deeper understanding of who you are is worthwhile.
-- Rodney Yee -
Is winning the Open worth a million pounds? Well, it's worthwhile winning it - I would recommend it to anybody!
-- Sandy Lyle
