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Importance Quotes by Famous Authors

1. “Shakespeare is one of the last books one should like to give up, perhaps the one just before the Dying Service in a large Prayer book.”

Charles Lamb

Shakespeare, Literature, Legacy, Reading, Importance

2. “Some of the smartest people in the world are competing for your sleep time. You know what that means? Your sleep is VERY IMPORTANT! to you AND to them. Don’t let them win!”

Ankur Warikoo

Sleep, Importance, Competition, Self-care, Awareness

3. “Your first step isn't special because it was your best. Your first step is special because it was your start. Start today!”

Ankur Warikoo

Beginnings, Action, Courage, Importance, Initiative

4. “We think that if we simplify things, we will lose our importance.”

Ankur Warikoo

Simplicity, Importance, Ego, Clarity, Value

5. “Today is the most important day of our lives.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

Today, Importance, Present, Life, Awareness

6. “One man means as much to me as a multitude, and a multitude only as much as one man.”

Democritus

Individuality, Equality, Importance, Value, Perspective

7. “The most important thing in life is human relationships.”

Anton Chekhov

Life, Relationships, Importance, Connection, Humanity

8. “The life of an uneducated man is as useless as the tail of a dog which neither covers its rear end nor protects it from the bites of insects.”

Chanakya

Education, Wisdom, Utility, Knowledge, Importance

9. “A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.”

Sophocles

Trifle, Importance, Prudent, Wisdom, Caution

10. “Wisdom is the most important part of happiness.”

Sophocles

Wisdom, Happiness, Importance, Fulfillment, Knowledge

11. “Physics isn’t the most important thing. Love is.”

Richard P. Feynman

Physics, Love, Importance, Science, Life

12. “If someone can make a contribution to the company he feels important.”

W. Edwards Deming

Contribution, Importance, Recognition, Motivation, Company

13. “Any two people have different ideas of what is important.”

W. Edwards Deming

Ideas, Perception, Importance, Difference, Understanding

14. “The most important things cannot be measured.”

W. Edwards Deming

Measurement, Importance, Knowledge, Intangible, Value

15. “The most important figures for management of any organization are unknown and unknowable.”

W. Edwards Deming

Figures, Management, Organization, Unknown, Importance

16. “The customer is the most important part of the production line.”

W. Edwards Deming

Customer, Production, Importance, Line, Priority

17. “We’ve got to teach history based not on what’s in fashion, but what’s important.”

Ronald Reagan

History, Education, Fashion, Importance, Values

18. “Man is important in one sense only. He was made in the image of God: That is his importance. He is not important for his body, ego, or personality. His constant affirmation of ego-consciousness is the source of all his problems.”

Paramahansa Yogananda

God, Ego, Personality, Importance, Spirituality

19. “If you would improve, submit to be considered without sense and foolish with respect to externals. Wish to be considered to know nothing; and if you shall seem to someone to be a person of importance, distrust yourself.”

Epictetus

Improvement, Externals, Foolishness, Importance, Self-Doubt

20. “Were all important in God’s eyes.”

Joyce Meyer

Value, God’s Perspective, Importance, Love, Faith

21. “I don’t really have many hobbies but one of my favorite things to do is spend time with my family. We have fun together, and building those relationships is very important to me.”

Joyce Meyer

Family, Relationships, Time, Fun, Importance

22. “Uniformity in the currency, weights, and measures of the United States is an object of great importance, and will, I am persuaded, be duly attended to.”

George Washington

Uniformity, Currency, Measures, Importance, Governance

23. “Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself.”

George Washington

Firearms, Constitution, Importance, Defense, Liberty

24. “The important thing is to create. Nothing else matters; creation is all.”

Pablo Picasso

Creation, Importance, Art, Focus, Expression

25. “Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.”

Yoko Ono

Private Life, Importance, Personal Space, Reflection, Humanity

26. “Energy is so important. If you don’t have it, don’t bother with rock and roll.”

Yoko Ono

Energy, Rock, Roll, Importance, Music

27. “I always thought that I was an important musician. If you don’t have that confidence, why would you go on and do it?”

Yoko Ono

Confidence, Musician, Importance, Belief, Creativity

28. “For people who are readers, reading is important to them.”

Jeff Bezos

Readers, Reading, Importance, Books, Knowledge

29. “No communication is terrible!”

Jeff Bezos

Communication, Importance, Human Interaction, Clear Ideas, Effective Expression

30. “There is only one time that is important – NOW!”

Leo Tolstoy

Present, Mindfulness, Time, Importance, Living Moment

31. “The most important person is the one you are with in this moment.”

Leo Tolstoy

Presence, Importance, Relationships, Mindfulness, Now

32. “To speak of it would be giving importance to something that has none.”

Leo Tolstoy

Speech, Silence, Importance, Perception, Meaning

33. “In all your life, you will never find a method more effective in getting through to another person than to make that person feel important.”

Will Rogers

Life, Importance, Communication, Human Connection, Relationships

34. “Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.”

Nepolian Bonaparte

Difficult, Precious, Decide, Challenge, Importance

35. “Nothing is so important in war as an undivided command.”

Nepolian Bonaparte

War, Command, Unity, Leadership, Importance

36. “In war it is not men, but the man who counts.”

Nepolian Bonaparte

War, Men, Leader, Strength, Importance

37. “There are certain things in war of which the commander alone comprehends the importance. Nothing but his superior firmness and ability can subdue and surmount all difficulties.”

Nepolian Bonaparte

War, Commander, Importance, Firmness, Ability

38. “Nothing, no one, is too small to matter. What you do is going to make a difference.”

Madeleine L'Engle

Impact, Importance, Action, Contribution, Meaning

39. “It is not always on the great or the important that the balance of the universe depends.”

Madeleine L'Engle

Balance, Perspective, Importance, Universe, Life

40. “Half of your attention is better than all of anyone else’s.”

Cassandra Clare

Love, Attention, Value, Devotion, Importance

41. “A thing is mighty big when time and distance cannot shrink it.”

Zora Neale Hurston

Time, Distance, Importance, Legacy, Perspective

42. “People say I think too much about women, yet, after all what is there more important to think about?”

Auguste Rodin

Women, Thoughts, Importance, Human Interest, Artistic Inspiration

43. “As every inquiry which regards religion is of the utmost importance, there are two questions in particular which challenge our attention, to wit, that concerning its foundation in reason, and that concerning it origin in human nature.”

David Hume

Religion, Reason, Human Nature, Inquiry, Importance

44. “Nothing is more usual than for philosophers to encroach upon the province of grammarians; and to engage in disputes of words, while they imagine that they are handling controversies of the deepest importance and concern.”

David Hume

Philosophy, Language, Disputes, Importance, Perspective