Quotes About Value

But I had never caused my parents a minute's worry. Didn't they know that worry proves you care? Didn't they realize that I needed their worry to assure myself that I was worth something?

All my life, I have taken satisfaction in finishing things in order that I may experience a sense of achievement, regardless of whether the thing was really worth achieving.

Five years later those fellows were all gone, their capital vanished like so much cigar smoke, while I churned out the only commodities that still held their value: courage, poise, humor, and hope.

Every one-night-stand or man in a one-night-stand is like every other one-night-stand or man in a one-night-stand because the sex in a one-night-stand is without time and only time allows value.

Since an emotion's an announcement of value, in this society of the death (of values) emotions moved like zombies through humans.

The student asks: If my redstone necklace had every view of every veil that ever brightened, would I be wise? The master answers: If I had a thousand pieces of a priceless vase, would I be rich?

She shrugged. Ownership is a fragile concept.

When you are young, there are many things which appear dull and lifeless. But as you get older, you will find these are the very things that are most important to you.

The best things, he always used to say, are put together of a night and vanish with the morning. What people call the floating world, Ono, was a world Gisaburo knew how to value.

Acum câteva zile vorbeam cu unul dintre donatorii mei, care se plângea de faptul c? amintirile - pân? È™i cele mai dragi - p?lesc surpriz?ntor de repede. Îns? eu nu sunt de acord cu el. Nu cred deloc c? amintirile la care È›in cel mai mult vor p?li vreodat?.

memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly. But I don't go along with that. The memories I value most, I don't see them ever fading.

Mr Capaldi pensava che dentro Josie non ci fosse niente di tanto speciale da non poter esser proseguito. Diceva alla Madre che aveva cercato dappertutto e non l'aveva mai trovato. Ma adesso credo che non cercasse nel posto giusto. C'era invece qualcosa di molto speciale, ma non era dentro Josie. Era dentro quelli che l'amavano.

My mother fell silent for some moments. Then she said: 'When you are young, there are many things which appear dull and lifeless. But as you get older, you will find these are the very things that are most important to you.

You are the favor factor. Which means the person with favor doesn't chase the one that needs the favor. If you know who you are then you better carry yourself like you're the one who's holding all the cards. If he knows what's good for him, he will run after you. Because you multiple whatever he has in concentrated form. You are the favor factor so stop distributing your favor to someone who has not factored a covenant into the equation.

People today work as hard, if not harder, than they did thirty years ago. The only difference is the quality of the work they perform. They no longer accomplish anything of value. They only service the machines.

Yes, I know you consider it a waste of time under the circumstances, but we have time to waste.

You were just worried about me An exhale, relieved that i had understood. Yeah I turned. Because you think i'm worth it --- The Reckoning by Kelly Armstron He put his fingers under my chin. I absolutely think your worth it But you don't think you are His mouth opened. Shut. That's what this is about, Derek. You won't let us worry about you because you don't think you're worth it. But i do. I absolutely do Chloe and Derek

There was a difference between art, which you just looked at, and things like soap, which you used. Even if the soap smelled so good that you didn't want to use it, only smell it. This was why people got so pissed off about art. Because you didn't eat it, and you didn't sleep on it, and you couldn't put it up your nose. A lot of people said things like That's not art when whatever they were talking about could clearly not have been anything else, except art.

But when you grab happiness you may let go of something more valuable --- your integrity. - Hugh Pilaster

No habían perdido ni un minuto de su valioso tiempo en dormir.

to him, money was like the toy bank notes in Monopoly: he wanted it, not for what it could buy, but because it was needed to play the game

Renunciar a la felicidad es como arrojar piedras preciosas al océano. Es mucho peor que cualquier pecado.

To give up happiness like this is like throwing jewels into the ocean. It's far worse than any sin.

Maud ficou radiante por ter ganhado um dólar, que valia cerca de um trilhão de marcos.