Quotes About Value

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them; a man may live long yet live very little.

Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.

Time is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men.

A lot of you want me to hurry through the introduction. That's because you're so much older you don't want to waste a minute of your life.

Opportunities do not come with their values stamped upon them. ... To face every opportunity of life thoughtfully, and ask its meaning bravely and earnestly, is the only way to meet supreme opportunities when they come, whether open-faced or disguised.

When every blessed thing you have is made of silver, or of gold, you long for simple pewter.

Not always the fanciest cake that's there Is the best to eat!

No story ever looks as bad as the story you've just bought; no story ever looks as good as the story the other fellow just bought.

Keep a thing seven years and you will find a use for it.

Buy old masters. They fetch a better price than old mistresses.

Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who put them into action are priceless.

Poverty - one thing money can't buy.

O God! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap!

The idea of thanking staff should mean giving them something that they would never buy for themselves.

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; 'tis dearness only that gives everything it's value.

An acre of performance is worth the whole world of promise.

Those modern analysts, they charge so much! In my day, for five marks Freud himself would treat you. For ten marks he would treat you and press your pants. For fifteen marks Freud would let you treat him - that included a choice of any two vegetables.

The best is the cheapest.

Quality, not quantity, is my measure.

Alimony: the cash surrender value of a husband.

We also serve who only punctuate.

Friendships aren't perfect, and yet they are very precious. For me, not expecting perfection all in one place was a great release.

There is no such thing as something for nothing.

Fortune is like the market, where many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall.