Quotes About Value

The dignity is in the worker, not in the job.

If you've settled on the value approach to investing and come up with an intrinsic value for a security or asset, the next important thing is to hold it firmly. That's because in the world of investing, being correct about something isn't at all synonymous with being proved correct right away.

In bubbles, infatuation with market momentum takes over from any notion of value and fair price, and greed (plus the pain of standing by as others make seemingly easy money) neutralises any prudence that might otherwise hold sway.

No asset class or investment has the birthright of a high return. An asset is only attractive if it's priced right.

Infusing work with purpose and meaning, however, is a two-way street. Yes, love what you do, but your company should love you back.

A well-built brand is the culmination of intangibles that do not directly flow to the revenue or profitability of a company, but contribute to its texture. Forsaking them can take a subtle, collective toll.

El trabajo debe ser algo personal. En todos los casos. No sólo para el artista y el empresario. El trabajo debe tener significado para el contable, el obrero de la construcción, el técnico, el director y el administrativo.

Old is beautiful, but not if it is neglected.—Aldo Lorenzi, That Shop in Via Montenapoleone

Nothing is casual. Everything requires work, research, and thought. Agonize. Take it seriously. Don't leave it up to someone else, and don't phone it in. There is no such thing as a shortcut if you are going to turn in good work. If I ever enjoy the process, I know I have somehow produced something worthless.

Love comes from God, and relationships not grounded in the love of God are based on the exploitation of other people. Only through the love of God can we see the true value and beauty of another person.

I am convinced that if stories such as these have any lasting value, it is in revealing the kind of work young pulp-writers were doing in those days when rates were low and one had to make a typewriter smoke in order to keep eating.

True, this golden friendship is not a common thing to be picked up in the street. It would not be worth much if it were. Like wisdom it must be sought for as for hid treasures, and to keep it demands care and thought.

I have two kids, career and I travel, and I don't think my life is any different than most couples. The most valuable commodity now for many people is time and how to parcel that out.

The secret to modern life is finding the measure in time management. I have two kids, career and I travel, and I don't think my life is any different than most couples. The most valuable commodity now for many people is time and how to parcel that out.

Death suddenly seemed unimportant and life seemed everything

All scholarship, like all science, is an ongoing, open-ended discussion in which all conclusions are tentative forever, the principal value and charm of the game being the discovery of the totally unexpected.

It's not that we fear the place of darkness but that we don't think we are worth the effort to find the place of light.

a scarce labour force is always a valuable one.

It is a victory of shit and our defeat. Call it a defeat, but of courage, value and dignity.

Let go the ones who just likes you, because they will leave you for the one they love, but don't let go the ones who love you, because they will never leave you for anyone they like

Time is not dedicated to no man, waste it with that in mind

If your self-worth is based on anything other than your relationship with Christ, you are in big trouble.

I want to bring out the best in a community and contribute something of permanent value.

A pen is never worthless. In the right hand, it holds a whole world and all the treasures you could ever want. Now write your story. All of it.