Worthwhile Quotes

If we had helped a hundred children it would have all been worthwhile.

Nothing worthwhile is ever achieved without deep thought and hard work.

Nothing in life is worthwhile unless it's kind of hard to get there.

It's always helpful to learn from your mistakes because then your mistakes seem worthwhile.

Everything is worthwhile if the soul is not small.

If you’re not afraid, if you take everything you are, everything worthwhile in you and direct it at one goal, one ultimate mark, you’ve got to get there.

It were worthwhile to die, if thereby a soul could be born again.

Before you speak, make certain you have something worthwhile to say.

A good lover will do that, see something worthwhile in you that you never knew was there. And when there's something you don't like to see in yourself a good lover won't see it either.

Change really isn't as hard as we thought if we capture people's interest and give them enjoyable, worthwhile experiences.

There is an integrity to INXS, in the music, that makes it worthwhile.

When you work so hard on making a film, it's all worthwhile when you get to experience seeing that film with an audience who thoroughly enjoy it and react to the movie.

Everything that's really worthwhile in life came to us free - our minds, our souls, our bodies, our hopes, our dreams, our ambitions, our intelligence, our love of family and children and friends and country.

Persevere. Nothing worthwhile is easy.

Anything truly worthwhile does not come easy. If it did, it would not be all that worthwhile.

There never has been a house so bad that it couldn't be made over into something worthwhile.

You cannot make anything worthwhile in this world unless you have first developed and transformed yourself.

Nothing that is worthwhile is ever easy.

Your voice is worthwhile. Have faith in it.

Can you buy friendship? You not only can, you must. It's the only way to obtain friends. Everything worthwhile has a price.

I came to understand the value of education, not just to enable me to make a good living, but to enable me to make a worthwhile life.

Unless a life is lived for others, it is not worthwhile.

All worthwhile endeavors are 90% work and 10% love, and only the love should show.

Creativity is a great motivator because it mades people interested in what they are doing.

Any serious attempt to try to do something worthwhile is ritualistic.

What do you do with what you're given, and how do you transform it into something worthwhile?

It's always worthwhile to make others aware of their worth.

It takes a lot of patience and a lot of time to create something worthwhile.

Doing anything worthwhile takes forever.

Learn what the rest of the world is like. The variety is worthwhile.

Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.

You know that only thing that has made the whole thing worthwhile has been those few times that I was able to truly connect with another person.

GNP measures neither our courage, our wisdom neither our compassion. It measures everything except what makes life worthwhile

To me YES, AND means don't be afraid to contribute. Always make sure you're adding something to the discussion. Your initiations are worthwhile.

Any doorway that leads you to a deeper understanding of who you are is worthwhile.

To do something well is so worthwhile, that to die trying to do it better cannot be foolhardy

Music gave me a sense that I was worthwhile and that I had something of value to offer the world even though everybody was telling me that I didnt.

To have a purpose that is worthwhile, and that is steadily being accomplished, that is one of the secrets of life that is worth living.

Nothing worthwhile is easy.

To share our stories is not only a worthwhile endeavor for the storyteller, but for those who hear our stories and feel less alone because of it.

I've always accepted applause as making me feel worthwhile. I hope I die being applauded. Just put a chaise longue under me and let me go.

Resisting the powers that be, we are keeping things from getting worse than they otherwise might be. And that effort is very much worthwhile.

Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile.

Being a Celtic supporter is not always easy, but it is always worthwhile.

It is not necessarily true that expensive experiments are not worthwhile doing but there are plenty of rather cheap experiments which are certainly worth doing.

All have disappointments, all have times when it isn't worthwhile.

There has to be a measure of difficulty or problem-solving in travel for it to be worthwhile.

Everything worthwhile, everything of any value, has its price. Everything anyone has ever wanted has come neatly wrapped up in its penalties.

Everything is difficult, and everything worthwhile is difficult. A certain need, a need not unlike Mickey had: to know, to understand, and I had that need to understand and to know.

Not so much a film as a visual essay, exquisitely directed and photographed (by Sacha Vierny)... Difficult to watch but well worthwhile for those willing to be challenged.