110 Important Quotes About What's Essential

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The most important things and people in one's life are always given top priority. No matter how busy someone is, they will always find time for what's important to them. If someone or something is important, they are of great or significant value.

So the next time someone hits you up with that ‘I'm so sorry, I was busy' line, you will know that something else is of higher priority than you. If you are really important, you will be part of what keeps them ‘busy.'

Moving from that, what can you say are the most important things and people in your life? Is there something or someone you feel you cannot live without? It's always great to have at least one thing or one person that is of priceless value to you.

It gives you a sense of belonging and keeps you grounded. You also become more accountable because you don't want to disappoint this person or be unable to take care of this thing.

The most important things to you should be those that bring you value. There is a lot of jargon in the world that can distract you from your dreams and keep you from achieving your goals. Now imagine if this jargon is what you see as of significance to you.

It could be people who don't value you, habits that consume a lot of your time, or simply social media. If it's not helping you stay ahead of your game or get where you want to go, then it's not important.

Our important quotes are relatable, touching on things of importance and some come packed with pure wisdom. What matters to you is a personal choice. Just because someone or something is important to someone else doesn't mean it should be the same for you. Read through our important quotes!

Important Quotes

Who do you spend time with? Criticizers or encouragers? Surround yourself with those who believe in you. Your life is too important for anything less.

Who do you spend time with? Criticizers or encouragers? Surround yourself with those who believe in you. Your life is too important for anything less.

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Keeping your head up is important not because you have to prove something to others or to hide your weaknesses, but rather because you owe it to yourself to stand tall and proud against any adversities of life.

Keeping your head up is important not because you have to prove something to others or to hide your weaknesses, but rather because you owe it to yourself to stand tall and proud against any adversities of life.

I think that it’s not just about having equal rights, I mean, that’s important, but it’s also about allowing our children an opportunity to get to know one another.

I think that it’s not just about having equal rights, I mean, that’s important, but it’s also about allowing our children an opportunity to get to know one another.

Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.

Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear

Successful decision makers are not afraid of making mistakes – they know it is more important to keep moving forward than to stay stuck in indecision.

Successful decision makers are not afraid of making mistakes – they know it is more important to keep moving forward than to stay stuck in

The most important lesson that I have learned is to trust God in every circumstance. Lots of times we go through different trials and following God's plan seems like it doesn't make any sense at all. God is always in control and he will never leave us.

The most important lesson that I have learned is to trust God in every circumstance. Lots of times we go through different trials and following

That is why it is so important to let certain things go. To release them. To cut loose. People need to understand that no one is playing with marked cards; sometimes we win and sometimes we lose. Don't expect to get anything back, don't expect recognition for your efforts, don't expect your genius to be discovered or your love to be understood. Complete the circle. Not out of pride, inability or arrogance, but simply because whatever it is no longer fits in your life. Close the door, change the record, clean the house, get rid of the dust. Stop being who you were and become who you are.

That is why it is so important to let certain things go. To release them. To cut loose. People need to understand that no one

It is always important to know when something has reached its end. Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters, it doesn’t matter what we call it; what matters is to leave in the past those moments in life that are over. Slowly, I began to realize that I could not go back and force things to be as they once were: those two years, which up until then had seemed an endless inferno, were now beginning to show me their true meaning.

It is always important to know when something has reached its end. Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters, it doesn’t matter what we call it;

Moving on is all about deciding that whatever your future holds is far more important than anything you are holding onto in your past.

Moving on is all about deciding that whatever your future holds is far more important than anything you are holding onto in your past.

No. That’s not what I wanted you to say. That’s not it at all. What am I supposed to do when you say something like that to me? What am I, a “mistake”, supposed to do? Where should I go?

No. That’s not what I wanted you to say. That’s not it at all. What am I supposed to do when you say something like that to me? What am I, a “mistake”, supposed to do? Where should I go?

Alaska: I think the problem is that you spend so much time worried about what’s up there that you’re missing out on the real party down here. Lara: I guess for some of us, parties aren’t so important. Alaska: It was a metaphor.

Alaska: I think the problem is that you spend so much time worried about what’s up there that you’re missing out on the real party down here.
Lara: I guess for some of us, parties aren’t so important.
Alaska: It was a metaphor.

When somebody is important to you, there are times where it can be hard, times when where they may feel lonely... but in the end, it's worth it. Happier, sad, together or apart, my weakness will always be.. Tohru.

