Quotes About Value

Vivemos cercados de palavras vãs, condenados a uma civilização que teme o silêncio. Fala-se muito para dizer bem pouco. Jornais, revistas, TV, outdoors, telefone, correio eletrônico - há demasiado palavrório. E sabemos todos que não se dá valor ao que se abusa.

We know the worth of a thing when we have lost it.

A veces tienes que olvidar lo que sientes, y recordar lo que mereces.

That which needs to be proved cannot be worth much.

Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride.

When one does away with oneself one does the most estimable thing possible: one thereby almost deserves to live.

Regarding life, the wisest men of all ages have judged alike: it is worthless.

A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.

When one has a great deal to put into it a day has a hundred pockets.

Judgments, value judgments concerning life, for or against, can in the last resort never be true: they possess value only as symptoms, they come into consideration only as symptoms - in themselves such judgments are stupidities.

For a significant manwoman, the one thought he values greatly, to the laughter and scorn of insignificant men, is a key to hidden treasure chambers; for those others, it is nothing but a piece of old iron.

People will take you for granted, then realize you were rare.

Respect is not just about treating others how you want to be treated, it's about acknowledging their value as a human being.

The monuments of Man are worthless if no one is left to carry their meaning.

What you call idiot points I call awesome dollars

But merely being tradition does not make something worthy, Kadash. We can't just assume that because something is old it is right .

Books have great value, actions have greater value.

What is it we value? Innovation. Originality. Novelty. But most importantly...timeliness. I fear you may be too late, my confused, unfortunate, friend.

A man will find a single coin in the mud and talk about it for days, but when his inheritance comes and is accounted one percent less than he expected, then he will declare himself cheated.

Owning things of value is secondary to creating things of value where none once existed.

Men protect things they find important," Galladon said with a shrug. "If you object, you shouldn't have made yourself so irreplaceable.Kolo?" -Brandon Sanderson (Elantris)

To be of use in even a single burst of flame and sound is worth more than a lifetime of achieving nothing.

You are a god. To me, at least. It doesn't matter how easily you can be killed, how much Breath you have, or how you look. It has to do with who you are and what you mean.

Thievery was the most authentic form of flattery. What could be more satisfying than knowing the things you possessed were intriguing, captivating, or valuable enough to provoke another man to risk everything to obtain them? This was Kelsier's purpose in life, to remind people of the value of the things they loved. By taking them away.