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"He comes as a guest to the feast of existence, and knows that what matters is not how much he inherits but how he behaves at the feast, and what people remember and love him for."
"... What matter, so there is but fire In you, in me?"
"Make yourself necessary to the world, and mankind will give you bread."
"We know there is a sun in heaven, yet we cannot see what matter it is made of, but perceive it only by the beams, light and heat. Election is a sun, the eyes of eagles cannot see it, yet we may find it in the heat of vocation, in the light of illumination, in the beams of good works."
"The religion is a formality. What matters is you show respect to God and your faith in God."
"What I really need is to get clear about what I must do, not what I must know, except insofar as knowledge must precede every act. What matters is to find a purpose, to see what it really is that God wills that I shall do; the crucial thing is to find a truth which is truth for me, to find the idea for which I am willing to live and die."
"As people enable themselves to achieve one or two goals for the year that are most meaningful, they will find power, peace of mind, and confidence in their abilities because they have achieved what they set out to accomplish. Your commitment to achieving what matters most will become the foundation for tremendous accomplishments and contributions. You will become the change you seek to make."
"Awards mean nothing to comedians. What matters is the audience, how you're doing - artistically, for the most part - at that moment."
"Truth is always truth, untruth is always untruth. This is what matters, this is right desire."
"What matters," said the prince at last, "is that you have a child's trusting nature and extraordinary truthfulness. Do you know that a great deal can be forgiven you for that alone?"
"Trifles, trifles are what matter!"
"What matters in art is not thinking but making."
"A consoling thought: what matters is not what we do, but the spirit in which we do it. Others suffer too; so much so that there is nothing in the world but suffering; the problem is simply to keep a clear conscience."
"It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive."
"The beautiful thing about such moments in life is that there is so much clarity. You know what you live for and what matters."
"There's no use running if you're on the wrong road."
"Civilized Man says: I am Self, I am Master, all the rest is other--outside, below, underneath, subservient. I own, I use, I explore, I exploit, I control. What I do is what matters. What I want is what matter is for. I am that I am, and the rest is women & wilderness, to be used as I see fit."
"For most modern marketers, quantity isn't the point. What matters is to matter. Lives changed. Work that made an actual difference. Connection."
"Facts are irrelevant. What matters is what the consumer believes."
"When I think of the value that i appreciate and the value that I create, what matters to me most is how much I love people, and how much the people that I love love me."
