Quotes about Significance

He said it without greeting, as if they had parted the day before. Because it took her a moment to regain the art of breathing, she realized for the first time how much that voice meant to her.

It does not matter that only a few in each generation will grasp and achieve the full reality of man's proper stature—and that the rest will betray it. It is those few that move the world and give life its meaning—and it is those few that I have always sought to address.

You're too important for me to take no as an answer

History is not good news or bad news, it's just one big story unreeling. There are no small parts, only small actors.

Somehow it had come to pass that this man was her whole world, and she had failed to take his measure.

This is the true joy in life—that being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. That being a force of nature, instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy.

If there is one message to glean from this wisdom, it is that a meaningful life is not a matter of speed or efficiency. It's much more a matter of what you do and why you do it, than how fast you get it done.

Life is no brief candle to me. It's a sort of splendid torch which I've got to hold up for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.

It is not the magnitude of our actions, but the amount of love that is put into them that matters.

He didn't love me because I'm valuable. Because He loved me, I became valuable.

Thats what I love about serving God. In His eyes, there are no little people...because there are no big people. We are all on the same playing field

Don't undervalue yourself. God loves you. Your worth is what you are worth to God. Jesus died for you. You are of infinite value.