Quotes about Things that Matter

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. Votes: 8

There's never an easy route to the things that matter. Votes: 6

You matter as much as the things that matter to you do. Votes: 6

I want to talk with people who care about things that matter that will make a life- changing difference Votes: 6

The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another. Votes: 6

...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. Votes: 6

I feel like, like, how you matter is defined by the things that matter to you. You matter as much as the things that matter to you. Votes: 6

We cannot and we must not allow ourselves to get distracted from our sacred duty. We cannot and we must not lose focus on the things that matter most. Votes: 6

The two things that matter the most to me: emotional resonance and rocket launchers. Party of Five, a brilliant show, and often made me cry uncontrollably, suffered ultimately from a lack of rocket launchers. Votes: 6

Concentrate on the things that matter to you. Votes: 4

Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter. Votes: 4

There is only one happiness in this life, to love and be loved. Votes: 4

A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed. Votes: 4

I don't think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present. Votes: 4

SINCE OUR GOALS REPRESENT THE THINGS THAT MATTER MOST TO US, SHOULDN'T WE FIGHT FOR THEM? Votes: 4

There's so many things that mattered so much in my 20s and 30s that don't matter now. Votes: 4

There are many things that matter much more than an editor's gender in shaping the direction of the leadership. Votes: 4

Seeing life from an eternal perspective helps us focus our limited mortal energies on the things that matter most. Votes: 4

We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be. Votes: 4

We don't market products narrowly. We market big stories about the industry, things that matter to a lot of people. Votes: 4

You have to be doing things that matter - responsibility, but also responsibility with epic and beautiful and noble tasks. Votes: 4

It really shocks me when I encounter people who think kindness doesn't matter. Because I think it's pretty much the only thing that matters. Votes: 4

Too many people have refused to begin running or have quickly dropped out of running programs because they 'have no talent for it.' Ridiculous. Talent has nothing to do with it. The only thing that matters is mental discipline. Votes: 4

Fame is really strange. One day you're not famous, and then the next day you are, and the odd thing is that you know intellectually that nothing in the world is different. What mattered to you yesterday are the same things that matter today, and the rules all still apply - yet everyone looks at you differently. Votes: 4

Pause for a moment and check where your own heart and thoughts are. Are you focused on the things that matter most? How you spend your quiet time may provide a valuable clue. Where do your thoughts go when the pressure of deadlines is gone? Are your thoughts and heart focused on those short-lived fleeting things that matter only in the moment or on things that matter most? Votes: 4

Spend time doing things that matter. Votes: 3

The things that matter most are not things. Votes: 3

The things that matter don't necessarily make sense. Votes: 3

The things that matter most in life....Aren't things. Votes: 3

Two things that matter to me. Emotional resonance and rocket launchers. Votes: 3

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. Votes: 3

Do things that matter, things that will make those better, and things that will make you better. Votes: 3

The things that matter the most in this world, they can never be held in our hand. Votes: 3

They're already taking my future! They can't have the things that mattered to me in the past! Votes: 3

Sure, compare. But compare the things that matter to the journey you're on. The rest is noise. Votes: 3

Family is the theatre of the spiritual drama, the place where things happen, especially the things that matter. Votes: 3

Family is the theatre of the spiritual drama, the place where things happen, especially the things that matter. Votes: 3

I'm still breathing because I have faith. My faith and my kids are the two things that matter. Votes: 3

Would do well to slow down a little focus on the significant & truly see the things that matter most. Votes: 3

I'm aware of my songs. I'm aware of them because they're about true emotions, true feelings, things that matter. Votes: 3

Be intense, passionate, and fired up, but about things that matter, things that change your life and your legacy. Votes: 3

Statistics lie. They are designed to sway opinions. Take the time to keep yourself informed on things that matter. Votes: 3

Find the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse to let them go. Votes: 3

As creators, our pursuit of perfection might be misguided, particularly if it comes at the expense of the things that matter. Votes: 3