When somebody is important to you, there are times where it can be hard, times when where they may feel lonely… but in the end,

I don't see why it's any of your business. Wait, hold on. Are you saying that I can't sit here? I need your permission all of a sudden? You must think pretty highly of yourself giving orders like that. Ha, everyone bow before King Kyo!

I don’t see why it’s any of your business. Wait, hold on. Are you saying that I can’t sit here? I need your permission all

In troubled times one wishes for a sound sleep more than usual, but, realizing its amplified importance, sleep smugly impedes all attempts to woo it.

In troubled times one wishes for a sound sleep more than usual, but, realizing its amplified importance, sleep smugly impedes all attempts to woo it.

She pointed at me. I felt important. I had lost so many women to so many other guys that it felt good for the thing to be working the other way around.

She pointed at me. I felt important. I had lost so many women to so many other guys that it felt good for the thing to be working the other way around.

I think it’s important that you learn the background of what you’re working on and how to do it, and you’ll get the right answer.

I think it’s important that you learn the background of what you’re working on and how to do it, and you’ll get the right answer.

Self-respect is an important part of our identity and it says a lot about us. Keeping your head up when necessary is just a sign that you have healthy self-respect and you will not allow for others to disrespect you.

Self-respect is an important part of our identity and it says a lot about us. Keeping your head up when necessary is just a sign that you have healthy self-respect and you will not allow for others to disrespect you.

There are so many things I can never get back. So much pain. So many tears. So, so much. I've had things stolen from me. I've been hurt. It feels so unbelievably unfair. I can never, ever forgive her. But even so… I'm tired of always looking down and missing what's important.

There are so many things I can never get back. So much pain. So many tears. So, so much. I’ve had things stolen from me. I’ve been hurt. It feels so unbelievably unfair. I can never, ever forgive her. But even so… I’m tired of always looking down and missing what’s important.

I have here Alaska’s final. You’ll recall that you were asked what the most important question facing people is, and how the three traditions we’re studying this year address that question. This was Alaska’s question.

I have here Alaska’s final. You’ll recall that you were asked what the most important question facing people is, and how the three traditions we’re studying this year address that question. This was Alaska’s question.

And I wasn't great at talking for myself either. We had something important in common, then, a personality quirk I didn't share with Alaska or anybody else, although almost by definition Lara and I couldn't express it to each other.

And I wasn’t great at talking for myself either. We had something important in common, then, a personality quirk I didn’t share with Alaska or anybody else, although almost by definition Lara and I couldn’t express it to each other.

The final exam: What is the most important question human beings must answer? Choose your question wisely, and then examine how Islam, Buddhism, and Christianity attempt to answer it. "I hope that poor bastard lives the rest of the school year," the Colonel said as we jogged home through the rain, "because I'm sure starting to enjoy that class. What's your most important question?" After thirty seconds of running, I was already winded. "What happens... to us... when we die?"

The final exam: What is the most important question human beings must answer? Choose your question wisely, and then examine how Islam, Buddhism, and Christianity attempt to answer it.

“I hope that poor bastard lives the rest of the school year,” the Colonel said as we jogged home through the rain, “because I’m sure starting to enjoy that class. What’s your most important question?”

After thirty seconds of running, I was already winded. “What happens… to us… when we die?”

You don't even care about her! All that matters is you and your precious f***ing fantasy that you and Alaska had this goddamned secret love affair and she was going to leave Jake for you and you'd live happily ever after. But she kissed a lot of guys, Pudge. And if she were here, we both know that she would still be Jake's girlfriend and that there'd be nothing but drama between the two of you — not love, not sex, just you pining after her and her like, 'You're cute, Pudge, but I love Jake.'

You don’t even care about her! All that matters is you and your precious f***ing fantasy that you and Alaska had this goddamned secret love affair and she was going to leave Jake for you and you’d live happily ever after. But she kissed a lot of guys, Pudge. And if she were here, we both know that she would still be Jake’s girlfriend and that there’d be nothing but drama between the two of you — not love, not sex, just you pining after her and her like, ‘You’re cute, Pudge, but I love Jake.’

I'm in class, so teach me. And teach me he did: In those fifty minutes, the Old Man made me take religion seriously. I'd never been religious, but he told us that religion is important whether or not we believed in one, the same way that historical events are important whether or not you personally lived through them.

