Quotes About Worth

To be of use in even a single burst of flame and sound is worth more than a lifetime of achieving nothing.

Do not be so hard on the child. She is a product of her upbringing, just as you are. If you judge her worth based on frivolities, then you are doing the same as those who judge you based on your simple clothing.

As I lack the experience to decide the worth of a life, I sincerely doubt that she has somehow obtained it. You tried to help the people of the market. You mostly failed. This is life. The longer you live, the more you fail. Failure is the mark of a life well lived. In turn, the only way to live without failure is to be of no use to anyone. Trust me, I've practiced.

It is his ultimate lie, Son of Honor. The lie that says you have no choice. The lie that there is no more journey worth taking.

You can't put a price on a person's life," Kaladin

Goradel frowned at that. "I don't feel very expendable.

Glass broke and metal tools clattered to the ground. "Have you any idea what all of that is worth?" Shezler growled, lowering his arm and advancing. "Your soul, apparently," Kelsier whispered.

He descubierto que, si renuncias a lo que más quieres por lo que piensas que deberías querer más, acabarás sintiéndote inútil.

Everything costs money," Ham said. "But, what is money? A physical representation of the abstract concept of effort.

It won't be cold in the parlor," she said. "Or Ã¢â'¬Â¦ well, maybe it will. But everyone knows that ice cream is worth the trouble of being cold. Like all things virtuous, you have to suffer to gain the reward.

Llarimar raised an eyebrow. The value in something relates to how it is treated, Your Grace. If you see these items as junk, then they are, regardless of what someone else would pay for them.

We're going to kill them, aren't we?" William Ann asked. "Yes." "How much are they worth?" "Sometimes, child, it's not about what a man is worth.

Nonsense. The sword is worth far more than that. I'll throw in a pair of penis.

The value in something relates to how it is treated

Ads sell a great deal more than products. They sell values, images, and concepts of success and worth.

We seem to measure the value of people's contributions (and sometimes their entire lives) by their level of public recognition. In other words, worth is measured by fame and fortune. Our culture is quick to dismiss quiet, ordinary, hardworking men and women. In many instances, we equate ordinary with boring or, even more dangerous, ordinary has become synonymous with meaningless.

Valoarea unui om este un drept înn?scut.

Comparison: Healthy competition can be beneficial, but is there constant overt or covert comparing and ranking? Has creativity been suffocated? Are people held to one narrow standard rather than acknowledged for their unique gifts and contributions? Is there an ideal way of being or one form of talent that is used as measurement of everyone else's worth?

And just because someone failed to see the value in what we can create or achieve doesn't change its worth or ours.

And the vulnerability doesn't go away even if we're trained and experienced in offering and getting feedback. Experience does, however, give us the advantage of knowing that we can survive the exposure and uncertainty, and that it's worth the risk.

Wrong thinking about God and people often begins with a debased image of ourselves.

God's love for you and his choice of you constitute your worth. Accept that, and let it become the most important thing in your life.

We discuss it. The basis of my personal worth is not my possessions, my talents, not esteem of others, reputation . . . not kudos of appreciation from parents and kids, not applause, and everyone telling you how important you are to the place. . . . I stand anchored now in God before whom I stand naked, this God who tells me "You are my son, my beloved one."[5] [emphasis added]

Nellie was a good girl, and I think had a sort of quiet respect for old Fagg's unobtrusiveness. But her fancy was already taken captive by Rattler's superficial qualities, which were obvious and pleasing. I don't think Nellie was any worse than you or I. We are more apt to take acquaintances at their apparent value than their intrinsic worth. It's less trouble, and, except when we want to trust them, quite as convenient.