Quotes About Value

The tools that would teach men their own use would be beyond price.

those who have inherited their fortunes than of those who have acquired them; the makers of fortunes have a second love of money as a creation of their own, resembling the affection of authors for their own poems, or of parents for their children

Justice is useful when money is useless.

It is by justice, that we can truly authenticate a man's value or nullity, the absence of justice, is the absence of what makes him man. Plato

those who have made their own money don't just care about it because {5} it's useful, as other people do, but because it's something they've made themselves.

I found that the men most in repute were all but the most foolish; and that others less esteemed were really wiser and better.

it is by justice that we can authentically measure man's value or his nullity... the absence of justice is the absence of what makes him a man

All men are by nature equal, and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.

It is by justice that we can authentically measure a mans value or nullity.... the absence of justice is the absence of what makes him a man

It is by justice that we can authentically measure a mans value or nullity.... the absence of justice is the absence of why makes him a man

virtuoso, aunque se jacte de ello, le reprenderé por desestimar lo más valioso y sobrestimar lo que tiene menos valor.

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.

After all, what is money apart from what it can buy?

On the contrary, I believe it doesn't make much sense to say that one man is worth more than another. One man can be stronger than another but less wise. Or more educated but not so brave. Or more generous but also more stupid. So his value depends on what you want from him; a man can be very good at his job, and worthless if you set him to do some other job.

For living men, the units of time always have a value, which increases in ratio to the strength of the internal resources of the person living through them; but for us, hours, days, months spilled out sluggishly from the future into the past, always too slowly, a valueless and superfluous material, of which we sought to rid ourselves as soon as possible. ... For us, history had stopped.

I recognized that by rushing through life, I'd been subtly devaluing those around me and the experiences I was involved in, not appreciating the importance and significance they bring to my life at this very moment, not grasping my responsibility for holding dear and treating well these gifts God has entrusted to me.

this sounds a little simple, but I think if we didnt know illness we wouldnt really feel the exhiliration of good health. and if we never cried, we wouldnt be able to recognize joy. in a way, the good only gains value when it is contrasted with the bad

Quién, de los oficiales de entonces, puede negar que te dé a las mujeres rusas la mejor y más valiosa recompensa?

Train yourself to be godly. For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.

All men are greater than dead men.

And do Men despise ignorance?' I asked. 'No,' he said, 'they prize it above all things—all things!—but only so long as it remains invisible.

Girl, it's an umbrella, not a Lamborghini

Jess had never imagined that someone would be so empty that they'd need to destroy something that precious to feel full.

Vita hominis plus libro valet! A life is worth more than a book.