I’m in class, so teach me. And teach me he did: In those fifty minutes, the Old Man made me take religion seriously. I’d never been religious, but he told us that religion is important whether or not we believed in one, the same way that historical events are important whether or not you personally lived through them.

The afterlife mattered to me. Heaven and hell and reincarnation. As much as I wanted to know how Alaska had died, I wanted to know where she was now, if anywhere.

The afterlife mattered to me. Heaven and hell and reincarnation. As much as I wanted to know how Alaska had died, I wanted to know where she was now, if anywhere.

I think it is very important for people to run away...from home, from the mainstream, from their family, from the culture, from the society that produced them...because the moment I have to learn something new, like new habits, new languages, I myself have something like a rebirth. I reduce myself to the lowest denominator and this is very healthy for an artist. To start all over again.

I think it is very important for people to run away…from home, from the mainstream, from their family, from the culture, from the society that produced them…because the moment I have to learn something new, like new habits, new languages, I myself have something like a rebirth. I reduce myself to the lowest denominator and this is very healthy for an artist. To start all over again.

It doesn't matter what you've done in the past - what matters are the choices you make right now. God gives you the chance to start over with every breath.

It doesn’t matter what you’ve done in the past – what matters are the choices you make right now. God gives you the chance to start over with every breath.

I have learned that trying again is important and decisivness is good. I have learned that silence hurts. I have learned about starting over and releasing pride.

I have learned that trying again is important and decisivness is good. I have learned that silence hurts. I have learned about starting over and releasing pride.

Timing's mighty important. In cooking, in life, in love. If the timing goes wrong, you've got to start over. Do it right.

Timing’s mighty important. In cooking, in life, in love. If the timing goes wrong, you’ve got to start over. Do it right.

Just because somebody smiles when he hands me a bag of shit, that doesn’t mean I have to take it. I don’t give a damn how friendly he is. It’s what he does that matters.

Just because somebody smiles when he hands me a bag of shit, that doesn’t mean I have to take it. I don’t give a damn how friendly he is. It’s what he does that matters.

I never liked writing concluding paragraphs to papers — where you repeat what you've already said with phrases like 'In summation', and 'To conclude'. I didn’t do that — instead I talked about why I thought it was an important question.

I never liked writing concluding paragraphs to papers — where you repeat what you’ve already said with phrases like ‘In summation’, and ‘To conclude’. I didn’t do that — instead I talked about why I thought it was an important question.

I say...I want to protect all members of the Zodiac. That I want to set them free...But that's just...a lie I've been telling myself...! I've been hiding from...my true feelings. Hiding from the truth...like a coward...I...I...just...don't want...anyone or anything...not the Sohma Family...or the Curse...to take Kyo-kun away from me! Because Kyo-kun...is the most precious person in my life!

I say…I want to protect all members of the Zodiac. That I want to set them free…But that’s just…a lie I’ve been telling myself…! I’ve been hiding from…my true feelings. Hiding from the truth…like a coward…I…I…just…don’t want…anyone or anything…not the Sohma Family…or the Curse…to take Kyo-kun away from me! Because Kyo-kun…is the most precious person in my life!

Brian: Hey, wait, hold up! I don't have any cash, but I do have the pink slip to my car. Jesse: Wait, you just can't climb in the ring with Ali 'cause you think you box! Brian: He knows I can box! So check it out, it's like this: If I lose, winner takes my car clean and clear. But if I win, I take the cash, and I take the respect! Dom: Respect? Brian: To some people, that's more important. Dom: ...That your car?

Brian: Hey, wait, hold up! I don’t have any cash, but I do have the pink slip to my car.
Jesse: Wait, you just can’t climb in the ring with Ali ’cause you think you box!
Brian: He knows I can box! So check it out, it’s like this: If I lose, winner takes my car clean and clear. But if I win, I take the cash, and I take the respect!
Dom: Respect?
Brian: To some people, that’s more important.
Dom: …That your car?

I live my life a quarter mile at a time. Nothing else matters: not the mortgage, not the store, not my team and all their bullshit. For those ten seconds or less, I'm free.

I live my life a quarter mile at a time. Nothing else matters: not the mortgage, not the store, not my team and all their bullshit. For those ten seconds or less, I’m free.

Endurance is more important than truth because without endurance there can't be any truth. And truth means going to the end like you mean it. That way, death itself comes up short when it grabs.

