Matter Quotes - Page 52

If it doesn’t matter, get rid of it. If you can’t get rid of it, it matters.

They say of us that we are an anti-Christian movement. They even say that I am an outspoken paganist.... I solemnly declare here, before the German public, that I stand on the basis of Christianity, but I declare just as solemnly that I will put down every attempt to introduce confessional matters into our Hitler Youth.

If your work is solid, it really doesn't matter what people you know because good work starts to rise to the top.

A book is simply the container of an idea-like a bottle; what is inside the book is what matters.

Some people are your family no matter when you find them, and some people are not, even if you are laid, still wet and crumpled, in their arms.

PERIPATETIC, adj. Walking about. Relating to the philosophy of Aristotle, who, while expounding it, moved from place to place in order to avoid his pupil's objections. A needless precaution - they knew no more of the matter than he.

It matters not whether these weapons of ours are humane: if they gain us our freedom, they are justified before our conscience and before our God.

No matter what I do with my life, or how successful I am, I will always be a socially awkward penguin inside.

Where focus goes, energy flows. And if you don't take the time to focus on what matters, then you're living a life of someone else's design.

There is an ideal standard somewhere and only that matters and I cannot find it. Hence the aimlessness.

I made the contract with God years ago, that no matter what came through, I would say it, but if I ever hurt someone, I would stop.

It doesn't matter what part I play, I try and commit myself 100 percent.

Faith teaches that there is a right and wrong beyond mere opinion or desire. Most importantly, it teaches us that freedom is not an end in itself, that how freedom is exercised matters as much as freedom itself

It used to be, everyone was entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts. But that's not the case anymore. Facts matter not at all. Perception is everything.

I'm not a fan of facts. You see, the facts can change, but my opinion will never change, no matter what the facts are.

You show up at the Olympics, and you're no longer you; you're an American Olympian. You're part of this greater whole, and the individual doesn't matter.

It was karma, it was kismet, it was magic. It doesn't matter how it happened, just that it did.

Character matters; leadership descends from character.

For the machine, because of the way it is built, can work only in a given direction, no matter who pulls its levers.

With the true artist, the social formula that he recommends is a matter of secondary importance; the source of his art, its animating spirit, is decisive.

Your life is a gift and how you respond to it - what you do with it matters. That's where I start.

It’s not what you do, but how much love you put into it that matters.

The matter of bringing in corrupt leaders was started by [Mwai ] Kibaki, and in truth, do not be surprised if you find that the likes of William Ruto find themselves behind bars after the elections, because he has cases pending against him.

Time matters because we are finite, because time is the medium in which we live our lives.

The discipline of personal mastery...starts with clarifying the things that really matter to us (and) living our lives in the service of our highest aspirations.