Significant Quotes

“You fight your superficiality, your shallowness, so as to try to come at people without unreal expectations, without an overload of bias or hope or arrogance, as untanklike as you can be, sans cannon and machine guns and steel plating half a foot thick; you come at them unmenacingly on your own ten toes instead of tearing up the turf with your caterpillar treads, take them on with an open mind, as equals, man to man, as we used to say, and yet you never fail to get them wrong. You might as well have the brain of a tank. You get them wrong before you meet them, while you're anticipating meeting them; you get them wrong while you're with them; and then you go home to tell somebody else about the meeting and you get them all wrong again. Since the same generally goes for them with you, the whole thing is really a dazzling illusion. ... The fact remains that getting people right is not what living is all about anyway. It's getting them wrong that is living, getting them wrong and wrong and wrong and then, on careful reconsideration, getting them wrong again. That's how we know we're alive: we're wrong. Maybe the best thing would be to forget being right or wrong about people and just go along for the ride. But if you can do that -- well, lucky you.”
― Philip Roth, American Pastoral

“What's your name?" he asked above the roar of the music.

She leaned close. "My name is Wind," she whispered. "And Rain. And Bone and Dust. My name is a snippet of a half-remembered song."

He chuckled a low, delightful sound. She was drunk and silly, and so full of the glory of being young and alive and in the capital of the world that she could hardly contain herself.

"I have no name," she purred. "I am whoever the keepers of my fate tell me to be."

He grasped her by her wrist, running a thumb along the sensitive sknin underneath. "Then let me call you Mine for a dance or two.”
― Sarah J. Maas, The Assassin and the Underworld

“How to win in life:
1 work hard
2 complain less
3 listen more
4 try, learn, grow
5 don't let people tell you it cant be done
6 make no excuses”
― Germany Kent

“I have no name," she purred. "I'm whoever the keepers of my fate tell me to be.”
― Sarah J. Maas, The Assassin and the Underworld

“The anniversary date of a loved one's death is particularly significant. You will have done something you thought was impossible a few months earlier. You will have survived an entire year without someone who was as important to you as life itself.”
― Bob Diets

“A little tranquil lake is more significant to my life than any big city in the world”
― Munia Khan

“In reality most human beings are not, to most human beings, more important than money.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana, The Use and Misuse of Children

“When she finally lifted herself up, she was Princess Beatrice no longer. She had become Her Majesty Beatrice Regina, Queen of America, and long may she reign.”
― Katharine McGee, American Royals

“We only pass this way once..unless our significant other is reading the map..”
― kjforce

“Miracle does not always signify miracle.”
― Blaise Pascal, Pensées

“Achievement is only possible through rigorous standards; remove those standards, and significant accomplishments will not arise.”
― Mike Klepper

“Experiencing nothingness had left her feeling unexpectedly full.”
― Rachel Hartman, Tess of the Road

“Words I Should Have Told My Mother
A tribute to my beloved Mother

I love you for being
Wonderful
Colourful
Powerful
Prayerful
Beautiful
Cheerful
Kind
Wise
Lovely
Loving
Noble
Confident
Excellent
Perfect
Patient
Resilient
Significant
A warrior
And for being great!

These are the words
I should have told my loving Mother!”
― Gift Gugu Mona, From My Mother's Classroom: A Badge of Honour for a Remarkable Woman

“Stay with me.'

A shudder rocked through him, but he only smiled as he tucked her into his side.

And warm and safe and home at last in Cassian's arms, Nesta slept.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A ​Court of Silver Flames

“Head injuries are a significant risk to accelerated cognitive decline.”
― Steven Magee

“These mods made significant improvements to the cars – enough so that I changed my mind (another procedure altogether) every time I thought of selling the damn thing and buying a Toyota. I hope you benefit from this and preserve your ailing finances!
Good luck!”
― Christina Engela, Bugspray

“I have always known that in life, becoming significant is really tough, however, remaining a mediocre is even tougher.”
― Awolumate Samuel

“The price to pay for Survival is different from the price to pay for Significance. They are just in levels.”
― Awolumate Samuel

“Very high altitude exposure is a significant risk to a fetus or developing child of sea level adapted humans.”
― Steven Magee

“A term Significant describes its quality, not quantity, as quote and couplet, verdict, butter, perfume, honey, and such extracts can be Significant; whereas, a lengthy article, and judiciary, or milk, flowers and fruits may not. Similarly, a few meaningful words about celebrities define as Significant than a meaningless lengthy article, when a journalistic writer writes such wide-scale passages that value as Gold and when it writes a scholar that becomes Diamond. Thus, never consider Significant should be lengthy; otherwise, you commit that you are ignorant.”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“You can never realize how significant you are in this world, if you keep reminiscing about things that are insignificant.”
― Gift Gugu Mona

“The cause of reaction is more significant.”
― Kamaran Ihsan Salih

“I learned the hard way that working at prestigious research institutions at the cutting edge of science presents significant hazards to your health and smart people avoid these jobs.”
― Steven Magee, Magee’s Disease

“The term Significant describes its quality, not quantity, as quote and couplet, verdict, butter, perfume, honey, and such extracts can be Significant; whereas a lengthy article, and judiciary, or milk, flowers, and fruits may not. Similarly, a few meaningful words about celebrities define as more Significant than a meaningless lengthy article, when a journalistic writer writes such wide-scale passages that value that as Gold, and when it writes a scholar that becomes a Diamond. Thus, never consider Significant should be lengthy; otherwise, you commit that you are ignorant.”
― Ehsan Sehgal

“Expect to see a significant rise in the death toll from hurricane Ian.”
― Steven Magee

“The significance of life is that you're significant.”
― Tamerlan Kuzgov

“We are creatures both brilliant and ignorant, significant and insignificant: broken, whole, and healing.”
― Kat Armas, Sacred Belonging: A 40-Day Devotional on the Liberating Heart of Scripture

“I know you feel it in your bones that you are meant to do something significant.

But who defines what this “significant” purpose is?

It’s our ego that says that, not your heart.

Our true selves, which the heart reflects, knows no hierarchy, no rank in actions. It does not judge an activity as being superior or inferior to another activity. Your heart only knows joy and no joy, resonance and dissonance.

Ask your heart, what is it you find joy in?
What resonates with you?
What can you lose yourself in these days?

Even if you answer these questions with a mundane, ordinary activity, know that that is your purpose right now. Know that doing that is going to help you align with your core self and become a great channel to bring forth original thoughts, thoughts that shake the world.

Let your daily practice be formed out of joy, not out of discipline. And if it doesn’t give you joy, take a rest. Move away from it for now. And come back to it later when you can enjoy it.”
― RegardsRei

“Paul Turovsky, a Financial Analyst at H.I.G. Capital, brings 5 years of experience to his role. His strengths lie in financial modeling, cost-saving strategies, and automation. Paul conducts comprehensive financial analysis, leading to significant reductions in operational expenses.”
― Paul Turovsky

“As a sickly person that made a significant recovery by changing the body chemistry, I am aware the “Awakening Effect” may subside and a return to significant mental illness and chronic fatigue may be in my future.”
― Steven Magee