Quotes About Value

Oscar Wilde had already highlighted this problem in 1892 when depicting a cynic as "a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing".

Do not forget, some give little, and it is much for them, others give all, and it costs them no effort; who then has given most?

Keep it, keep it!" I answered. "You are very welcome to it! It is only a couple of small things, doesn't amount to anything—about everything I own in the world.

Things have value because somebody buys them, because somebody pays money; if you can find a buyer, even a lie is worth a thousand yen.

Now that you are dead, you are splendid. Photographs of people who have just died are worth twenty percent more, and for suicides there is an additional five percent. Now that you are dead you are much in demand.

My biggest worry is that my wife (when I'm dead) will sell my fishing gear for what I said I paid for it.

Your life is too precious to risk it by protesting, right?

Listen, everyone, you all have your own circumstances. Some of you come from rich families,and some poor. But your value isn't determined by such things--by things beyond your control. Each one of you must discover your own worth through your own efforts. So... don't make the mistake of thinking you alone are special.

You all have your own distinct personal backgrounds. Of course some of you come from rich families, some from poor families. But circumstances beyond your control like that shouldn't determine who you are. You must all realize what you're worth on your own.

Anyone can give away something expensive, but only those who understand sacrifice can give away something valuable.

How can we have revival when we value a book the early Church didn't have over the Holy Spirit they did have?

The truth is, Jesus didn't die for junk.

Every time we demean ourselves we are talking badly about the Artist and the Model.

When we are acting like God, we are being ourselves! The ramifications of having God as our Daddy (rather than some ape dragging his knuckles in the African jungle somewhere) is life changing. I hope you can see that what you believe about your origin makes a difference in the way you value yourself and humanity in general.

Do not entertain the enemy's questions about how valuable you are.

Sometimes it takes a few years before you understand what you're worth. And who's worth your time.

Comfort, companionship and realistic expectations…they didn't sound nearly as glam as undying passion, but they were worth a lot more than most people believed

She was gifted at charm. I never valued that in her before, but I felt like kissing her hand now. I should write to Eric and thank him for being a self-centered idiot.

She was so tired of being considered disposable.

Oh, Mia. You haven't even begun to find out who you really are, and, believe me, other boys are going to fall in love with you. If a guy can't see how special you are, he isn't good enough for you.

life—and love—can be gone any second. When you had it, you needed to hang on with all your strength and savor every second.

A single diamond brooch was her only adornment (one good piece, ladies, and choose it well; everything makes a statement, nothing speaks quite so loudly as cheapness).

Is this perfection, or the cost of it?

One of the basic things which I was a long time in realizing, and which I am still learning, is that when an activity feels as though it is valuable or worth doing, it is worth doing. Put another way, I have learned that my total organismic sensing of a situation is more trustworthy than my intellect.