#matters

I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him; it is what he thinks of himself. To undermine a man's self-respect is a sin. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#anything #being #demean #eyes #him

The one thing that matters is the effort. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

#matters #one thing #the one thing #thing

There is a vulgar incredulity, which in historical matters, as well as in those of religion, finds it easier to doubt than to examine. ↗

— Walter Scott

#easier #examine #finds #historical #incredulity

Life's like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#excellence #length #life #like #matters

As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#how #life #long #matters #tale

It is quality rather than quantity that matters. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#quality #quantity #rather #than

It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was. ↗

— Anne Sexton

#father #i #i remember #matter #matters

When the object that is produced, the photographic image has the ability to make tears come to your eyes; to inspire you to the point where you have to catch your breath, then nothing else matters. ↗

— John Sexton

#breath #catch #come #else #eyes

Being one point ahead at the end - that's all that matters. ↗

— Erinn Smart

#being #end #matters #point

In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable. ↗

— Madame de Stael

#heart #improbable #matters #nothing #true