Quotes about Importance

The tragedy has been so uncommon, so complete and of such personal importance to so many people, that we are suffering from a plethora of surmise, conjecture, and hypothesis. The difficulty is to detach the framework of fact—of absolute undeniable fact—from the embellishments of theorists and reporters. Then, having established ourselves upon this sound basis, it is our duty to see what inferences may be drawn and what are the special points upon which the whole mystery turns.

it is frequently in its least important and lowliest manifestations that the keenest pleasure is to be derived.

To a great mind, nothing is little," remarked Holmes, sententiously.

To pace about, looking to obtain status, looking to attain 'importance' - I can think of nothing more ridiculous.

Of course, parents are the most important people in a child's life.

Knowledge is very important and one of the few things that accompanies us into the next life.

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.

Rather than be less car'd not to be at all.

Low self-esteem causes me to believe that I have so little worth that my response does not matter. With repentance, however, I understand that being worth so much to God is why my response is so important. Repentance is remedial work to mend our minds and hearts, which get bent by sin.

We would do our theology better if more was at stake in what we said.

Most evangelicals have bought into the need for apparent indifference when writing about massively important things.

Esteeming God less than anything is the essence of evil.