Quotes About Value

In a culture that often views a child in terms of the expense in time and money he will cost in his lifetime, how important it is to intentionally recognize the infinite value of a tiny human being, created with the very imprint and image of God on his life, and to understand that this little one's life will have consequences for eternity.

You're not big enough, so you don't belong. Others are more deserving than you are.

Throughout your career, you will compete against people who are more established, more famous, more connected, more specialized. But they can't be you. They can't capture your highest distinct value. Only you have you.

Today, every piece of your communication faces three enemies: distraction, competition, and commoditization.

Your personality is your natural weapon against distraction, competition, and commoditization. The more value you add, the less you have to compete on price, and the less likely you are to become a commodity.

When you speak the language of creativity, you can transform a dull commodity into something magical. Rather than charging just for the generic value of the product, you can charge for the experience.

Emblems fulfill a deep, instinctive need because they say something about us. Abraham Maslow calls this "esteem": the need to feel important, respected, and recognized as an achiever. We satisfy this need by communicating our value to the world around us.

Mr. Winston once purchased a 726-carat stone in London, setting off a heated debate about the safest way to get it back to the States. A league of bodyguards? Chartered ship? Colossal insurance policy? Harry Winston wouldn't say which method he'd picked. Two weeks later, the priceless jewel arrived at his Fifth Avenue store, sent via standard registered mail, for 64 cents postage.

By developing symbols of value, groups can strengthen participation and commitment. People eagerly work to acquire and show off emblems. So it only makes sense that companies should develop emblems of value. Prestigious groups monitor access to remain sought-after, rare, and valuable. Insider brands usually control how many people get access to the brand; otherwise, oversaturation cheapens status and destroys value.

If you want to increase perceived value for you and your work, you need to focus on who you are, rather than what you do.

The fact is that the financial advisor must find ways to distinguish himself not just during the initial sales process, but equally importantly on an ongoing basis to keep his clients from going elsewhere.

I think it's important that kids have responsibilities and understand the value of things, but I think it's great I get to travel the world with my daughter.

Outer beauty won't remain forever but inner beauty does. Don't run after outer beauty. Because of it can be a huge mistake when you chose outer beauty instead of inner beauty. And that will leave you with regression. Only try to know and get the inner beauty of somebody or something. It will bring peace inside of you.

Sometime we fail to differ the diamond from glass piece. We mistakenly miss the diamond which is on the road or under our feet. But we also mistakenly run for the glass piece in the jewelry shop. When we mistakenly buy a glass piece as a diamond with high price then we regret for the life time. What have we done for buying the fake one?

Thanks will be a worthless word until a person tells it from heart. When a person thanks someone with full heart then the word will be big and worthy word and will have full meaning to the person. Or else it will remain small and valueless word if a person says it just for saying.

We live in a time of era where there is no value for innocence. People don't worth the innocence. And innocent people remain the sufferer and vulnerable to the world.

I cittadini sono gli eredi e i proprietari del patrimonio culturale, tanto nel suo valore monetario che nel suo valore simbolico e metaforico, come incarnazione della comunità di vita e della sua memoria storica, come segno di appartenenza, come figura della cittadinanza e dell'identità del Paese. È in questo senso che il patrimonio culturale, sulla scia di una storia plurisecolare, ha assunto, in Italia prima che altrove, una notevolissima funzione civile. Può averla ancora.

Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair.

If someone doesn't value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide to prove that they should value it? If someone doesn't value logic, what logical argument could you provide to show the importance of logic?

Mindful is remembering that being alive is the ultimate gift. When we know we have a limited amount of time, we're more careful how we spend it.

Condition a woman (or a man) to value submission above all other attitudes and you will produce a character type whose most readily expressed emotion will be sadness.

Si hay algo para lo que resulte útil una formación literaria, es para dotarlo a uno de un sentido de la catástrofe. No hay nada como una imaginación vivida para desvitalizarle a uno el valor.

The object of faith always determines its quality and worth.

Gazing at the grandeur of heavenly glory transforms our value system. In