Quotes About Value

We believe that executives, like everyone else, see what is brought to their attention. The costs associated with IT are brought to their attention every time they see a chargeback report or request a change in their services. Occasional failures are bound to be noticed, too. If IT doesn't make a point of bringing the value to their attention, it's much less likely to be seen and acknowledged.

the right way to discuss IT performance and value is to focus on IT's contributions to business performance and business outcomes, and not on the performance of IT's machines.

Take heed, and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions" (Luke 12:15).

But the king said to Araunah, "No, but I will buy them from you for a price: I will not offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God that cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

It is precisely in the "slop-bucket job"—the work that we abhor—where we will find God the most. We do not need to have good feelings or a warm glow in order to do work for the glory of God. All good work is pleasing to the Father. Even the jobs that seem meaningless and mindless to us are highly valued in the order of the kingdom of God. God values the ordinary.

First, buy things for their usefulness rather than their status.

Grant me, Lord, to know what I ought to know, to love what I ought to love, to praise what delights you most, to value what is precious in your sight, and to hate what is offensive to you. Amen. —Thomas à Kempis

Do not forget that the value and interest of life is not so much to do conspicuous things…as to do ordinary things with the perception of their enormous value.    Ã¢â'¬â€Teilhard de Chardin

The law of supply and demand affects money just as it affects pencils and everything else. If there is very little money the money is very valuable and it will buy a great deal. But if there is a lot of money it is not so valuable and it will buy very little .

Young man, there are some things in the world so profane that their only real value is in not knowing about them.

I'll keep in touch." "Good," says Matthew. "Now get the hell out of here. People see your ugly ass hanging around, it brings down property values.

For Dieste, art in general and religious architecture in particular is not a luxury but a basic commodity, like potatoes.

Finalmente, as parcelas mais simples do negócio são provavelmente as mais próximas do cliente. Há menos administradores no meio do caminho. Os clientes podem ser ouvidos e sentem que são importantes. As pessoas não se importam de pagar mais por isso. Para os clientes, a busca por se sentir importante é tão relevante quanto a busca por valor. A simplicidade eleva os preços assim como derruba os custos.

The value of time, and how we experience it, depends on on how we use it: how we feel about our lives — at the time.

Customers play ball not just because of extremely low prices but also because IKEA offers them advantages and an experience that other retailers do not. Are there ways in which your firm – or a new venture – could offer customers advantages that would not cost you very much, or would even increase profits?

Not only is happiness not money, it is not even like money.

Things that matter most Must never be at the mercy of things that matter least.

It is not shortage of time that should worry us, but the tendency for the majority of time to be spent in low-quality ways.

You might get much better value and happiness out of a simpler and cheaper lifestyle.

If we did realize the difference between the vital few and the trivial many in all aspects of our lives and if we did something about it, we could multiply anything that we valued.

All children wear a sign that says, 'I want to be important NOW!' Many of our problems with today's youth arise because nobody reads the sign." —REVEREND JESSE JACKSON

I doubt if anything learnt at school is of more value than great literature learnt by heart.

In an effort to value and structure time, some of us unintentionally may be killing dreamtime.

Now, my tree-climbing days long behind me, I often think about the lasting value of those early, deliciously idle days. I have come to appreciate the long view afforded by those treetops. The woods were my Ritalin. Nature calmed me, focused me, and yet excited my senses.