Quotes about Significance

Unless we see God's activity in the midst of them, we will be unaware of their spiritual significance. They will simply be events in a long succession of confusing occurrences. A miracle could take place, and we would miss it. But if we are sensitive to God's voice, these same events can hold enormous significance for us. Hudson

The value of life is not in its duration, but in its donation. You are not important because of how long you live, you are important because of how effective you live.

Human consciousness arose but a minute before midnight on the geological clock. Yet we mayflies try to bend an ancient world to our purposes, ignorant perhaps of the messages buried in its long history. Let us hope that we are still in the early morning of our April day.

Irrelevance is the feeling that an employee gets when they don't see how their job really makes a difference in someone else's life in some large or small way.

Life is more than breath and a heartbeat; meaning and purpose are the life of life.

A life is a life no matter how small

In spite of our high-tech world and efficient procedures, people remain the essential ingredient of life.

When you believe what God has said rather than lies, you are doing valuable work. When you choose hope over despair, your choice has lasting significance. When you get out of bed and persevere in ordinary obedience because you are representing the King, your labor is noticed even by heavenly beings (Ephesians 3:10). When you pursue holiness because you are holy, you find honor that lasts.

The graveyards are full of people the world could not do without.

When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.

The act of naming is the great and solemn consolation of mankind

In Jewish history there are no coincidences.