Worthy Quotes

Welcome to Worthy Quotes, where inspiration meets eloquence. In a world inundated with information, quotes stand out as timeless gems, encapsulating profound wisdom, wit, and insight in just a few words. Whether you seek motivation to conquer a daunting challenge, solace in times of uncertainty, or simply a spark of creativity, you’ll find it nestled within the pages of our collection.

At Worthy Quotes, we curate a diverse array of quotations from renowned thinkers, writers, poets, and leaders spanning cultures and epochs. From ancient philosophers to modern visionaries, each quote resonates with the essence of the human experience, offering glimpses into the complexities of life, love, success, and resilience. Our mission is to bring these nuggets of wisdom to you, providing a sanctuary where you can explore, reflect, and draw inspiration from the profound thoughts of those who came before us.

Below, you’ll discover a treasury of quotes waiting to be explored and cherished. Feel free to copy them, adorn them with elegant fonts, or place them upon images to create your own visual masterpieces. Let these words weave their magic into the fabric of your existence, empowering you to navigate life’s journey with grace, purpose, and unwavering determination. Embrace the wisdom that awaits, and let it illuminate your path to greatness.

Success is the progressive realization of a worthy goal or ideal. Earl Nightingale

Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than a great author. There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read. Ross Perot

The more I worked on ‘Half Brother,’ the more it seemed to me the story was really about love in all its possible forms – how and why we decide to bestow it, or withdraw it; how we decide what is more worthy of being loved, and what is less. We are masters of conditional love. Kenneth Oppel

If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never your slave. Theophile Gautier

Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for greatness and for height. George Chapman

You do the right thing even if it makes you feel bad. The purpose of life is not to be happy but to be worthy of happiness. Tracy Kidder

There are countless artists whose shoes I am not worthy to polish – whose prints would not pay the printer. The question of judgment is a puzzling one. Maxfield Parrish

Every accountable child of God needs to set goals, short- and long-range goals. A man who is pressing forward to accomplish worthy goals can soon put despondency under his feet, and once a goal is accomplished, others can be set up. Ezra Taft Benson

While I have always thought that the motivation for looking for E.T. was both self-evident and patently worthy, it’s possible that I’m a victim of my own job description. Others don’t inevitably agree. Some will opine that there are better ways to spend the money. Seth Shostak

I dated a lot, but I never really had anyone who was worthy of an anniversary. And most girlfriends never made it to a year, anyway. Wale

You have to be the one promoting yourself. If you don’t think that you’re worthy, you’re never going to make it. Misty Copeland

Life deprived of beauty is not worthy of being called human. Luis Barragan

It’s not our job to play judge and jury, to determine who is worthy of our kindness and who is not. We just need to be kind, unconditionally and without ulterior motive, even – or rather, especially – when we’d prefer not to be. Josh Radnor

It is good news, worthy of all acceptation; and yet not too good to be true. Matthew Henry

Even people who believe they deserve to be happy and have nice things often don’t feel worthy once they have them. Oprah Winfrey

There is nothing your highest self wants more than peace. This peace makes you feel worthy of all of the richest blessings of the universe, and when you radiate this out into the world, it is returned to you without fail. Wayne Dyer

A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends. Charles de Gaulle

I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughout all my life and with all my heart I shall strive to be worthy of your trust. Queen Elizabeth II

To any artist, worthy of the name, all in nature is beautiful, because his eyes, fearlessly accepting all exterior truth, read there, as in an open book, all the inner truth. Auguste Rodin

God is His own Design and End, and that there is no other Worthy of Him. Mary Astell

It is up to us to live up to the legacy that was left for us, and to leave a legacy that is worthy of our children and of future generations. Christine Gregoire

I don’t want to be all worthy about it, but I don’t do red carpets, I don’t do events and I don’t accept freebies that much. James McAvoy

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety. Plato

Since I was , I’ve had that feeling of, ‘Am I enough? Am I worthy? Am I supposed to be here?’ And my culture and society is telling me that I’m actually not in a lot of ways – unless I have this amount of money, or I’m in this kind of car and I have this kind of job, or I’m famous, or whatever. Andrew Garfield

Why, I’d like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip. Aristophanes

I regard myself as a beautiful musical instrument, and my role is to contribute that instrument to scripts worthy of it. Ed Asner

I believe the life of every person is worthy of scrutiny, containing its own secrets and dramas. Krzysztof Kieslowski

Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. Helen Keller

The most splendid achievement of all is the constant striving to surpass yourself and to be worthy of your own approval. Denis Waitley

Charity bestowed upon those who are worthy of it is like good seed sown on a good soil that yields an abundance of fruits. But alms given to those who are yet under the tyrannical yoke of the passions are like seed deposited in a bad soil. The passions of the receiver of the alms choke, as it were, the growth of merits. Buddha

The grandest ambition that any man can possibly have is to so live and so improve himself in heart and brain as to be worthy of the love of some splendid woman; and the grandest ambition of any girl is to make herself worthy of the love and adoration of some magnificent man. Robert Green Ingersoll

