“It's not where you start or even what happens to you along the way that's important. What is important is that you persevere and never give up on yourself.”

“The most important person you can ever talk to is yourself, so be careful what you say.
The most important person that you will evaluate is yourself, so be careful what you think.
The most important person you will love is yourself, so be careful what you do.”

John C. Maxwell (1947) American author, speaker and pastor

“Whatever you get paid attention for is never what you think is most important about yourself.”

David Foster Wallace (1962–2008) American fiction writer and essayist

“What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.”

Ellen Glasgow (1873–1945) Novelist, short story writer

“Never forget that anticipation is an important part of life. Work's important, family's important, but without excitement, you have nothing. You're cheating yourself if you refuse to enjoy what's coming.”

Nicholas Sparks (1965) American writer and novelist

“In short, the important thing is to get started. No matter how; then there will be time to ask yourself where you are going.”

Alain (1868–1951) French philosopher

“The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.”

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States

“You must work for yourself; for what you reject may be as important for you to have seen and thought about, as what you adopt.”

Arthur Helps (1813–1875) British writer

“The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade for a role, you give up your ability to feel and in exchange put up a mask”

Jim Morrison (1943–1971) lead singer of The Doors

“If only you could sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.”

Fred Rogers (1928–2003) American television personality