The man who is denied the opportunity of making decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take. He becomes fussy about filing, keen on seeing that pencils are sharpened, eager to ensure that the windows are open (or shut) and apt to use two or three different-colored inks.
Importance Quotes
When something important is going on, silence is a lie.
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important.
What you think of yourself is much more important than what others think of you.
Who we are is more important than what we are or seem to be.
The first time the emperor Han heard a certain Word he said, It is strange. The second time he said, It is divine. The third time he said, Let the speaker be put to death
When I walk on stage, I’ve got to feel like it’s the most important thing in the world. Also I got to feel like, well, it’s only rock and roll.
It sometimes happens in the combinations of life, that important services are performed by inferiors.
Of those that spin out trifles and die without a memorial, many flatter themselves with high opinions of their own importance, and imagine that they are every day adding some improvement to human life.
