Quotes about Significance

People don't remember what we think is important; they remember what they think is important.

There comes a special moment in everyone's life, a moment for which that person was born.… When he seizes it… it is his finest hour.

The more tuned in you are to your purpose, and the more dedicated you are to growing toward it, the better your chances of reaching your potential, expanding your possibilities, and doing something significant.

To be significant, all you have to do is make a difference with others wherever you are, with whatever you have, day by day.

THE DIFFERENCE THAT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE

Success without a successor is ultimately failure.

Don't settle for being merely a teller of stories about significance. Decide to be the story of significance. Become the central character in your story of making a difference!

Every person has a longing to be significant, to make a contribution, to be a part of something noble and purposeful.

You can't make the other fellow feel important in your presence if you secretly feel that he is a nobody.

I believe that no matter what "plot" each of our stories may follow, deep down we all want one thing. We want our lives to matter. We want our stories to be of significance.

To put significance in our stories, we must also take action. Being passive may feel safe. If you do nothing, nothing can go wrong. But while inaction cannot fail, it cannot succeed either. We can wait, and hope, and wish, but if we do, we miss the stories our lives could be.

It is only in God that we discover our origin, our identity, our meaning, our purpose, our significance, and our destiny. Every other path leads to a dead end.