Quotes About Worth

That is what every successful person loves: the game. The chance for self-expression. The chance to prove his or her worth, to excel, to win.

the deepest urge in human nature is "the desire to be important.

A writer worth his salt is probably better off in an adversarial relation with the U.S. Senate.

THAT WAS IT. A life worth remembering is hell to live.

The whites have merely selected a facet of their own culture which is outstanding - namely, the ability to bring together millions in a single political unit - and they have then used this as a universal yardstick for measuring the inherent worth of cultures and races. (The classic example of this cultural egocentricity is the statement that 'the black man never invented the wheel'.)

Accounting numbers, of course, are the language of business and as such are of enormous help to anyone evaluating the worth of a business and tracking its progress. Charlie and I would be lost without these numbers: they invariably are the starting point for us in evaluating our own businesses and those of others. Managers and owners need to remember, however, that accounting is but an aid to business thinking, never a substitute for it.

The idea of waste only comes into our Christianity when we underestimate the worth of our Lord.

We are divine enough to ask and we are important enough to receive.

Here is the guts of both self-and other-directed love. Never confuse your self-worth (which is a given) with your behavior, or the behavior of others toward you.

Amar a si mesmo significa aceitar-se como alguém que tem valor porque decidiu ter valor.

I see that the life of this place is always emerging beyond expectation or prediction or typicality, that it is unique, given to the world minute by minute, only once, never to be repeated. And this is when I see that this life is a miracle, absolutely worth having, absolutely worth saving. We are alive within mystery, by miracle.

You rescued me when I thought nobody would. When I thought I wasn't worth the effort. You gave me everything and asked for nothing.' She pressed her face to mine. 'If this is love on the other side of the rescue, then I want to live it. With you. But,' She shook her head. 'But if you give you to me, then'- she placed her palm flat across my chest -'come heavy

When you love, you entrust to that person your sense of your own worth, and if that person throws you aside, you believe profoundly and utterly that it is because you are worthless. That is a kind of death.

You are a pearl of great price to me, but there are times when you are an almighty trial to those who love you.

Use this to your advantage. Never get desperate. Maintain the attitude that they need you more than you need them. No man is worth getting desperate over. If

Ye ken, it's the living and no' the dead who know the truth. The dead still believe it was worth dying for." ? Charles Todd, Racing the Devil

You are good," I say. "No I'm not. I'm not I'm not. I'm not," she says. "I'm no good." And then, softly to herself: "Am I?

To linger in the observation of things other than the self implies a profound conviction of their worth.

And I am going to have another opportunity. I am going to have a week-end with him at his home in Easton, a week-end with Wells at home, with just his family. That alone is worth the entire trip from Los Angeles to Europe.

Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigour ... If at my convenience I might break them, what would be their worth?

Our marital status is not an indicator of our worth or lovability,

The mediocrity principle establishes our worth as equal to that of the universe.

Beyond a point, people want money to buy respect,' she would tell me when I was a kid. 'Respect, however, can't be bought. You have to earn it.

The virtue that is not automatic requires more attention than it is worth.