To keep ourselves grounded in the Lord’s Church, we can and must train our eyes to recognize the power of the Lord in the service of those He has called. We must be worthy of the companionship of the Holy Ghost. And we need to pray for the Holy Ghost to help us know that men who lead us hold this power. Henry B. Eyring

May He who holds in his hands the destinies of nations, make you worthy of the favors He has bestowed, and enabled you with pure hearts and hands and sleepless vigilance, to guard and defend to the end of time, the great charge He has committed to your keeping. J. Reuben Clark

My goal is to change perception about giving money for charity. A lot of people still think that this is only for the rich. I used to think like this, but this isn’t true. Begin by donating the smallest amount you can afford. You’ll soon realize how easy it is to support worthy causes. Lee Min-ho

We now occupy the proud attitude of a sovereign and independent Republic, which will impose upon us the obligation of evincing to the world that we are worthy to be free. This will only be accomplished by wise legislation, the maintenance of our integrity, and the faithful and just redemption of our plighted faith wherever it has been pledged. Sam Houston

Your body must become familiar with its death – in all its possible forms and degrees – as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life. Dag Hammarskjold

A true and worthy ideal frees and uplifts a people; a false ideal imprisons and lowers. W. E. B. Du Bois

The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself. Anna Jameson

Borders are liminal spaces. Anyone worthy of the title of ‘writer’ is a border writer. We all are border people. Luis Alberto Urrea

I wanted to explain that just because I’m rapping in this funny way doesn’t mean that I’m not worthy of actually being evaluated as a rapper. Lil Dicky

My biggest change is what is important to me, and what is not. What’s worthy worrying about, and what is not. When we’re younger, we tend to spend too much time worrying and going over the unnecessary. I’m no longer running the hamster wheel. John Schneider

I need to do well and show I’m a worthy driver in F1. Lando Norris

However much I have frequented the mystics, deep down I have always sided with the Devil; unable to equal him in power, I have tried to be worthy of him, at least, in insolence, acrimony, arbitrariness and caprice. Emil Cioran

Nobody needs to prove to anybody what they’re worthy of, just the person that they look at in the mirror. That’s the only person you need to answer to. Picabo Street

To possess dignity is to be worthy of respect. Worthy of high esteem. Absorb this: you are worthy of respect. Beth Moore

That is something that my mother instilled in me at a very young age – to know my self-worth. And I have had times again and again in the fashion industry where all of that was tested and I rose to the occasion because I was told that I am worthy and I should be able to walk away from something that is not worthy of me. Iman

Land: A part of the earth’s surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the superstructure. Ambrose Bierce

I was no chief and never had been, but because I had been more deeply wronged than others, this honor was conferred upon me, and I resolved to prove worthy of the trust. Geronimo

My countrymen, I have given proofs that I am one most anxious for liberties for our country, and I am still desirous of them. But I place as a prior condition the education of the people, that by means of instruction and industry our country may have an individuality of its own and make itself worthy of these liberties. Jose Rizal

True happiness… is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose. Helen Keller

Well, in the first place, military service, they don’t call it service for nothing. You are actually serving your country. And it is a worthy and valid vocation. Rick Warren

There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create. Charles Baudelaire

He who has felt his own ruin will not imagine the case of any to be hopeless; nor will he think them too fallen to be worthy his regard. Charles Spurgeon

There’s no prerequisites to worthiness. You’re born worthy, and I think that’s a message a lot of women need to hear. Viola Davis

America took me into her bosom when there was no longer a country worthy of the name, but in my heart I am German – German in my soul. Marlene Dietrich

The idea that is not dangerous is not worthy of being called an idea at all. Elbert Hubbard

I don’t believe in asking God for anything. If I am worthy, He will give it to me. I think we should earn his blessings; I have never believed in mannats. Abhishek Bachchan

My message to you all is of hope, courage and confidence. Let us mobilize all our resources in a systematic and organized way and tackle the grave issues that confront us with grim determination and discipline worthy of a great nation. Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Woman is the dominant sex. Men have to do all sorts of stuff to prove that they are worthy of woman’s attention. Camille Paglia

Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men. Jean Rostand

Don’t work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition. H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

The Knesset is in Israel, and the Western Wall is in Israel, and the sooner the Obama administration realizes this, the closer it will be to a Middle East policy worthy of our country and its long alliance with our ally in Jerusalem – which is, actually, the capital of the state of Israel. Elliott Abrams

Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness. Immanuel Kant

I would probably have more in common with a whale than with a bourgeois married couple employed at worthy institutions that I would wipe from the face of the earth if it was given to me to do so. Che Guevara

‘How much longer will I live?’… Only one thing seems clear to me. Every day should be well-lived. What a simple truth! Still, it is worthy of my attention. Henri Nouwen

Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, seek to be worthy of being known. Confucius

Let us ask ourselves, ‘What kind of people do we think we are?’ And let us answer, ‘Free people, worthy of freedom and determined not only to remain so but to help others gain their freedom as well.’ Ronald Reagan

Before you can win, you have to believe you are worthy. Mike Ditka

It’s our own small voice within that is our oppressor; it says we are not worthy and not powerful enough. Our limited beliefs are the real foes we need to fight and conquer. Yehuda Berg

