Significance Quotes

• What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.

  Nelson Mandela

  Leadership, Differences, Generosity

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.227, Pan Macmillan

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• Many people measure their success by wealth, recognition, power and status. There's nothing wrong with those, but if that's all you're focused on, you're missing the boat...if you focus on significance -using your time and talent to serve others -that's when truly meaningful success can come your way.

  Ken Blanchard

  Meaningful, People, Focus

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• Significance is about who we are before it is about what we do.

  John Ortberg

  Who We Are

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• The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance - and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Success, Dream, Congratulations

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• A person of character seeks true happiness in living a life of purpose and meaning, placing a higher value on significance than success.

  Michael Josephson

  Character, Purpose, True Happiness

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• The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

  Aristotle

  Art, Philosophy, Philosophical

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• The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Dream, Keys, Focus

  "Happy Birthday Oprah Winfrey: 11 inspirational quotes by the popular host" by Aishwarya Krishnan, www.india.com. January 29, 2016.

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• Desire that your life count for something great! Long for your life to have eternal significance. Want this! Don’t coast through life without a passion.

  John Piper

  Passion, Long, Christian Inspirational

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• I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.

  Pablo Casals

  Inspirational, Kindness, Caring

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Your impact on the world is significant whether or not you are aware of it, and even whether or not you desire it.

  Gary Zukav

  Impact, Desire, World

  FaceBook post by Gary Zukav from May 11, 2015

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• It is only in God that we discover our origin, our identity, our meaning, our purpose, our significance, and our destiny. Every other path leads to a dead end.

  Rick Warren

  Destiny, Identity, Purpose

  Rick Warren (2007). “The Purpose Driven Life Dvd Study Guide: A Six-session Video-based Study for Groups Or Individuals”, p.93, Harper Collins

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• The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he longs to attain.

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational, Men, Desire

  Khalil Gibran “The New Frontier and Sand and Foam”, Library of Alexandria

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• I will not die an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible; to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise. I choose to risk my significance, to live so that which came to me as seed goes to the next as blossom, and that which came to me as blossom, goes on as fruit.

  Dawna Markova

  Inspirational, Life, Fall

  Dawna Markova (2000). “I Will Not Die An Unlived Life: Reclaiming Passion and Purpose”, Conari Press

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• Most people muddled through events and only in retrospect realized their significance.

  Kate Atkinson

  People, Events, Retrospect

  Kate Atkinson (2013). “Life After Life”, p.412, Random House

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• When you pursue significance, success can find you.

  Dov Seidman

  Pursue

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• The Central Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in the major media.

  William Colby

  War, Agency, Government

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• Ambition without contribution is of no significance.

  Kevin Kline

  Ambition, Contribution

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• The human heart is an idol factory that takes good things like a successful career, love, material possessions, even family, and turns them into ultimate things. Our hearts deify them as the center of our lives, because, we think, they can give us significance and security, safety and fulfillment, if we attain them.

  Timothy Keller

  Love, Family, Success

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• The only significance of life consists in helping to establish the kingdom of God.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Kingdoms, Helping, Kingdom Of God

  Leo Tolstoy (2016). “The Kingdom of God is Within You”, p.567, Leo Tolstoy

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• Life is too short to waste time on things that have no lasting significance.

  T. B. Joshua

  Life Is Too Short, Waste, Wasting Time

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• It is about the greatness of God, not the significance of man. God made man small and the universe big to say something about himself.

  John Piper

  Greatness, Men, Made

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• I think it’s very important to live in the present. One of the great things that improvising teaches you is the magic of the moment that you’re in … because when you improvise you’re in right now. You’re not in yesterday or tomorrow—you’re right in the moment. Being in that moment really gives you a perspective of life that you never get at any other time as far as learning about your ego… You have to see your unimportance before you can see your importance and your significance to the world.

  Charlie Haden

  Thinking, Yesterday, Giving

  "'Live In The Present': Charlie Haden Remembered". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. July 18, 2014.

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• In naturalism, man is actually very insignificant, but arrogates to himself stupendous power. In Christianity, man is actually the apex of created significance, but is called to see it in abject humility.

  Ravi Zacharias

  Humility, Men, Christianity

  "Created for Significance". Book by Ravi Zacharias, February 20, 1992.

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• Some folks ask me what the transition was like from NASCAR reporter to political reporter. It's easy. In one, you try to explain to your readers the significance of grown-ups getting paid exorbitant amounts of money to go around in circles indefinitely, always turning left. In the other, you get to interview racecar drivers.

  Mary Katharine Ham

  Circles, Political, Trying

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• It's sobering to contemplate how much time, effort, sacrifice, compromise, and attention we give to acquiring and increasing our supply of something that is totally insignificant in eternity.

  Anne Graham Lotz

  Meaningful, Time, Sacrifice

  Anne Graham Lotz (2014). “Heaven: My Father's House”, p.71, Thomas Nelson Inc

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