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Do you think it's better to fail at something worthwhile, or to succeed at something meaningless? — Tommy Wallach

Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Work, continuous work and hard work, is the only way to accomplish results that last. — Hamilton Holt

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

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. — Herbert Newton Casson

Life is short. We're only here to chase moments. I'd rather make those moments worthwhile. — Claire Contreras

Now I'm starting, relatively, to think straight again. I live one day at a time, one hour at a time. What makes it all worthwhile is my children. — Paula Yates

It is in the doing that makes the being worthwhile. — Jeffrey Fry

If we had helped a hundred children it would have all been worthwhile. — Milton S. Hershey

We all die, sweetheart. You've just got to live your life with enough meaning while you're still here to make it all worthwhile. — Steph Campbell

Nothing that is worthwhile is ever easy. — Indira Gandhi

There is no simplistic approach to worthwhile achievement in human affairs. — William H. Hastie

It takes use to make knowledge worthwhile. — J.S. Morin

I'm sick of all these knights in shining armor parts, I want to do something worthwhile like plays and films that have something to say. — Tyrone Power

Nothing seems worthwhile. My very thoughts are old. I've thought them all before. What is the use of living after all, Anne? — L.M. Montgomery

Giving is a worthwhile purpose worth living for. — Debasish Mridha

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

Hazen had already begun to mix her a martini. She watched approvingly. "Martinis make everything worthwhile, don't they?" she said, smiling at Strand. — Irwin Shaw

Success is never easy, but that is what makes achieving it worthwhile. — Michael L. Slaughter

Goals achieved with little effort are seldom worthwhile or lasting. — John Wooden

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

I like conflict, drama's conflict and if you don't have that in the character it's really not a worthwhile role to play for me. — Matt Dillon

Doing anything worthwhile takes forever. — Hugh Jackman

The game is worthwhile in so far as we don't know what will be the end. — FOUCAULT MICHEL

Good work, like good talk or any other form of worthwhile human relationship, depends upon being able to assume an extended shared world. — Stefan Collini

The pursuit of meaning, not happiness, is what makes life worthwhile. — Tom Rath

God never said that the journey would be easy, but He did say that the arrival would be worthwhile. — Max Lucado

Everything that is truly worthwhile - I think passion is involved in your approach to it. No matter what it is. — Jack Lemmon

The harder a place is to reach, the more likely reaching it will be worthwhile. — Isaac Marion

Spending one hour with Isaias is far more worthwhile, rewarding and enlightening than reading ten books — Meles Zenawi

You're living through the only moments that make life worthwhile ... In love, even beasts become divine. — Yasmina Khadra

our youth must be shown that not all worthwhile things are instantly accessible and that there are levels of sensibility unknown to them. — Neil Postman

It's easy to imagine ways the future can be ugly and depressing. It's harder, but more worthwhile, to imagine plausible ways we can make it better. — Stanley Schmidt

Anything I have ever done that was ultimately worthwhile, initially scare me to death! — Helen Keller

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

The truth is that anything worthwhile we do in life demands effort. — Rosalie De Rosset

People who look down on us poor country folk usually won't admit that anything worthwhile can come out of here. — Michael Thomas Ford

You can't accomplish anything worthwhile if you inhibit yourself — Oprah Winfrey

Embracing change can be daunting, but it is our willingness to do better that makes it worthwhile. — Peprah Boasiako

It's about what you've got to put yourself through to make anything worthwhile. It's about going to the dark places and using what you find there. — Kevin Barry

The only way you can be free is to know is that you are worthwhile as a distinct human being. — Russell Means

You overestimate the courage of those in power. They are often more interested in holding on to that power than in doing anything worthwhile with it. — Sherry Thomas

Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement. — Henry Ford

Even if only one person's respect for animals increases, then writing Talon would have been worthwhile. — Christopher Gerard

The deepest instinct is to want to do something enduring, something worthwhile, and to be engaged by that, whether one achieves it or not. — James Salter

And takin' a bath in the creek. That's the stuff that really made it worthwhile. Anybody can stay in a motel. — Chris LeDoux

Nothing in life is easy. Not if it's worthwhile. — Anara Bella

I guess I like things that take time and attention. More worthwhile that way. — Huntley Fitzpatrick

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

What worthwhile book after the Pentateuch has been written by a committee? — George Steiner

Love makes the journey we call life worthwhile. — Debasish Mridha

The most fruitful and worthwhile thing I have ever done has been to teach. — Harvey Dunn

Is winning the Open worth a million pounds? Well, it's worthwhile winning it - I would recommend it to anybody! — Sandy Lyle

Everyone is trying to get attention but intelligent persons get theirs by doing something worthwhile, beneficial to himself and the community. — Beatrice Sparks

Nothing worthwhile is ever achieved without deep thought and hard work, — J.R.D. Tata