Well, there is an attorney-client privilege here that needs to be respected, and it’s a privilege that has been found to be worthy of protection by our courts. Alberto Gonzales

Technology is supposed to make our lives easier, allowing us to do things more quickly and efficiently. But too often it seems to make things harder, leaving us with fifty-button remote controls, digital cameras with hundreds of mysterious features and book-length manuals, and cars with dashboard systems worthy of the space shuttle. James Surowiecki

The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is our only hope. Wendell Berry

Anything that we do to make ourselves feel worthy and safe is a flight from the pain of powerlessness. Every pursuit of external power – every attempt to change the world or a person in order to make yourself feel valuable and safe – is a distraction from the pain of powerlessness. Gary Zukav

Today, we seem to be striving towards injustice, applauding it as though it’s a worthy dream, made sacred by the caste system. Arundhati Roy

We ought to thank God for that. Yes, the man who tills the land is more worthy of respect than any. Nikolai Gogol

I see that already in this present world I am exalted above measure by the Lord. And I was not worthy nor such a one as that he should grant this to me, since I know most surely that poverty and affliction become me better than delights and riches. Saint Patrick

Worthy or not, my life is my subject, and my subject is my life. Giacomo Casanova

Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice. Nancy Pelosi

Self-worth comes from one thing – thinking that you are worthy. Wayne Dyer

The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself. Washington Allston

Find your self-respect now. Don’t dumb yourselves down. Think of yourself as capable and worthy of finding a guy who is going to respect you, too. It’s so important, I mean, and the confidence you get from feeling smart and tackling something like mathematics, which is a challenge, right? Math is hard. Danica McKellar

A proper criminal justice system exacts justice – that is, punishes criminals for their crimes. Rehabilitation and deterrence are worthy goals, but they are secondary to retribution. Michael J. Knowles

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition is yet to be developed. Abraham Lincoln

To not to have entirely wasted one’s life seems to be a worthy accomplishment, if only for myself. Charles Bukowski

My appeal to the rich is, Deal liberally with your poor brethren, and use your means to advance the cause of God. The worthy poor, who are made poor by misfortune and sickness, deserve your especial care and help. Ellen G. White

Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim. Thomas Babington Macaulay

‘Selma’ is a story about voice – the voice of a great leader; the voice of a community that triumphs despite turmoil; and the voice of a nation striving to grow into a better society. I hope the film reminds us that all voices are valuable and worthy of being heard. Ava DuVernay

As an overruling providence may succeed our wishes, let us rear an offspring in every respect worthy to fill the most illustrious stations of their predecessors. Deborah Sampson

I had a science teacher in middle school who inspired me… simply because she acknowledged me and made me feel that what I had to offer was worthy. Marcia Gay Harden

A ruler of men faces two possible misfortunes: if he employs the worthy, the ministers will use worthiness as a pretext to rob their ruler of his power, but if he promotes men recklessly, his affairs will be neglected, and he will not prevail. Han Fei

Peace in this life is based upon faith and testimony. We can all find hope from our personal prayers and gain comfort from the scriptures. Priesthood blessings lift us and sustain us. Hope also comes from direct personal revelation, to which we are entitled if we are worthy. James E. Faust

O wise man! Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the clouds is always sweet. Chanakya

The die is set and Malcolm will not escape for the foolish talk he spoke against his benefactor, such a man, is worthy of death, and it would have been so, were it not for Muhammad’s confidence that God would give him the victory over the enemies. Louis Farrakhan

The views of religious-Zionist rabbis are of course worthy of being heard, yet they represent a very defined and very narrow camp within the Israeli spectrum. This is not the way to shape the perception of future division and brigade commanders. Yair Lapid

I, Master John Hus, in chains and in prison, now standing on the shore of this present life and expecting on the morrow a dreadful death, which will, I hope, purge away my sins, find no heresy in myself, and accept with all my heart any truth whatsoever that is worthy of belief. Jan Hus

I’m a satirist, so I’ve got boxing gloves on if the person is worthy of satire. But I’m not an assassin. If that ever happens, it’s only because something happened during the interview that got me going, and then I had to translate my feelings to the mouth of the character. Stephen Colbert

I have spent all my life under a Communist regime, and I will tell you that a society without any objective legal scale is a terrible one indeed. But a society with no other scale but the legal one is not quite worthy of man either. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

The door of conciliation and compromise is finally closed by our adversaries, and it remains only to us to meet the conflict with the dignity and firmness of men worthy of freedom. Robert Toombs

I need to see my own beauty and to continue to be reminded that I am enough, that I am worthy of love without effort, that I am beautiful, that the texture of my hair and that the shape of my curves, the size of my lips, the color of my skin, and the feelings that I have are all worthy and okay. Tracee Ellis Ross

I have a background writing screenplays and teleplays. I’ve tried to write prose and fiction but never really completed anything I thought worthy of publication or worthy of anyone else to even look at. Michael Imperioli

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Anton Usov
I am Anton Usov, an educator with a passion for quotes that resonate with the human experience. Over many years, I have curated a collection that reflects wisdom and emotions across time. Join me in exploring the power of words to inspire and enlighten our paths.
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