Endurance is more important than truth because without endurance there can’t be any truth. And truth means going to the end like you mean it. That way, death itself comes up short when it grabs.

'Money is like sex,' I said. 'It seems much more important when you don't have any...' 'You talk like a writer,' said Francois.

‘Money is like sex,’ I said. ‘It seems much more important when you don’t have any…’
‘You talk like a writer,’ said Francois.

A lot of guys have muscles. A lot of strong men in this world. I think it's important to show that even under all this strength there's a fragile side, a side that can be affected.

A lot of guys have muscles. A lot of strong men in this world. I think it’s important to show that even under all this strength there’s a fragile side, a side that can be affected.

A lot of men overlook the importance of leadership. Leadership is required if you want to be a strong, respected man; even if all you ever lead is yourself and your family.

A lot of men overlook the importance of leadership. Leadership is required if you want to be a strong, respected man; even if all you ever lead is yourself and your family.

. . . your history is no less important to your survival than your ability to breathe. In the end, you can only determine whether to saturate your memories with pain or with perspective. Forgetting is not an option. I tell you the truth now: Pain was not God's plan for this life. It is a reality, but it is not a part of the plan.

. . . your history is no less important to your survival than your ability to breathe. In the end, you can only determine whether to saturate your memories with pain or with perspective. Forgetting is not an option. I tell you the truth now: Pain was not God’s plan for this life. It is a reality, but it is not a part of the plan.

Each truck driver does his, or her, part in keeping food on our tables and shoes on our feet. They get very little respect from most people and have to deal with a countless numbers of obstacles along the way.

Each truck driver does his, or her, part in keeping food on our tables and shoes on our feet. They get very little respect from most people and have to deal with a countless numbers of obstacles along the way.

My grandmother was an English teacher for a while. And she stressed to me the importance of reading, being able to articulate well.

My grandmother was an English teacher for a while. And she stressed to me the importance of reading, being able to articulate well.

Anyway, I know looking for a job is important and all. But Summer break's just starting. Let's spends lots...and lots...of time out together.

Anyway, I know looking for a job is important and all. But Summer break’s just starting. Let’s spends lots…and lots…of time out together.

All jobs are important to somebody. They had to be important to somebody. My theory is, do the best you can all the time. No fooling around.

All jobs are important to somebody. They had to be important to somebody. My theory is, do the best you can all the time. No fooling around.

Everyone expects us to have a sense of urgency for life's big things. Life measures us by how we engage ourselves in the little things.

Everyone expects us to have a sense of urgency for life’s big things. Life measures us by how we engage ourselves in the little things.

I've just always been a reader. My grandmother just expressed the importance of literacy, if I said that correctly. She just always expressed the importance of being able to write and being able to read.

I’ve just always been a reader. My grandmother just expressed the importance of literacy, if I said that correctly. She just always expressed the importance of being able to write and being able to read.

I remember the first time seeing myself on TV, when my family was watching the documentary 'Eyes on the Prize' for the first time. There were pictures of people going up the school stairs, and Mom said, 'Oh, that's you!' I said, 'I can't believe this. This is important.'

I remember the first time seeing myself on TV, when my family was watching the documentary ‘Eyes on the Prize’ for the first time. There were pictures of people going up the school stairs, and Mom said, ‘Oh, that’s you!’ I said, ‘I can’t believe this. This is important.’

The greatest lesson I learned that year in Mrs. Henry's class was the lesson Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to teach us all: Never judge people by the color of their skin. God makes each of us unique in ways that go much deeper.

The greatest lesson I learned that year in Mrs. Henry’s class was the lesson Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to teach us all: Never judge people by the color of their skin. God makes each of us unique in ways that go much deeper.

It's not that I've suddenly become stronger or that something has changed. I'm still shaking. But... We don't have to let those fears stop us. What's most important is that we try to rise above our weakness.

It’s not that I’ve suddenly become stronger or that something has changed. I’m still shaking. But… We don’t have to let those fears stop us. What’s most important is that we try to rise above our weakness.

It’s not like I suddenly became stronger, nor did anything change. My body still trembles, but I’ll keep facing my fears. What’s important is… the desire to improve… which stems from weakness.

It’s not like I suddenly became stronger, nor did anything change. My body still trembles, but I’ll keep facing my fears. What’s important is… the desire to improve… which stems from weakness.

