They that enter into the world are too often treated with unreasonable rigor by those that were once as ignorant and heady as themselves; and distinction is not always made between the faults which require speedy and violent eradication, and those that will gradually drop away in the progression of life. Vicious solicitations of appetite, […]
Importance Quotes
It sometimes happens in the combinations of life, that important services are performed by inferiors.
Of those that spin out trifles and die without a memorial, many flatter themselves with high opinions of their own importance, and imagine that they are every day adding some improvement to human life.
A man never feels more important than when he receives a telegram containing more than ten words.
How many charming talents have been spoiled by the instilled desire to do ‘important’ work! Some people are born to lift heavy weights. Some are born to juggle with golden balls.
One doesn’t recognize in one’s life the really important moments – until it’s too late.
If you have an important point to make, don’t try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time – a tremendous whack.
May you be born in an important time.
The most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