I like to talk about things when it pertains to a band. I like to talk about things that matter and music. Votes: 3

Sometimes we worry about the things that you know that matter the least and don't focus on the things that matter the most. Votes: 3

Of all the things that matter, that really and truly matter, working more efficiently and getting more done, is not one of them. Votes: 3

A great writer picks up on those things that matter. It’s almost like their radar is attuned to the most significant moments. Votes: 3

Things may happen around you, and things may happen to you, but the only things that matter are the things that happen in you. Votes: 3

Our decision to close on Sunday was our way of honoring God and of directing our attention to things that mattered more than our business. Votes: 3

But you can't focus on things that matter if all you've been is asleep for forty years. Funny how sleep rhymes with sheep. You know. Votes: 3

I wanted to dedicate myself completely to the things that matter to me and let everything else go, and I think that's a really rewarding thing. Votes: 3

Home's where the people you love are. It's about finding the things that matter to you, and holding on to them and taking care of them. Votes: 3

The things that matter most in this world are those that carry no price tag, for they can neither be bought nor sold at any price. Votes: 3

Then of course there are bigger things that matter, like who do I see up there in the congregation? Do I see myself up there? Well, I don't. Votes: 3

It is only after a fair portion of one's life that one really knows what are the things that matter, the things that will remain until the end. Votes: 3

The human spirit is more powerful than any drug and THAT is what needs to be nourished: with work, play, friendship, family. THESE are the things that matter. Votes: 3

Design and style should work toward making you look good and feel good without a lot of effort so you can get on with the things that matter. Votes: 3

The thing that matters is meaning! It drives everything. Builders align their attention to the things that matter to them, and they know a lot about that stuff. Votes: 3

Anyone who has problems, or worries, anyone who laughs and cries, anyone who feels can write. It's only talking on paper... talking about the things that matter to us. Votes: 3

I certainly think its very important that writers as citizens - not necessarily as writers, but just as ordinary citizens - should talk about things that matter to them. Votes: 3

To me, design and style should work toward making you look good and feel good without a lot of effort - so you can get on with the things that matter. Votes: 3

I know that the whole point—the only point—is to find the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse to let them go. Votes: 3

I go to the theater because I need help dealing with my life; I want to see the greatest questions addressed. I need to see actors grappling with things that matter. Votes: 3

Time is one of our most valuable possessions. Use it wisely. Remind yourselves often that things that matter most should not be left to the mercy of things that matter the least. Votes: 3

I don't know that I have a single comedy philosophy. But talking about things that matter to you is a good place to start. Listening is a big part of it, too. Votes: 3

When we invest in the things that matter most to us, that are within God's unique design for each of us, I believe we will achieve a sense of balance in our lives. Votes: 3

Sleeping with your child, wearing your child in a sling as opposed to pushing them around in expensive strollers, those are things that matter biologically and sociologically for the structure of a family. Votes: 3

Make space in your life for the things that matter, for family and friends, love and generosity, fun and joy. Without this, you will burn out in mid-career and wonder where your life went. Votes: 3

When you take away the phone and e-mail and you don't have a million things to run around to, it allows your mind the space to think more expansively about the things that matter. Votes: 3

I guess this is what marriage is, or was, or could be. You drop the mask. You allow the fatigue in. You lean across and kiss the years because they're the things that matter. Votes: 3

It's important for you to spend your time photographing things that matter to you. You need to understand the things that have meaning to you, and not what others think is important for you. Votes: 3

At a time when we're having to take such difficult decisions about how to cut back without damaging the things that matter the most, we should strain every sinew to cut error, waste and fraud. Votes: 3

Making the truth public is a form of justice. This is a moral universe and you've got to take account of the fact that truth and lies and goodness and evil are things that matter. Votes: 3

Resist the temptation to ascribe motive, because you really don't know - and it gets in the way of being able to reach a consensus on things that matter to you and to many other people. Votes: 3

There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any real substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure that I am working on things that matter. Votes: 3

be much more friendly to such things that matter most .Things that will propel your vision and ambition to higher heights. Things that will help you enlarge your tentacles. Do not look down on small things however Votes: 3

