Quotes About Value

What does it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul?

If it is not worth doing, it is worth not doing it well.

DESPISE THE FREE LUNCH JUDGMENT What is offered for free is dangerous-it usually involves either a trick or a hidden obligation. What has worth is worth paying for. By paying your own way you stay clear of gratitude, guilt, and deceit. It is also often wise to pay the full price—there is no cutting corners with excellence. Be lavish with your money and keep it circulating, for generosity is a sign and a magnet for power.

There is a popular saying in Japan that goes "Tada yori takai mono wa nai," meaning: "Nothing is more costly than something given free of charge." THE UNSPOKEN WAY, MICHIHIRO MATSUMOTO, 1988

They all overvalued the importance of stability.

What will seduce a person is the effort we expend on their behalf, showing how much we care, how much they are worth. Leaving things to chance is a recipe for disaster, and reveals that we do not take love and romance very seriously. It

Be Frugal with Flattery. It may seem that your superiors cannot get enough flattery, but too much of even a good thing loses its value. It also stirs up suspicion among your peers.

Van Gogh didn't paint for money either. He only sold two paintings in his whole lifetime. Robert:

What it hasn't got is not worth having, and what it doesn't know is not worth knowing.

To his horror he recollected that he had left both coat and waistcoat behind him in his cell, and with them his pocket-book, money, keys, watch, matches, pencil-case -- all that makes life worth living, all that distinguishes the many-pocketed animal, the lord of creation, from the inferior one-pocketed or no-pocketed productions that hop or trip about permissively, unequipped for the real contest.

I know you pretty well. Better than anyone I think. I smiled. Her compliment was like a gift itself, only more precious than anything that could be bought.

Anything, I eventually learned, is preferable to war; but that knowledge is something every man must learn for himself—usually at considerable expense.

Toni, I barely know you, but I canna see anything remotely unworthy about you. any man would be blessed and honored to receive yer love. (Ian MacPhie)

If a person is measured by the regard they're shown by others, then maybe I'm not a person after all.

Nothing good came free. Even love. You paid for all things. And if you were poor, suffering was your currency.

But time, it is like charm. You never have as much as you think. A

Dan jika kau miskin, penderitaan menjadi mata uangmu.

Ä°yi ÅŸeylerin hiçbiri bedava deÄŸildi.Sevgi bile.Her ÅŸeyin bedelini ödüyordum.Ve eÄŸer yoksulsan,elindeki tek nakit ,kah?r çekmekti.

Then I'll tell you," Baba said, "but first understand this and understand it now, Amir: You'll never learn anything of value from those bearded idiots." "You mean Mullah Fatiullah Khan?

Tentu saja, tak ada yang gratis di dunia ini, tapi maafku berharga murah.

They respected him, you see, because he respected them.

Menetapkan harga sewa yang mencekik leher untuk sebuah rumah pantai di Hawaii adalah hal lain. Menetapkan harga yang sama tingginya untuk menghidupi anak-anakmu adalah hal yang berbeda.

It would be an existence rife with difficulties... but of a pleasurable kind, difficulties they could take pride in, possess, value, as one would a family heirloom.

Aku ingin memberitahu Ali bahwa bukan buku itu yang tidak pantas dihadiahkan kepadaku, namun akulah yang tidak pantas menerimanya.