Important Quotes

I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this - who will count the votes, and how.

If something's important enough, you should try. Even if the probable outcome is failure.

Talent is extremely important. It's like a sports team, the team that has the best individual player will often win, but then there's a multiplier from how those players work together and the strategy they employ.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up.

Search engines didn't really understand the notion of which pages were more important. If you typed "Stanford," you got random pages that mentioned Stanford. This obviously wasn't going to work.

For me, privacy and security are really important. We think about it in terms of both: You can't have privacy without security.

If you're changing the world, you're working on important things. You're excited to get up in the morning.

Now we have a very, very strong relationship with the Philippines, which is really important - less so for trade, in this case, than for military purposes. It is a strategic location - the most strategic location. And, if you look at it, it's called the most prime piece of real estate from a military standpoint.

I pick up the details that drive the organization insane. But sweating the details is more important than anything else.

An important attribute of success is to be yourself. Never hide what makes you, you.

India is an important part of the Walmart story.

A good moral character is the first essential. It is highly important not only to be learned but to be virtuous.

The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength, and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth. The Bible is endorsed by the ages. Our civilization is built upon its words. In no other book is there such a collection of inspired wisdom, reality, and hope.

Civilization owes to the Islamic world some of its most important tools and achievements...the Muslim genius has added much to the culture of all peoples.

I have two kinds of problems, the urgent and the important. The urgent are not important, and the important are never urgent.

Nothing is more important in war than unity in command. When, therefore, you are carrying on hostilities against a single power only, you should have but one army acting on one line and led by one commander.

Nothing is so important in war as an undivided command.

From triumph to downfall is but a step. I have seen a trifle decide the most important issues in the gravest affairs.

I regard reduction in Federal spending as one of the most important issues in this campaign. In my opinion it is the most direct and effective contribution that Government can make to business.