For Hamlet, greatness means willingness to fight for reasons as thin as an eggshell: anyone would fight for things that matter; true heroes take their personal honor so seriously they will fight for things that don't matter. Votes: 3

I think the more you hone your voice, take risks and talk about things that matter, the better chance you have of getting into the realm of the philosophers of stand up. But you have to be funny. Votes: 3

If you ask an economist what's driven economic growth, it's been major advances in things that mattered - the mechanization of farming, mass manufacturing, things like that. The problem is, our society is not organized around doing that. Votes: 3

I want to help give people the ability to stop and take just a few minutes a day to regroup and refocus: to give them a chance to get perspective on the things that matter and the things that don't. Votes: 3

We're going to talk about the big things that matter, which are the little things, really. For me, Stars has always had one overarching theme, which is, we're all bastards, but God loves us anyway, whatever God means to you. Votes: 3

As we turn to our Heavenly Father and seek His wisdom regarding the things that matter most, we learn over and over again the importance of four key relationships: with our God, with our families, with our fellowman, and with ourselves. Votes: 3

Over the years I've tried to be clear about the things that are important in life, the things that matter, and I've tried to pursue them, and, I've had a certain sense of 'stickability,' hanging in there, and I suppose that's me. Votes: 3

We all have a finite amount of energy and time to give, and must figure out the best way to have an impact on the things that matter to us most - and it's okay that each one of us will do it differently. Votes: 3

I get to tell the most interesting stories I know how to tell with the most interesting sentences I know how to compose - and people who aren't related to me read them. To be paid to write things that matter to me is extraordinary. Votes: 3

I don't regard the fact that there's a disparity in test scores nearly as importantly as I do the need for diversity, because I know from long experience that test scores, though useful, are a very limited measure of things that matter in choosing students. Votes: 3

In the Catholic Worker we must try to have the voluntary poverty of St. Francis, the charity of St. Vincent de Paul, the intellectual approach of St. Dominic, the easy conversations about things that matter of St. Philip Neri, the manual labor of St. Benedict. Votes: 3

SuperBetter' is fundamentally about a mind shift. It's about claiming your power to be in charge of how you spend your time and energy, and focusing it on the things that matter the most to you. Focusing on things that will bring real happiness, real well-being. Votes: 3

I'm talking about those novels where the characters aren't really interesting and you don't care about them or anything they care about. It's those books I won't read anymore. There's too much else to read--books about people and things that matter, books about life and death. Votes: 3

The things that matter in this country have been reduced in choice, there are two political parties, there are a handful insurance companies, there are six or seven information centers.. but if you want a bagel there are 23 flavors. Because you have the illusion of choice! Votes: 3

I say all the time I think there should be some courses in the regular schooling system that isn't, even like about credit, things that matter later in life. I learned the harder way: 'Look, I got a $500 credit card in the mail, let's go shopping!' Votes: 3

I think everything we do, on one level or another, as writers, most of our writing is informed by our world view. It's informed by our own understanding of spirituality; things that matter, things that are important to us. I write about things that matter for me. Votes: 3

I've reached a point in my life where it's the little things that matter... I was always a rebel and probably could have got much farther had I changed my attitude. But when you think about it, I got pretty far without changing attitudes. I'm happier with that. Votes: 3

I write about the things that happen to us all. The things that are tough, the things that matter, from a loved one fighting an illness, to losing a job, being betrayed by somebody you trust, all parts of the human condition. No one is exempt from those things. Votes: 3

We're going to sing about things that matter to us. The balancing act is to present these ideas but also make the music exciting and sort of fun enough that even if you're not paying attention to the lyrics, you might still like the songs anyway. That's the idea. Votes: 3

I have never been afraid to stand up to the leadership on issues where we disagree. If you chose to keep Cambridge Labour, then I can continue to press the Government for the things that matter to you, in a way that members of the opposition are unable to. Votes: 3

