It doesn’t matter if we grow old and get replaced by a new younger generation as long as there is still someone talking about us because they will still remember how we shone so bright.
There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no matter how well-intentioned, can take the place of the family in the scheme of things.
Nothing is impossible. No matter where you’re from.
It doesn’t matter what happens: God will always be there.
The house has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not. The work is a private matter for the artist. The house is not.
No matter who or what you support, I believe in supporting fairness first.
The great thing about getting older is that you get a chance to tell the people in your life who matter what they mean to you.
Remember that a gesture of friendship, no matter how small, is always appreciated.
If you get an impulse in a scene, no matter how wrong it seems, follow the impulse. It might be something and if it ain’t – take two!
The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter – ’tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.
I am an advent Arsenal fan, so wherever I am doesn’t matter what time it is, when they’re playing I have to get up and watch the game.
Seve Ballesteros was the best trouble-shot player who ever lived. It didn’t matter how far in the woods you put that guy, he’d find a way to get out. But Seve inadvertently put a lot of big numbers on the scorecards of average players, because he inspired them to take dumb chances.
Everyone has a freak flag inside them. Whether they’re brave enough to show it is another matter.
Fatherhood is not a matter of station or wealth. It is a matter of desire, diligence and determination to see one’s family exalted in the celestial kingdom. If that prize is lost, nothing else really matters.
If your emotional abilities aren’t in hand, if you don’t have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can’t have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far.
Being black is not a matter of pigmentation – being black is a reflection of a mental attitude.
I knew that no matter what door you knock on in a Cretan village, it will be opened for you. A meal will be served in your honor, and you will sleep between the best sheets in the house. In Crete, the stranger is still the unknown god. Before him, all doors and all hearts are opened.
Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more.
Wishful thinking won’t make the Palestinians an Israeli peace partner, no matter how much President Barack Obama pressures Israel to make concessions; caustically mocking Putin’s worldview won’t make it any less real or mitigate the Russian threat.
My own personal popularity can have no influence over me when the dictates of my best judgment and the obligations of an oath require of me a particular course. Under such circumstances, whether I sink or swim on the tide of popular favor is, to me, a matter of inferior consideration.
The ultimate lesson is that there is no immunity, no matter our age or the size of our retirement account, from going through constant cycles of integration and disintegration in which we are humbled and hopefully set to rights with the world again.
Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal.
If you fall during your life, it doesn’t matter. You’re never a failure as long as you try to get up.
Malicious lying is usually a matter of need, but often the cruelest things we say are the truth.
Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you’re needed by someone.
There’s always room for improvement no matter what.
Peace is when time doesn’t matter as it passes by.
Your life is yours to live, no matter how you choose to live it. When you do not think about how you intend to live it, it lives you. When you occupy it, step into it consciously, you live it.
People always overdo the matter when they attempt deception.
The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake.
It doesn’t matter if it’s soggy or it’s sunny, there are so many lovely roads and awesome rugged countryside in Scotland – that’s what makes it.
I can feel it in my bones that no matter what we do, even if we do not do anything, the revolutionary government of Madame Cory Aquino will collapse.
No matter what country, the love our fans have is absolutely amazing and we are so lucky to have so much support from them.
It doesn’t matter whether you can or cannot achieve high temperature superconductivity or fuel cells, they will always be on the list because if you could achieve them they would be extremely valuable.
I’ve always looked for the perfect life to step into. I’ve taken all the paths to get where I wanted. But no matter where I go, I still come home.
Care is a state in which something does matter; it is the source of human tenderness.
Do it no matter what. If you believe in it, it is something very honorable. If somebody around you or your family does not understand it, then that’s their problem. But if you do have a passion, an honest passion, just do it.
Climate change is a matter of great peril but also one of great promise. We can pioneer the industries of the future, create millions of good-paying jobs, and build the clean energy economy of the future.
No 13-year-old or over should ever be seen in trousers that finish above the ankle. It doesn’t matter how good your legs are, or if you’re on a beach in Bermuda where they invented the things.
War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter.
I ran and ran and ran every day, and I acquired this sense of determination, this sense of spirit that I would never, never give up, no matter what else happened.
I am a Christian person, and I do love the Lord, and I feel no matter who you are, what you believe, how you live your life, it’s not my place to judge. I don’t have that power. I don’t want that power. It’s my place to love and to show God’s love to other people, even if they don’t live a life like I live.
If you want to do something, what does it matter where you are ranked?
Indian spices can find a place in any cuisine. It’s just a matter of opening your mind and palate to new flavors.
Music is life itself. What would this world be without good music? No matter what kind it is.
No matter what happens on the field, getting an education makes you a winner.
Living is no laughing matter: you must live with great seriousness like a squirrel for example – I mean without looking for something beyond and above living, I mean living must be your whole occupation.
Freedom is an indivisible word. If we want to enjoy it, and fight for it, we must be prepared to extend it to everyone, whether they are rich or poor, whether they agree with us or not, no matter what their race or the color of their skin.
Achievements on the golf course are not what matters, decency and honesty are what matter.
It doesn’t matter whether you are rich or poor – as long as you’ve got money.
That the divided but contiguous particles of bodies may be separated from one another is a matter of observation; and, in the particles that remain undivided, our minds are able to distinguish yet lesser parts, as is mathematically demonstrated.
No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you.
We are all murderers and prostitutes – no matter to what culture, society, class, nation one belongs, no matter how normal, moral, or mature, one takes oneself to be.
As a matter of fact, I didn’t make a political speech outside of my state for 20 years.
Design and style should work toward making you look good and feel good without a lot of effort so you can get on with the things that matter.
Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.
Now, I don’t sweat the small stuff, just the things that really matter.
When I say, ‘I stand for equal rights,’ I mean equal rights for all persons… from the moment of conception until natural death. I mean that I believe in the equal human dignity of all persons, no matter the ‘contribution’ they make to society.
Real courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.
The game of basketball brings people together. It really doesn’t matter where you are coming from. It’s a game all of us love.
Disciples be damned. It’s not interesting. It’s only the masters that matter. Those who create.
God tells us not to judge one another, no matter what anyone’s sexual preferences are or if they’re black, brown or purple.
No matter how much you plan and prepare, things can still go wrong.
In the matter of justice, all should be equal in your eyes.
Great people want to work on things that matter. Inevitably, a great person working on imaginary work will turn into an unsatisfied person.
