Quotes About Value

Miért kellene okosnak lennem… – Általában nem is érdemes, de néha muszáj – mondta Colin.

There's no pyramid with literary fiction at the top and everything else at the bottom. It's a flat line.

I have a sort of empty feeling; nothing in the world seems of sufficient importance to be worth the doing.

There are books about magic and there are books of magic, and the price of the latter is far above rubies.

Mi sono reso conto che la ricerca della Conoscenza ci ha incoraggiato a pensare alla Casa come se fosse una sorta di enigma da sciogliere, un testo da interpretare, e che se mai scoprissimo la Conoscenza, allora sarebbe come se alla Casa venisse strappato via il valore lasciando soltanto una semplice scenografia. (...) La Casa ha valore in sé perché è la Casa. È sufficiente già di per sé. Non è un mezzo per arrivare a un fine.

Brilliant! Thank you! But what I value even more than the shoes themselves is the proof they give of our friendship! I consider the possession of such a friend as you to be one of the greatest happinesses of my Life!

Yet, at the same time, I can see that it is in the nature of men to prefer one thing to another, to find one thing more meaningful than another.

imagined my character as a plate or shirt that had been manufactured incorrectly and was therefore useless.

This is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever. In its place is something you have left behind … let it be something good.

They certainly seem enthusiastic, don't they?" Rick observed, coming up to lean against the window frame beside her. "What exactly did you say to them when you signed the contract?" "Only something about how much value I place on people adhering to the schedule they agree on." "You didn't bare your teeth or anything?" "Only in a smile." "Nice.

Taken as a whole, men are idiots and fools. They want what they cannot have, and fear what they do have has been gotten too cheaply to be valuable.

In the wilderness, God's covenant people struggled with a choice between feeding their bellies and nourishing their souls. God provided manna--a breadlike food that fell to the ground during the night--to sustain the wandering Israelites and to teach them how to value His Word more than physical fulfillment.

The dearest things in the world are our neighbor's eyes; they cost everybody more than anything else in housekeeping.

That's what scares me, Gideon. You don't know what you're worth." "Actually, I do. Twelve bill—" "Shut up.

I need you to understand that you'll never have to settle for pieces of me. You shouldn't be settling at all. You deserve so much better. You could have anyone—

Making changes was my responsibility. Having a great guy was just a bonus.

You make me happy," he said, in the deep firm tone he used when making an unswayable decision. "I'd forgotten what that feels like. Don't devalue what you mean to me.

Y hace tiempo que aprendí que un hombre que provoca celos a su esposa no vale la pena.

What else can I bargain with? You have everything." "Your time and attention are the two things you can leverage. I'll do anything for them.

You keep on thinking I'm God's gift to women, angel. It's better for me if you believe I'm the best you can get.

Winning or losing an argument, receiving an acceptance or rejection, is no proof of the validity or value of personal identity. One may be wrong, mistaken, or a poor craftsman, or just ignorant - but this is no indication of the true worth of one's total human identity: past, present and future!

The sight of all the food stacked in those kitchens made me dizzy. It's not that we hadn't enough to eat at home, it's just that my grandmother always cooked economy joints and economy meat loafs and had the habit of saying, the minute you lifted the first forkful to your mouth, I hope you enjoy that, it cost forty-one cents a pound, which always made me feel I was somehow eating pennies instead of Sunday roast.

Evde de karn?m?z doymuyor deÄŸildi ama büyükannem, piÅŸirdiÄŸi ucuz et yemeklerinin daha ilk lokmas?n? aÄŸz?m?za götürürken, Umar?m beÄŸenirsiniz, ÅŸunun yar?m kilosuna tam k?rk bir sent verdim, deme al??kanl???na sahipti, ben de o zaman bir pazar günü rostosu yerine madeni paralar? yiyormuÅŸum duygusuna kap?l?rd?m.

Kiss me and you will see how important I am.