Quotes About Worth

Mathematics has beauty and romance. It's not a boring place to be, the mathematical world. It's an extraordinary place; it's worth spending time there.

If a life can be ruined in a single moment, a moment of betrayal, or violence, or ill luck, then why can a life not also be saved, be worth living, be made, by just a few pure moments of perfection?

He wonders if a few moments of utter and total joy can be worth a lifetime of struggle. Maybe, he thinks. Maybe, if they're the right moments.

Yet every writer worth a good-god damn knows this too, for it is graven into each of us: no one cares for beauty. Not in fiction. Not on its own, not pure, untroubled beauty; not in fiction. [...] For here is the only real difference between the life of reality and the life of fiction. Fiction only works when the beauty is tainted by pain. For fiction is not about life; it's about the troubles of life.

We must learn to accept that there is no meaning to life, but this raises the question whether life is worth living at all – which he saw as the fundamental question of philosophy.

When Jesus called his followers "the salt of the earth," he was telling them that they were irreplaceable, and that their mission was to give people what makes life worth living.

Doctrine of Signatures. It held that the medicinal qualities in plants were made visible as "signatures of Natures owne impression," and writers quite commonly express the wish that human beings bore similar imprints so that one could tell a person's worth by some sign on his person.

If you fear to know the cost, the value will definitely be lost. Focus your attentions on the product, not the price.

Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain whether of our worth or worthlessness we are almost impervious to fear. Thus a feeling of utter unworthiness can be a source of courage.

Price ain't merely about numbers. It's a satisfying sacrifice.

The only way you can be free is to know is that you are worthwhile as a distinct human being.

The time has come to recover the valiant courage of our forefathers, who understood that faith and freedom are inseparable, and that they are worth fighting for.

The question is whether personal freedom is worth the terrible effort, the never-lifted burden and risks of self-reliance.

We've been blessed with the opportunity to stand for something - for liberty and freedom and fairness. And these are things worth fighting for, worth devoting our lives to.

Freedom is not free. It is bought at a high price. It can be squandered cheaply.

A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.

By listening, by caring, by playing you back to yourself, friends ratify your better instincts and endorse your unique worth. Friends validate you.

The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.

Avocados, it's a food that ain't worth injuring yourself for. If it's a hassle to get into, leave it to the experts.

The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course.

When they hate on you its not what they're saying that matters it's the fact that you are worth talking about that matters.

Disappointments that we experience give substance and integrity to life. They give us that direction to yearn and seek self-fulfillment and worth. Whenever you fail, never stop in your pursuit for wellness and well-being. For as long as you have faith, you'll grow and be living and loving with more wisdom and spirituality. It was never a failure after all.

A person with no self respect can never get respect from others.

Most people inevitably get treated the way they permit themselves to be treated, if you allow someone to treat you like you're worthless then they will. Respect yourself enough not to put up with being mistreated.