A lack of patience in trifling matters might lead to the disruption of great project.
That we understand something perfectly, that we accomplish something better than anyone else around us, that is what matters.
Those who are serious in ridiculous matters will be ridiculous in serious matters.
World power means nothing. Only the unsayable, jeweled inner life matters.
It matters little if something is 'craft' or 'art. ' The question is only this: does it give me pleasure?
Sometimes it is the simplest, seemingly most inane, most practical stuff that matters the most to someone.
What really matters is what you believe.
Make up your spiritual accounts daily; see how matters stand between God and your souls (Psalm 77:6). Often reckonings keep God and conscience friends. Do with your hearts as you do with your watches, wind them up every morning by prayer, and at night examine whether your hearts have gone true all that day, whether the wheels of your affections have moved swiftly toward heaven.
We're at the point now where the challenge isn't how to communicate effectively with e-mail; it's ensuring that you spend your time on the e-mail that matters most.
We are each given different gifts and talents by our Master. The thing that matters most is how we use what we have been given, not how much we make or do compared to someone else. What matters is that we spend ourselves.
Ambiguity is really important to me. Part of the difficulty facing photographers is that almost any subject matter has accumulated a representational history, so to find a new discursive space, a space to wander around those subject matters, is a real challenge.
To me sympathy for a character has little to do with how morally upstanding or wicked they are. All that really matters for me is how human and interesting they are. I happen to be drawn to characters who operate under intense internal pressure, which often comes from some deep psychological conflict.
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.
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.
Many readers simply can't stomach fantasy. They immediately picture elves with broadswords or mighty-thewed barbarians with battle axes, seeking the bejeweled Coronet of Obeisance. . . (But) the best fantasies pull aside the velvet curtain of mere appearance. . . . In most instances, fantasy ultimately returns us to our own now re-enchanted world, reminding us that it is neither prosaic nor meaningless, and that how we live and what we do truly matters.
Under Syrian law, a journalist is not allowed to report on military matters. This may be wrong or right, but that's just the way it is.
You can't make people work harder. People have to want to work hard and make a difference. Purpose matters.
Nothing Matters Really.
It matters that you don't just give up.
Here I am. Here we are. Here we go. Here is all that matters.