Quotes About Value

Words should be weighed and not counted.

Productive work is the central purpose of a rational man's life, the central value that integrates and determines the hierarchy of all his other values. Reason is the source, the precondition of his productive work - pride is the result.

A problem not worth praying about is not worth worrying about.

If only the people who worry about their liabilities would think about the riches they do possess, they would stop worrying. Would you sell both your eyes for a million dollars ... or your two legs ... or your hands ... or your hearing? Add up what you do have, and you'll find that you won't sell them for all the gold in the world. The best things in life are yours, if you can appreciate yourself.

This was the penn'worth of his thought.

The game is not worth the candle.

Of whom the world was not worthy.

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

Excellence costs a great deal.

Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was or what freedom really is.

A little neurosis may be a valuable asset, even though a heavy one may be hard to take.

Age 80. — Anyone who stops learning is old, whether this happens at 20 or at 80. Anyone who keeps on learning not only remains young, but becomes constantly more valuable, regardless of physical capacity.

A woman is like mahogany — the older she is, the better she is.

Good wine sells itself.

Lepota je skupa, ludo skupa a ništavna i varljiva stvar.

Nije važno koliko ?ovek vremena uštedi, nego šta s tim ušte?enim vremenom radi; ako ga na zlo upotrebi, onda bi bolje bilo da ga nema. Nije glavno pitanje da li ?ovek brzo ide, nego kud ide i po kakvom poslu.

Ko obrazom pla?a ono što ste?e, taj je r?av trgovac.

I kad oni koji me tla?e, truju i jedu, i koji za drugi život i ne znaju, nalaze u sebi snage, izdržljivosti i veštine za borbu, zašto da je ne na?em ja koji sam gledao i koji ?u opet videti sjaj drugog, lepšeg života za koji nijedna žrtva nije prevelika i nijedna cena previsoka?

A kad se kod nas kaze za nekoga da ga niko ne zarezuje,to znaci vrlo cesto da ga svi gaze.

Sve mu daj, a uzmi mu zdravlje, pa kao da mu ništa dao nisi.

When I am not desperate, I am worthless.

You simply cannot pay the debts that come along with believing you are unworthy.

The key is to be grateful for the scenarios we choose and those in which we find ourselves. The issue is to forgive ourselves for the judgments we have made about the work we do, the people we work with, and the value of what we bring to the work we do.

Doing the wrong thing can be corrected. Being wrong, on the other hand, is a fatal flaw. When being who we are—our essence—is deemed wrong, everything we touch becomes contaminated. Our innate wrongness becomes the filter through which we see the world and measure our worth, value, and deservedness.