Write plays that matter. Raise the stakes. Shout, yell, holler, but make yourself heard. It's time for playwrights to reclaim the theatre. We do that by speaking from the heart about the things that matter most to us. If a play isn't worth dying for, maybe it isn't worth writing. Votes: 3

Everybody is great when things are great. It's the 'not great' stuff that matters. Votes: 2

We spend money we don't have, on things we don't need, to make impressions that don't matter. Votes: 2

You can't have everything you want, but you can have the things that really matter to you. Votes: 2

No matter how big the audience is going to be. I'm interested in doing things that are fun. Votes: 2

Sexuality is a private matter; some believe that broadcasting it destroys the very things that make it sacred. Votes: 2

As long as I'm a good person and I do things from the heart, that's all that matters. Votes: 2

No matter how bad things are, you can at least be happy that you woke up this morning. Votes: 2

No matter the bad things that happened in past time, let's try to live the best we can now. Votes: 2

God knows how many things a man misses by becoming smug and assuming that matters will take their own course. Votes: 2

There is nothing as dead and as damned as an important thing. The things that really matter are casual, insignificant little things. Votes: 2

Different people get different things out of the images. It doesn't matter what it's about, all that matters is how it makes you feel. Votes: 2

Family matters, friends matter, love matters. Those you love and who love you matter. That's what writing does - it allows you to say all those things. Votes: 2

The things that really matter don't mix with idle chatter. Votes: 0

Variety is the pledge that matter makes to living things. Votes: 0

DON'T FEAR FAILURE. Fear being successful at things that don't matter Votes: 0

We forget to remain focused on the things that really matter. Votes: 0

Life is too short to waste on things that don't matter. Votes: 0

Stark times remind our souls that things do not matter...people do. Votes: 0

Highs and lows make you feel that things matter, but they're nothing. Votes: 0

Artistic expression, sex, and truth are the only things that really matter. Votes: 0

Your fixed convictions concerning the things that really matter mold your destiny. Votes: 0

Do reasons matter when there's nothing that can be done to change things. Votes: 0

I still catch myself feeling sad about things that don’t matter anymore. Votes: 0

Nothing really matters except a few things that really don't matter very much. Votes: 0

The whole notion that you can equalize opportunity in things that matter is utopian. Votes: 0

Focus on things that are small enough to change, but big enough to matter Votes: 0

Having money gives me the freedom to worry about the things that really matter. Votes: 0

I'm not afraid of failure; I'm afraid of succeeding at things that don't matter. Votes: 0

There are very few things that can be proved rigorously in condensed matter physics. Votes: 0

Set aside those things that don't really matter and do something with eternal consequences. Votes: 0

It's only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that really matter. Votes: 0

Those things in life that matter will give you pain as you learn to understand life. Votes: 0

I believe the only things that really matter in investing are the bubbles and the busts Votes: 0

I regretted the time I wasted on things that did not matter with people that [do] matter. Votes: 0

Things that matter in this life can not be bought. Friends, truth, and a passion for life. Votes: 0

So many things that seemed crucial and excruciatingly hard ended and then didn't matter anymore, forever after Votes: 0

Why do you dwell on things that don't matter when there are so many things that do? Votes: 0

You never forget how to dance. It's just a matter of your bones working and things like that. Votes: 0

Suffering reveals to us the two things that ultimately matter: that we are weak but He is strong. Votes: 0

All the things that truly matter, beauty, love, creativity, joy and inner peace arise from beyond the mind. Votes: 0

[Ted Cruz] lies about things that he shouldn't be lying about. He lies about things that don't matter. Votes: 0

Generosity helps us cultivate awareness of things that really matter. Opportunities that make a real difference in the world. Votes: 0

Things would get difficult again. But that was okay too. The bravery was in moving forward, no matter what. Votes: 0

Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter. Votes: 0

No matter how bad things are, you can at least be happy that you woke up this morning. D. Votes: 0

Death focuses the mind on the things that really matter: why are we here, and what should we do? Votes: 0

