Quotes About Value

But it does matter, Archie. Everything matters.

Money talks, bullshit walks Ã¢â'¬Â¦ Pecunia sermo, somnium ambulo.

En jullie zijn te stom om te begrijpen dat sier het eigenste van de mens is. Dat we daarvan leven, en daarvoor en daarop.

Forgery is just the most dramatic example of the importance of origin. Arthur Koestler described a friend who owned a drawing that she first took to be a reproduction. When she later discovered that it was an original by Picasso, she displayed it more prominently, claimed that she saw it differently, and enjoyed it more. For her, its value went up.

has long been known that effort can be the secret sauce that makes things better. One of the classic findings in psychology is that the more effort you put into something, the more you value it. This is the logic of Benjamin Franklin's classic advice on how to turn a rival into a friend—ask him or her to do you a favor. Having worked to help you, they'll like you more.

Another force that can make pain valuable is its power to focus the mind. Whatever the negatives of physical pain—or of emotions such as horror and disgust—they sure are attention grabbers.

Zadie Smith: "It hurts just as much as it is worth.

chosen suffering can generate and enhance pleasure, and that it is an essential part of meaningful activities and a meaningful life. And it's often the right thing to do. I'll repeat the quote from Zadie Smith: "It hurts just as much as it is worth." Sometimes pain is a proper acknowledgment of value.

Greater Effort Increases Perceived Value in an Invertebrate," Journal of Comparative Psychology

My friend Graeme Wood, a journalist who has written extensively about ISIS, including a book based on interviews with both new recruits and long-standing members, tells me that many of those who joined the group were jaded when they signed up. They've had a lot of anonymous sex, they've taken every drug there is, they've lived lives of empty pleasure. But this wasn't enough. They were looking for more, something of real value.

When you bring your car into the shop, you're charged for "parts and labor," and you've never questioned for a second that the more labor it takes, the more you have to pay. Indeed, the relationship between effort and financial cost is so tight that we often talk about our everyday efforts in economic terms

Effort sweetens the value of the products of labor.

When customers are asked to define relationship in a business situation, they discuss things such as how a salesperson can bring value to their companies.

This is done by eliminating a customer's fears (about spending too much money or buying a product that will malfunction)

salespeople who understand that the key to achieving success is establishing real value in the eyes of the customer.

What is true of asset managers is true of lawyers. Willem Buiter, former Chief Economist for Citigroup, puts it aptly: the first third of lawyers produce the immense social value we know as the 'rule of law'. The next third are working on legal disputes that are essentially zero-sum games: each side over-invests in winning the tournament and so they are socially useless....The final third of lawyers are socially predatory: they are employed in the legal scams that fleece the productive.

You cannot just replace one life with another. Each is unique, precious.

Envy tempts you to crave what is temporary while you devalue what is eternal. This never leads you anywhere good.

You can lose it all, but nothing can take life from you, because what defines life is simply not for the taking.

We are all capable of fighting for what has little value while forgetting things of transcendent value.

In his mind, he held up all the artifacts he had collected over the years and wondered about their true value.

For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his own soul?" (Mark 8:36).

parenting is either a thing of the highest treasure to you, and that is demonstrated in your choices, words, and actions every day, or it's not.

Si no reconoces tu pecado, no valorarás la gracia. Si no valoras la gracia, no buscarás el perdón y el rescate que esta provee.