Quotes about Significance

Democracy demands that little men should not take big ones too seriously; it dies when it is full of little men who think they are big themselves.

Without the interpretation of the universe by man to the glory of God the whole world would be meaningless

Men are never duly touched and impressed with a conviction of their insignificance, until they have contrasted themselves with the majesty of God

Man is; it matters to him; this is terrifying unless it matters to God, too, because this is the only possible reason we can matter to ourselves.

It is not what a man does that is of final importance, but what he is in what he does. The atmosphere produced by a man, much more than his activities, has the lasting influence.

What a privilege we have to tell the world how Christ has come to meet our most critical and foundational needs: identity, acceptance, security and significance.

People's fates are simplified by their names.

It was a garbage heap, and it was Sinai.

other words, and with a still wider significance, so long as ignorance and poverty exist on earth, books of the nature of Les Misérables cannot fail to be of use.

Is not an event in fact more significant and noteworthy the greater the number of fortuities necessary to bring it about? ... Everything that occurs out of necessity, everything expected, repeated day in and day out, is mute. Only chance can speak to us.

necessity, weight, and value are three concepts inextricably bound: only necessity is heavy, and only what is heavy has value.

At the end of our lives we all ask, did i live? Did i love? Did i matter?