...WHAT DID YOU DO TODAY
...that counts?
...that carries meaning?
...that made the day worthwhile?
...what will you do tomorrow? — Richard House

Nothing worthwhile is ever fun. — Arthur Kornberg

The West in general should stand up more for its own values. It is not always worthwhile to compromise. — Imre Kertesz

Okay, so maybe chocolate doesn't make the world go around, but it sure makes the trip worthwhile. — Jill Shalvis

Everybody dies," I answer. "It's just a matter of when and whether you do anything worthwhile beforehand. — Ann Aguirre

together we could make something worthwhile of our lives'.23 — Kitty Ferguson

There are times when what's happening in rock is the best music in the world, and there are times when there is nothing worthwhile at all. — Carla Bley

The only worthwhile idea is the one on which you take action. — John Jantsch

For most people, art is only valuable if other people say it is; and artists are only worthwhile if they are either rich and famous, or dead. — Wayne Gerard Trotman

In my experience, nothing worthwhile has ever really been all that easy. But it certainly has been worthwhile regardless how difficult it seemed. — Robert Fanney

Success becomes worthwhile if it fills your heart with happiness and not with stress. — Debasish Mridha

The challenge is what makes the success worthwhile. — Keely Barton

Continually setting goals and striving to achieve them is what makes life worthwhile! — Joan

Nobody can tell you if what you're doing is good, meaningful or worthwhile. The more compelling the path, the more lonely it is. — Hugh MacLeod

Running has made my life worthwhile. I used to be more dead than alive after the personal tragedy in my life. — Fauja Singh

Would it have been worthwhile
If one settling a pillow by her head should say:
That is not what I meant at all
That is not it at all — T. S. Eliot

Love is a wonderful thing. It makes life worthwhile. I love being in love. — Nicholas Sparks

Like anything else worthwhile in life, a happy relationship takes some skill. — Laura Doyle

Of all the things that it is possible to donate, to donate your own body is infinitely more worthwhile. — William Jones

In life, worthwhile accomplishments and acquisitions take time. Usually the better the reward, the more time it takes to acquire it. — John Wooden

The pursuit of happiness seems worthwhile only because of the chase. You love it only if you don't realize you're never going to catch up. — Bryan Way

In every art the desire to practice it precedes both the full ability to do so and the possession of something worthwhile to express by its means. — Phyllis Bentley

During the winter, you head out into the darkness for a run. When spring comes, and the first crocus pokes up its head ... you know it was worthwhile. — Nina Kuscsik

I thought I could save a very worthwhile person. — Sylvia Nasar

It is worthwhile for anyone to have behind him a few generations of honest, hard-working ancestry. — John Phillips Marquand

I like to think the movies that I've picked have something worthwhile to say. Something relevant. — Mark Ruffalo

A worthwhile day, I had killed two spiders, I had upset the balance of nature - now we would all be eaten up by the bugs and the flies. — Charles Bukowski

The most worthwhile things in life rarely come easy, this is a lesson I've always known. The journey continues. — Michael Sam

Anything worthwhile is tough. — Emily Giffin

The whole thing that makes a mathematician's life worthwhile is that he gets the grudging admiration of three or four colleagues. — Donald Knuth

If the way they make the show makes it fresh, then it's worthwhile. I think all of these forms have to be blown up every now and then and start again. — Lorne Michaels

It may be life is only worthwhile at moments. Perhaps that is all we ought to expect. — Sherwood Anderson

Children who are read to learn two things: First, that reading is worthwhile, and second, that they are worthwhile. — Laura Bush

This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer for it. — Iris Dement

Persevere. Nothing worthwhile is easy. — Barack Obama

Sometimes the most worthwhile things are right in front of our eyes. We just make them hard because we think that gives them more value. — Karen Rose

Sonny, don't you tell me what's worthwhile
true love is the best thing in the world, except for cough drops. Everybody knows that. — William Goldman

Was it worth it? My death, I mean. Did I die for something worthwhile? — Elizabeth Carlton

On Earth they've forgotten how to make everything except money. But what good is it, if there's nothing worthwhile left to buy? — James P. Hogan

This card is sent to cheer you As you're confined to bed I'm sure it'll feel all worthwhile In the happier days ahead. — John Walter Bratton

You are an extremely valuable, worthwhile, significant person even though your present circumstances may have you feeling otherwise. — James Newman

No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect; if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect. — Edward Teller

Your voice is worthwhile. Have faith in it. — John Lasseter

Why be alone when we can be together baby
You can make my life worthwhile
And I can make you start to smile — Mr. Big

Even fools say something worthwhile now and again. Even a blind pig finds an acorn sometimes. — Robert Jordan

People leave traces of themselves where they feel most comfortable, most worthwhile. — Haruki Murakami