Live your life. Be happy as you can be, let go of the things that don't matter, and fight. Votes: 0

Being a musician enables a person to bend the notes and express things that are inside you, no matter what. Votes: 0

You live in the present and you eliminate things that don't matter. You don't carry the burden of the past. Votes: 0

No matter how strange things get, know that with every breath, you are becoming that which you have always been. Votes: 0

There's certain things that you cannot cross, no matter who you are, what you're doing or where you're coming from. Votes: 0

Highs and lows make you feel that things matter, but they're nothing." "So what's something?" "Being reliable is something. Being good. Votes: 0

You can't control the perception of others no matter how hard you try. Do things that promote personal growth and health. Votes: 0

I learned that if we set our mind to things, we can accomplish almost anything no matter what the circumstances are. Votes: 0

Being strong, showing that you will see things through no matter what comes your way, that's what matters most to me. Votes: 0

War is horrible no matter what. There's going to be atrocities, there's going to be horrible things that happen in war. Votes: 0

Dear young people, Christ asks you to be wide awake and alert, to see the things in life that really matter. Votes: 0

All that land is filled with people, every one of them different, and the things they do to each other matter. Votes: 0

No matter who you are it's the simple things in life that lead you to believe that you can achieve anything. Votes: 0

No matter how hard you try to be present at home, you're always doing the things that you have to do. Votes: 0

You should know that there are some things for which there are no answers, no matter how beautiful the words may be. Votes: 0

Bill Clinton did everything in opposition to Black Lives Matter and the things that animate the existence of the Democrat Party today. Votes: 0

God is within your mind. God is within all things. As a matter of fact, there is nothing that is not God. Votes: 0

There are two things you should never waste your time on: things that don't matter and people that think you don't matter. Votes: 0

That things are changed, and that nothing really perishes, and that the sum of matter remains exactly the same, is sufficiently certain. Votes: 0

It's nice to feel the fans are behind you. You shouldn't concern yourself with things like that - but it does matter. Votes: 0

The only thing you'll find on the summit of Mount Everest is a divine view. The things that really matter lie far below. Votes: 0

I'm a firm believer that no matter how small an object is, you can find interesting things out about it and its history. Votes: 0

There are only four things in life that matter. The first is happiness and I'll sell you the other three for a dollar. Votes: 0

I've also learned that sometimes, no matter how much you want things to work, you have to accept that sometimes they just don't. Votes: 0

Well I won't argue about the matter. You always want to argue about things. That is exactly what things were originally made for. Votes: 0

I think most things are pretty magical, and that it's less a matter of belief than it is one of just stopping to notice. Votes: 0

Things that happen, however painful they are at the time, do not matter very much for long. Only how we behave to them matters. Votes: 0

Dead, we become the lumber of the world, And to that mass of matter shall be swept Where things destroyed with things unborn are kept. Votes: 0

The End of the Affair is a good movie because it about things, things that really matter. Love, sex, death. Have you ever seen romance? Votes: 0

Things that really matter are the things that gold can't buy, so let's have another cup o' coffee and let's have another piece o' pie. Votes: 0

I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human. Votes: 0

When things start to get rough, you find comfort in your faith. Knowing that no matter what, you can dust yourself off and be okay. Votes: 0

We're in a battle for our lives for things that really matter to us. There's a shell game going on like I've never seen before. Votes: 0

Men and women really do want the same things. We just need each other to bring it out. That's really the truth of the matter. Votes: 0

People in this world of superficial communication find themselves isolated and lonely and have difficult in talking about personal things that really matter to them. Votes: 0

There's so many things that life is, and no matter how many breakthroughs, trials will exist and we're going to get through it. Just be strong. Votes: 0

It's often a matter of sitting in front of the computer and worrying. It's what writing comes down to--worrying that things aren't going to work out. Votes: 0

The discipline of personal mastery...starts with clarifying the things that really matter to us (and) living our lives in the service of our highest aspirations. Votes: 0

