Quotes About Value

You only care about the things that you can use, and therefore arrange them in the following order: Money, supremely useful; intellect, rather useful; imagination, of no use at all.

Money's educational. It's far more educational than the things it buys.

his whole life was coloured by a contempt of the intellect. That he had a tolerable intellect of his own was not the point: it is in what we value, not in what we have, that the test of us resides.

Serious not in the sense of glum; but they must be convinced that our life is a state of some importance, and our earth not a place to beat time on.

Philip said slowly, "What about a thousand lire?

I will argue that every scrap of biological diversity is priceless, to be learned and cherished, and never to be surrendered without a struggle.

One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.

A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.

Only photography has been able to divide human life into a series of moments, each of them has the value of a complete existence.

Everything that's really worthwhile in life came to us free; our mind, our soul, our body, our hopes, our dreams, our ambitions, our intelligence, our love of family and children and friends. All these priceless possessions are free, but the things that cost us money are actually very cheap and can be replaced at any time.

Even if our home burns down we can rebuild it. But the things that we got for nothing, we can never replace.

If he wants more, he must be of more service to those from whom he receives his return.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no delay, no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

I'm a dirt person. I trust the dirt. I don't trust diamonds and gold.

Have regard for your name, since it will remain for you longer than a great store of gold.

The treasure shouldn't do the hunting, and you're a treasure.

I wanted to be like her because she mattered.

Life has no meaning but what we give it. I wish a few more of ye would give it a little.

Life has no meaning but what we give it. I wish a few more of ye would give it a little.- Elminster of Shadowdale

Serce jest wi?cej warte, ni?li ca?e z?oto ?wiata.

There are only two precious things on earth: the first is love and the second, a long way behind it, is intelligence. - Gaston Berger

Oswald Chambers puts it all in perspective when he writes, "Remember, no one has time to pray; we have to take time from other things that are valuable in order to understand how necessary prayer is. The things that act like thorns and stings in our personal lives will go away instantly when we pray; we won't feel the smart anymore, because we have God's point of view about them. Prayer means that we get into union with God's view of other people."9

When I find someone who is worth it, I'll be nice and respect that person and put some time in.

If what I have called the "value gap" is the idea that in America white lives have always mattered more than the lives of others, then the lie is a broad and powerful architecture of false assumptions by which the value gap is maintained. These are the narrative assumptions that support the everyday order of American life, which means we breathe them like air. We count them as truths. We absorb them into our character.