Significance Quotes

"To the world you may be one person; but to one person you may be the world." "The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it." "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." "We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop." "You can only offend me if you mean something to me" "You can't describe great cosmic significance to a simple earthly event" "If you remember me, then I don’t care if everyone else forgets." "To each, there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour." "The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but on significance and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning." "Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds." "We meet no ordinary people in our lives." "There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal." "I don't just want you to be successful; I want you to be significant." "We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love." "The more egregious the failure, the more important it is of first-order importance, not second-order importance" "Love is just a word, but you bring it definition." "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." "The world will not remember what you say, but it will certainly not forget what you have done." "Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree." "One of the purposes of life, and selfishly what makes people happy, is building things that are impactful"