Quotes About Worth

Thus her whole identity hangs in the balance of her love life. She is allowed to love herself only if a man finds her worthy of love.

Valor não é quanto uma coisa custa, rapaz. Isso é lenda. Valor é quanto alguém está disposto a pagar. Ou ser pago

Any writer worth his salt knows that only a small proportion of literature does more than partly compensate people for the damage they have suffered in learning to read. Rebecca West.

A gladiator only gets to use a real sword when he fights in the arena, since no Roman worth his salt trusts a gladiator with a real sword in the ludus. You have that ungrateful wretch Spartacus to thank for that.

A problem worthy of attack Proves its worth by fighting back. Piet Hein

From the top of the hill I look at the path travelled, and the entire path is present in the joy of my success. The walk gives the rest its worth, and my thirst gives the glass of water its worth. A whole past comes together in the moment of enjoyment

Her home is her earthly lot, the expression of her social worth, and her intimate truth. Because she does nothing, she avidly seeks herself in what she has.

In amorous passion particularly, one does not want the beloved being to be admired objectively; one prefers to think her unknown, unrecognized; the lover thinks that his appropriation of her is greater if he is alone in revealing her worth. That is the genuine thing offered by all passion.

To say that the world is not worth anything, that this life is of no value and to give evil as the proof is absurd, for if these things are worthless what does evil take from us?

These services become affordable when you value them.

TV and media create in many people a sense of entitlement to happiness, love and care from others. [...] The problem with this [...] is that we are stuck looking for lovability, worth and our true place in life from other mere mortals. If everyone is looking for it, who has a surplus of love and care to give to fill our need? [...] We must accept that our lovability and worth don't come from others. They come from ourselves!

Emma, it's not worth the risk! For the sake of a taxi fare or two.' I'm pretty sure that if I asked my grandpa what he thought the average taxi fare was in London, he'd say five shillings.

But if I am young, thou shouldest look to my merits, not to my years.

Men are of little worth. Their brief lives last a single day. They cannot hold elusive pleasure fast; It melts away. All laurels wither; all illusions fade; Hopes have been phantoms, shade on air-built shade, since time began.

Every slander wins belief Aimed at souls whose worth is chief:

All the stars in the sky cannot worth as much as yours only because it belongs to you.

Do not expect peace with the enemy whose worth you do not recognize.

The cost of a thing is something called life which is given in exchange for it.

Life at a public company ain't for me. The board pays you what you're worth, then you get reamed for your compensation.

Life is worth being lived, but not being discussed all the time.

If there's something as good as [him] in my life, I'm going to pay for it.

He who does not value life does not deserve it.

Follow your dreams. I am not saying it's going to be easy, but I am saying it's going to be worth it. – Moffat Machingura

One of the strange things about human beings is that they value only that which has a price.