Quotes About Worth

For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech, To stir men's blood: I only speak right on; I tell you that which you yourselves do know.

It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.

That's the point, Will. You can't control the beatings. But maybe you can have some control over your happiness. As long as he can, well then, he still has something worth living for. And when he's no longer able, he knows he's done all he can.

Om integer te zijn en alleen te kunnen wezen, moet je iets ontdekken dat het de moeite waard maakt ervoor te lijden.

Someone with a coherent philosophy of life will know what in life is worth attaining, and because this person has spent time trying to attain the thing in life he believed to be worth attaining, he has probably attained it, to the extent that it was possible for him to do so. Consequently, when it comes time for him to die, he will not feel cheated. To the contrary, he will, in the words of Musonius, "be set free from the fear of death."2 Consider,

A growing number of people have realized that they lack what the ancient philosophers would have called a philosophy of life. Such a philosophy tells you what in life is worth having and provides you with a strategy for obtaining it. If you try to live without a philosophy of life, you will find yourself extemporizing your way through your days. As a result, your daily efforts are likely to be haphazard, and your life is likely to be misspent. What a waste!

You can be released forever from the grip of self-hate when you freely and fully know the approval of God is far more precious than the approval of people.

Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear.

When in time of peace only one man can save us, we're hardly worth saving.

She had conquered, but she had also necessarily lost much. Perhaps what she had lost was not worth keeping; but at any rate she had lost it.

mementos of this world, in which the things worth being were so easily exchanged for the things worth having.

Una acción o bono sólo vale el ingreso que produzca en el futuro.

This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it, from the moral point of view.

Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

I admit--no one worth knowing can be quite known, no one worth possessing can be quite possessed-

one worth knowing can be quite known, no one worth possessing can be quite possessed—but after all, we were children.

Ninguém a quem valha a pena conhecer pode ser propriamente conhecido. Ninguém que valha a pena possuir pode ser realmente possuído.

It is a childish realization, I admit—no one worth knowing can be quite known, no one worth possessing can be quite possessed—but after all, we were children.

De waarheid mag dan vreemder zijn dan de verbeelding, maar vraagt wel om een betere redacteur. Het grootste deel van het leven van een mens is de moeite van het onthouden niet waard.

While it pretends not to, it subliminally sends the message that those who are smarter and more accomplished are actually worth more than those who are not.

We spend billions of pounds on welfare, yet millions are trapped on welfare. It's not worth their while going into work.

there was no shame in crying when something or someone was worth crying over.

Even if you find what you are looking for, you may discover its not worth the price.

Nothing of real worth can ever be bought. Love, friendship, honour, valour, respect. All these things have to be earned.