Quotes About Value

Among the beliefs I held about the world was that being beautiful should not matter to a woman, because it was one of those things that would go away-- your beauty would go away,and there wouldn't be anything you could do to bring it back.

In a way, a garden is the most useless of creations, the most slippery of creations: it is not like a painting or a piece of sculpture—it won't accrue value as time goes on. Time is its enemy' time passing is merely the countdown for the parting between garden and gardener.

Opinions, opinions, the King once said, what would the world cherish most, if not for my opinions?"

I am not willing that this discussion should close without mention of the value of a true teacher. Give me a log hut, with only a simple bench, Mark Hopkins on one end and I on the other, and you may have all the buildings, apparatus and libraries without him.

The chief duty of the National Government in connection with the currency of the country is to coin money and declare its value.

A choice with no consequences has no value. Making a choice knowing there will be consequences, and being willing to bear them, is what distinguishes the right choices from the wrong ones.

If everything in the past has value, then there's no reason for regret, ever.

The businessperson can therefore know the exact dollar profit on a product, but not the exact dollar value of the brand, the advertising, or, indeed, the quality of the product.

If you are in need of any spiritual thing -- joy, assurance, peace, or whatelse soever -- you can only come into full possession of it by giving an equivalent; you must pay the price for it.

The idea that we need to "pay our dues" is a lie told to us by people who wanted our efforts and labor on the cheap.

You're only working with if you count the money at the end of the night. Otherwise you're working for.

Y es que el amor -lo que se dice amor- / llega muy pocas veces, aunque se obstinen tantos / en convertir el aureus en moneda corriente...

Life deprived of beauty is not worthy of being called human.

Schopenhauer once said: the life of one dog may be worth more than the lives of many human beings.

It always hurts the gringo more to lose his money than his life.

Il m'arrive de penser que ce serait sympa de trouver des mecs intelligents qui veuillent bien travailler seize heures par jour pour des clopinettes –mais bon, s'ils le voulaient bien, ils ne seraient pas si intelligents.

Brands are assets, and companies rightfully include them on their financial balance sheets.

Your time is precious so this book is short and to the point.

Vedi? Il denaro non lo puoi rovesciare: comunque lo giri ti mostra sempre una faccia.

The integrity of one's own mind is of infinitely more value than adherence to any creed or system. We must choose between a dead faith belonging to the past and a living, growing ever-advancing science belonging to the future.

As careers spread across more companies, sectors and different skills, one of the threads that connect intangible value over time will be a good reputation. This is particularly crucial at times when you decide to change jobs or sectors.

I'm no good at this kind of stuff, but you are suddenly the most important thing in my life

America has not always been kind to its artists and scholars. Somehow the scientists always seem to get the penthouse while the arts and humanities get the basement.

Life is very precious to God. That's why He made it so fragile and so short." "That make absolutely no sense." "Yes, it does. He made it fragile so we would treasure it, just like He does. You're not nearly as careful with your cast-iron frying pans as you are with your good china, are you? God wanted life to be precious to us-so He made it as frail as fine china.