Quotes About Worth

A MAN who sets out to justify his existence and his activities has to distinguish two different questions. The first is whether the work which he does is worth doing; and the second is why he does it, whatever its value may be.

Je crois pouvoir dire à son air qu'il trouvait que j'étais quelqu'un qui vaut la peine d'être vécu.

Humans in the power of death looks no worthier than animal, cherish ur life!

Dance with me,' Win said. 'I know I'm probably making a fool of myself. You're probably thinking, how many times do I have to reject this guy? Can't he take a hint?' I shook my head. 'But somehow I don't even care. I see you in your red dress, standing by the punch table, and something in me wants to keep trying. I think, she is a person worth knowing.

what was the difference in the end? It was never worth worrying about someone you didn't love. And it wasn't love if you didn't worry.

If we are lucky, we love what we love in part because the object is worth the effort. But sometimes the love itself-the elixir of desire-is enough to bestow the object with the transformative glitter it requires.

To be noble,. . .was to account for the life you lived, to always account for your mistakes, and to have dignity and worth.

Not worth his salt.

In the sciences, the authority of thousands of opinions is not worth as much as one tiny spark of reason in an individual man.

Isn't it worth missing whatever joy / you might have dreamed, to wake in the night and find / you and your beloved are holding hands in your sleep?

Before we look at mechanisms it's worth spending a bit of time thinking about what movement is.

The Founders believed liberty came directly from God. With their knowledge of Scripture, they knew each child was made in the image of God. That is why everyone had dignity, value and worth.

life worth living might be measured in many ways, but the one way that stands above all others is living a life of no regrets.

Never look to other couples to measure your worth; look to God to fulfill your call.

Never look to other couples to measure your worth; look to God to fulfill your call. Don't compare yourself with other couples to measure your happiness; compare your obedience with God's design on your life to measure your faithfulness.

The main character, Gene Moore, is shown how much of his identity is wrapped up in his career and potential in that career. When he comes home from war no longer able to see himself as a baseball prospect, he isn't sure who he is. This is thoroughly reinforced every time one of his acquaintances identifies him by baseball or inquires about his status. How much of our identity and worth is wrapped up in our job title or the one we are aspiring to?

learning is not the consequence of teaching or writing, but rather of thinking...so a playful, provocative, unclear but stimulating book could actually be more worth your money than a serious, clear book that tells you what to think but doesn't make you think.

Money, as Remmy had taught them, was phony baloney in the dreamworld. It was as fake as Fakesville, and it was well-known that Finkel continually enlarged the supply of money, making it worth less and less. While the busy bees of the Unum toiled for their meager wages, Finkel dreamcasted trillions of Un-coins into existence and either spent them on hairbrained projects or lent them to his colleagues and friends.

Everything comes with a price. Everything. Some things just cost more than others.

Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! I have as much soul as you -- and full as much heart!

The best revenge is success. If you can show your enemies that you're doing well, they'll be forced to acknowledge your worth.

The path of self-realisation is the most difficult. -We acquire a sense of worth either by realising our talents, or by keeping busy, or by identifying ourselves with something apart from us - be it a cause, a leader, a group, possessions, and the like. Of the three, the path of self-realisation is the most difficult. It is taken when other avenues to a sense of worth are more or less blocked.

the less education applicants have, the less applicants need to convince employers they're worth hiring.

Freedom that is not fought for, that is not gained by personal sacrifice is freedom that will never last, because in the heart of the one set free, it will have little value. A treasure that costs nothing is a treasure that is easily neglected and lost.