You can't just make yourself matter and then die, Alaska, because now I am irretrievably different, and I'm sorry I let you go, yes, but you made the choice. You left me Perhapsless, stuck in your goddamned labyrinth. And now I don't even know if you chose the straight and fast way out, if you left me like this on purpose. And so I never knew you, did I? I can't remember, because I never knew.

You can’t just make yourself matter and then die, Alaska, because now I am irretrievably different, and I’m sorry I let you go, yes, but you made the choice. You left me Perhapsless, stuck in your goddamned labyrinth. And now I don’t even know if you chose the straight and fast way out, if you left me like this on purpose. And so I never knew you, did I? I can’t remember, because I never knew.

Don't be afraid if things seem difficult in the beginning. That's only the initial impression. The important thing is not to retreat; you have to master yourself.

Don’t be afraid if things seem difficult in the beginning. That’s only the initial impression. The important thing is not to retreat; you have to master yourself.

The most important thing to remember is this: To be ready at any moment to give up what you are for what you might become.

The most important thing to remember is this: To be ready at any moment to give up what you are for what you might become.

What religion a man holds, to what race he belongs, these things are not important; the really important thing is this knowledge: the knowledge of God’s plan for men. For God has a plan, and that plan is evolution.

What religion a man holds, to what race he belongs, these things are not important; the really important thing is this knowledge: the knowledge of God’s plan for men. For God has a plan, and that plan is evolution.

Our faster than ever evolution has resulted in our undermining certain incredibly important aspects of humanity—like our sleep.

Our faster than ever evolution has resulted in our undermining certain incredibly important aspects of humanity—like our sleep.

Knowing when and how to change course is important to success. Self-doubt is a lighthouse that will keep you from running aground. Don't become shipwrecked on the rocks of time. Be willing to rethink your decisions and change course.

Knowing when and how to change course is important to success. Self-doubt is a lighthouse that will keep you from running aground. Don’t become shipwrecked on the rocks of time. Be willing to rethink your decisions and change course.

[The King] was quite alone, like an ordinary person. True, he sat with one leg thrust out in a kingly sort of manner, and he was handsome in a plump, slightly vague way, but to Sophie he seemed quite youthful and just a touch too proud of being a king. She felt he ought, with that face, to have been more unsure of himself. He said, “Well, what does the Wizard Howl’s mother want to see me about?” And Sophie was suddenly overwhelmed by the fact that she was standing talking to the King. It was, she thought dizzily, as if the man sitting there and the huge important thing which was the kingship were two separate things that just happened to occupy the same chair.

[The King] was quite alone, like an ordinary person. True, he sat with one leg thrust out in a kingly sort of manner, and he was handsome in a plump, slightly vague way, but to Sophie he seemed quite youthful and just a touch too proud of being a king. She felt he ought, with that face, to have been more unsure of himself. He said, “Well, what does the Wizard Howl’s mother want to see me about?” And Sophie was suddenly overwhelmed by the fact that she was standing talking to the King. It was, she thought dizzily, as if the man sitting there and the huge important thing which was the kingship were two separate things that just happened to occupy the same chair.

There is no such thing as closure, and it wouldn't be worth having if it were available, because all it would mean is that something that was quite an important part of you had gone numb.

There is no such thing as closure, and it wouldn’t be worth having if it were available, because all it would mean is that something that was quite an important part of you had gone numb.

This is a perfect gift for Toby. With my new high paying television job I’m not going to be around the house as much as I’d like to be, so it’s very important that Toby has a strong male role model so he doesn’t turn out weird. Dakota’s gonna serve as his spirit guide.

This is a perfect gift for Toby. With my new high paying television job I’m not going to be around the house as much as I’d like to be, so it’s very important that Toby has a strong male role model so he doesn’t turn out weird. Dakota’s gonna serve as his spirit guide.

He’s always asking: ‘Is that new? I haven’t seen that before.’ It’s like, Why don’t you mind your own business? Solve world hunger. Get out of my closet.

He’s always asking: ‘Is that new? I haven’t seen that before.’ It’s like, Why don’t you mind your own business? Solve world hunger. Get out

Every Englishman believes that Handel now occupies an important position in heaven. If so, le bon Dieu must feel toward him very much as Louis Treize felt toward Richelieu.

Every Englishman believes that Handel now occupies an important position in heaven. If so, le bon Dieu must feel toward him very much as Louis Treize felt toward Richelieu.

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