Quotes About Value

The economy is a test and measurement system, and it requires reliable learning guided by an accurate meter of monetary value. The

You destroyed five million dollars' worth of luxury cars. Yes, but none of them are wearing human heads as hood ornaments.

Is this my replacement?" What? "I didn't replace you!" "Of course not. I'm irreplaceable." Cornelius

If you can't save a child, what's the point of it all?" I told him. "Julie's worth saving, and I don't want to buy my safety with her blood. I'd die first." I

Leon speared his strawberry with a fork. "I, for one, welcome our new Mad Rogan Overlord. I'm eager to learn and prove to be a valuable member of his team." "Shut up," Catalina, Bernard, and Arabella said at the same time.

Suddenly, he was ravenous. Ramona ladled the soup into two bowls and passed one to him. He drank it. Spiced just right. He took a second swallow. Even better. "Good," he said. She rolled her eyes. "Of course it's good. Everything here is good. They're serving our family recipes." "In that case, I should have said passable." "Clearly, you don't value your life.

You being safe is more important to me than having you. I love you.

three thousand residents. The taxable value of real estate they owned totaled two billion dollars.

How much are you willing to pay?" she asked. "Our standard rate. A doubloon a day." It was generous. More than generous—some families would put him up for a week for a single coin. "Half a doubloon a day," she said. "No, you see, the idea behind bargaining is that you ask for a larger amount." Apparently, he understood sarcasm just fine.

Death is forever. Death is nothing. But to save a life, that's everything. My mother understood this and now I finally did, too.

Dignity is a value that creates irreplaceability.

In the kingdom of ends everything has either a price or a dignity. What has a price can be replaced by something else as its equivalent; what on the other hand is raised above all price and therefore admits of no equivalent has a dignity.

The great mass of people are worthy of our respect.

War itself requires no particular motivation, but appears to be ingrained in human nature and is even valued as something noble; indeed, the desire for glory inspires men to it, even independently of selfish motives.

A good will is good not because of what it performs or effects, not by its aptness for the attainment of some proposed end, but simply by virtue of the volition - that is, it is good in itself, and considered by itself is to be esteemed much higher than all that can be brought about by it in favor of any inclination, nay, even of the sum-total of all inclinations... like a jewel, it would still shine by its own light, as a thing which has its whole value in itself.

Spiritual service, be it of priest or teacher, was not to be repaid in gold or silver, not because it was valueless but because it was invaluable.

Never ignore a person who loves you, cares for you, and misses you. Because one day, you might wake up from your sleep and realize that you lost the moon while counting the stars. – Author Unknown

To design a desk which may cost £1,000 is easy for a furniture designer, but to design a functional and good desk which shall cost only £50 can only be done by the very best

I know that I am more intelligent, superior, more valuable where goodness is concerned than those men. They are strong but their strength is temporary and an illusion. It will be drained from them by time, defeat, the hand of fate, illness (as was the case with Napoleon). And everyone will be dumbfounded. "But how?" people will say. "They were the ones we were afraid of!

Often when a physician cannot imagine what else to do for someone who is feeling helpless and hopeless—for whom life has no value—I find that love is the answer.

Even if he hadn't given it to me, you don't throw away another person's books. If I want to read something, I want to read it.

The talk of lovers who have just declared their love is one of life's most sweet delights. Each vies with the other in humility, in amazement at being so valued. The past is searched for the first signs and each one is in haste to declare all that he is so that no part of his being escapes the hallowing touch.

let us not waste love, it is rare enough

Freedom may be a value in politics, but it is not a value in morals.