Quotes About Value

I took one Draught of Life—I'll tell you what I paid—Precisely an existence—The market price, they said.They weighed me, Dust by Dust—They balanced Film with Film,Then handed me my Being's worth—A single Dram of Heaven!

In reverencing wealth we reverence not a man, but an appendix to a man.

People Donnot Recognise Someone Importance Until His Death.

Though we live amid promiscuous pressures, spiritual clutter and forgetfulness, we probably still value the integrity of life.

We are, no doubt, accustomed to connect the notion of value rather with things believed in, than with the beliefs of which they are the subjects. A fine symphony, an heroic deed, a good dinner, an assured livelihood, have admitted values. But what values can we attribute to beliefs and judgments, except in so far as they are aids and instruments for obtaining valuable objects?

The root principle which, by its constant recurrence in slightly different forms, binds together, like an operatic leitmotif, the most diverse material, is that if we would maintain the value of our highest beliefs and emotions, we must find for them a congruous origin.

We are in search of a world outlook. Creeds, therefore, are our concern. The inquiry with which these lectures are concerned is whether, among the beliefs which together constitute our general view of the universe, we should, or should not, include a belief in God. And to this question it is certainly relevant to inquire whether the elimination of such a belief might not involve a loss of value in other elements of our creed—a loss in which we are not prepared to acquiesce.

Faith, in order to be genuine and of any real value, must be the offspring of that divine love which Jesus manifested when he prayed for his enemies on the cross.

A mother's love, in a degree, sanctifies the most worthless offspring.

To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.

Good things, when short, are twice as good.

To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else.

All that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that.

The great art of giving consists in this: the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.

Gold is the spiritual basis of existing society.

We do not attach ourselves permanently to any possessions, excepting in proportion to the trouble, toil and longing which they have cost us.

A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.

I realized that I'd never appreciated how peaceful and precious my life had been before.

Ese espacio que uno ocupa, siquiera por un breve periodo, y aunque antes o después todos los personajes deban desaparecer en los confines del tiempo, resplandece como algo sumamente valioso.

Cose che per qualcuno sono di nessuna importanza, per altri possono essere terribili come la morte.

Ogni persona è unica. È la cosa più importante di tutte, eppure troppo spesso ce ne dimentichiamo

Money is a sign of poverty.

There's obviously nothing wrong with selling your art - only an idiot with a trust fund would tell you otherwise. But it's confusing to know how far you should take it.

The holy grail is to spend less time making the picture than it takes people to look at it.