Things That Don't Matter When You've Lived the Same Day Six Times and Died on at Least Two of Them: Lunch meats and their relative coolness. Votes: 0

It is surely a matter of common observation that a man who knows no one thing intimately has no views worth hearing on things in general. Votes: 0

I used to be afraid of failing at something that really mattered to me, but now I'm more afraid of succeeding at things that don't matter. Votes: 0

And I was really saying that no matter how bad things are there is always a calm after a storm, so don't give up on things. Votes: 0

We,re in a battle for our lives for things that really matter to us. There's a shell game going on like I've never seen before. Votes: 0

It doesn't matter; even if you do tend to wear the same things all the time, it's how you wear them and your attitude that counts. Votes: 0

Most people would agree that the details matter when it faces the user. But where the real debate is on things that don't face the user. Votes: 0

I just think swing is a matter of some good things put together that you can really pat your foot by. I can't define it beyond that. Votes: 0

Of all the things that make for happiness, the love of books comes first. No matter how the world may have used us, sure solace lies there. Votes: 0

People forget they have options. And they forget that those things really don't matter. They should concentrate on what they have and not what they don't have. Votes: 0

Now more than ever is the time to really work on learning a money management system that can work, no matter how low things seem right now. Votes: 0

As a matter of fact, one of the things in Obamacare is that for the elderly, every five years you must have end-of-life counseling. Translation: suicide counseling. Votes: 0

Dark matter and dark energy are two things we measure in the universe that are making things happen, and we have no idea what the cause is. Votes: 0

It's the sheer joy of seeing things grow and helping them to grow, even harvesting the stuff that you've grown yourself, no matter how old you are. Votes: 0

Hope is favorable and confident expectation; it's an expectant attitude that something good is going to happen and things will work out, no matter what situation we're facing. Votes: 0

No matter how dark things become, someone is always with you - and that someone is God. He helps by giving you peace and a positive mental attitude. Votes: 0

It's really hard to stay healthy over the long term of making a movie so that's why those things matter when you're trying to keep your health, literally. Votes: 0

And it's one more shitty thing to write about somebody, in between getting really, really, really upset at female Ghostbusters and Gamergate, and the things that really matter. Votes: 0

The sooner you learn to finish things, and as a matter of course finish your creative endeavors, the better. It took me a long time to learn that. Votes: 0

Human beings have hope. Not matter how desperate things are, they convince themselves that they can change things for the better." - John Gregory (Clash of the Demons) Votes: 0

We teach that a person must practice only one cultivation way. No matter how you practice cultivation, you should not mess up your cultivation by adding other things. Votes: 0

Be careful to not haul around in our lives so many nice but unnecessary things that we are distracted and diverted from the things that truly matter most. Votes: 0

When you die, you know, you hear the insistent pounding that defines all things, whether of matter or energy, since there is nothing in the universe, really, but proportion. Votes: 0

No matter how hopeless or bleak things appear, the moment always comes when suddenly our spirit revives, and hope is reborn. That is why we must never give up. Votes: 0

There will always be crazy things that happen in our lives, but love is the central connector. If we commit to love and partnership, the other stuff doesn't matter. Votes: 0

There will always be crazy things that happen in our lives, but love is the central connector. If we commit to love and partnership, the other stuff doesnt matter. Votes: 0

The things that separate the planes are the incisions and the edges of the matter. Each separate layer of cutting or painting is visible and readable as an edge. Votes: 0

No matter how much we know in any area there are always new things to learn and things we have previously learned that we need to be refreshed in. Votes: 0

Sometimes I think that creativity is a matter of seeing, or stumbling over, unobvious similarities between things - like composing a fresh metaphor, but on a more complex scale. Votes: 0

Things that matter are not easy. Feelings of happiness are easy. Happiness is not. Flirting is easy. Love is not. Saying you’re friends is easy. Being friends is not. Votes: 0

That's why we have memory. And the opposite of memory"” hope. So things that are gone can still matter. So we can built off our pasts and make future. Votes: 0