Main Thing Quotes

It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
Rene Descartes

Good, Mind, Enough

This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.
Will Rogers

Hero, Die, Main

The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
Stephen Covey

If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit.
William J. Clinton

Live, Mistakes, Long

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.
Albert Schweitzer

Others, Example, Main

Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Long, Lived, Main

Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.
Tom Landry

Goal, Plan, Achieving

The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
Otto von Bismarck

History, Write, Main

Letting go of things and not being afraid of being ridiculous or over the top - I think that's the main thing for me to work on.
Charlotte Gainsbourg

Work, Afraid, Top

I don't know what to do with it. I'm very fortunate to have it, and it gives you room to maneuver. But the main thing about having money is it means you don't have to worry about it. And that for me is a lovely thing. It's not for fast cars and hookers.
Daniel Radcliffe

Money, Lovely, Worry

And the live show is still our main thing.
Jerry Garcia

Live, Show, Main

The main thing is healthy eating, exercise, which I do for special events, like if it's Sports Illustrated, or the swim suit catalogue for Victoria's Secret, or my own calendar that I did for the year 2000.
Heidi Klum

Sports, Special, Secret

The main thing is to know something and to say it.
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

There are stereotypes that have been out there for a long time that tell girls that their main asset, the main thing that they are valued for, is their appearance and also that it's to the exclusion of anything else.
Danica McKellar

Time, Long, Else

The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
Billie Jean King

Care, Game, Hard

You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

Good, Bad, Days

The main thing to do is relax and let your talent do the work.
Charles Barkley

Work, Talent, Relax

The main thing experience has taught me is that one has to sort of hone their relationship to time, you know.
John Frusciante

Time, Experience, Taught

I think the main thing, don't you, is to keep the show on the road.
Elizabeth Bowen

Keep, Show, Road

I want to be safe in the knowledge that I can tour and play festivals for a long time. The main thing is that I want a good reputation as a live performer. If I have that, I'd be so happy.
Ellie Goulding

Time, Good, Knowledge

I like food, like any other guy, but it is not the main thing in my life. I can do without it.
Lee Child

Life, Food, Guy

The main thing I say on war is that we need to obey the law and formally declare war.
Rand Paul

The main thing that I learned from my horrible job experiences was how horrible they were.
Adam Carolla

Job, Learned, Horrible

The main thing in life is not to be afraid of being human.
Aaron Carter

Life, Human, Afraid

The main thing I don't like about myself is an absurd level of self-consciousness that makes any sort of social encounter an ordeal for me.
Jarvis Cocker

Makes, Social, Level

I am a fashion designer. I'm not an environmentalist. When I get up in the morning, number one I'm a mother and a wife, and number two I design clothes. So the main thing I need to do is create, hopefully, exquisitely beautiful, desirable objects for my customer.
Stella McCartney

Morning, Design, Beautiful

But my main thing that I would love to see as a fan of 'Glee,' like I said, is to really get into the character and who they are and what they do outside of school. I think that that's interesting. And then of course the themed stuff and the album episodes are all really cool too.
Lea Michele

Love, Cool, School

I had to accept that I was an alcoholic, that was the main thing. I think you've got to. But I try not say that I'm an alcoholic. I prefer to say that it's a disease I've got.
Paul Gascoigne

Try, Accept, Alcoholic

There will always be disputes between nations which, at times, will inflame the public and threaten conflicts, but the main thing is to educate the people of the world to be ever mindful that there are better means of settling such disputes than by war.
Frank B. Kellogg

War, Between, Means

Write for yourself, not for a perceived audience. If you do, you'll mostly fall flat on your face, because it's impossible to judge what people want. And you have to read. That's how you learn what is good writing and what is bad. Then the main thing is application. It's hard work.
Wilbur Smith

Work, Good, Yourself

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