Importance

(186 votes)   The main things which seem to me important on their own account, and not merely as a means to other account, and not merely as a means to other things, are knowledge, art instinctive happiness, and relations of friendship or affection.

Bertrand Russell
1872-1970, British Philosopher, Mathematician, Essayist

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(105 votes)   Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.

T. S. Eliot
1888-1965, American-born British Poet, Critic

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(102 votes)   Much Ado About Nothing,

William Shakespeare
1564-1616, British Poet, Playwright, Actor

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(86 votes)   Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1749-1832, German Poet, Dramatist, Novelist

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(83 votes)   The simple lack of her is more to me than others presence.

Edward Thomas

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(74 votes)   Each shot is important.

Gary Player
1969-, American Golfer

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(69 votes)   Physicists know what's important, but they don't know what is true. Mathematicians know what's true, but they don't know what is important.

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(68 votes)   My importance to the world is relatively small. On the other hand, my importance to myself is tremendous. I am all I have to work with, to play with, to suffer and to enjoy. It is not the eyes of others that I am wary of, but of my own. I do not intend to let myself down more than I can possibly help, and I find that the fewer illusions I have about myself or the world around me, the better company I am for myself.

Noel Coward
1899-1973, British Writer

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(67 votes)   Every human being is trying to say something to others. Trying to cry out I am alive, notice me! Speak to me! Confirm that I am important, that I matter!!

Marion D. Hanks

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