Quotes About Value

Tertullian put it, either disarmingly or annoyingly according to your taste. I believe it because it is absurd. It is impossible to quarrel seriously with such a view. If one must have faith in order to believe something, or believe in something, then the likelihood of that something having any truth or value is considerably diminished.

Never mind. Never mind. In this brief life, one cannot always be counting the cost.

But George knows he can't do that. Because, absurdly, inadequately, in spite of himself, almost, he is a representative of the hope. And the hope is not false. No. It's just that George is like a man trying to sell a real diamond for a nickel, on the street. The diamond is protected from all but the tiniest few, because the great hurrying majority can never stop to dare to believe that it could conceivably be real.

My teeth were nice commodities, and I did enjoy having kidneys, but I'd give them all away if someone threatened to take my Slayer albums from me.

A diamond set in lead his worth retains.

The value of the work we do is the value we give to it.

Perhaps there is a reason that there is no fool piece on the chessboard. What action, a fool? What strategy, a fool? What use, a fool? Ah, but a fool resides in a deck of cards, a joker, sometimes two. Of no worth, of course. No real purpose. The appearance of a trump, but none of the power: Simply an instrument of chance. Only a dealer may give value to the joker.

there comes a point where you'll find something out, where you'll see something, or where something will suddenly come together, and you'll realize that you know something that no one else in the world knows yet. Just you. No one else. You realize that all the value you have is in that one thing, and you're only going to have it for a short time until you tell someone else, but for that time you are more alive than you'll ever be.

pursuit of material gain is ultimately empty when measured against eternity;

what do you bring to this enterprise to justify a third of the profits?" "Will," said Iago.

What is the worth of anything we do? The worth is in the act. Your worth halts when you surrender the will to change and experience life.

books should go where they will be most appreciated, not sit unread, gathering dust on a foreign shelf, don't you agree?

Buku seharusnya berada di tangan yang paling bisa menghargainya, dan tidak hanya diletakkan tanpa dibaca, mengumpulkan debu dalam lemari yang terlupakan.

Things that change and are lost, that is what's worth preserving.

Book should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf, don't you agree?

Gregorovich continued: Could I advise myself in the past, prior to my transition, I would tell myself to make the most of what I had while I had it. Too often we don't appreciatethe value of something until it has slipped our grasp.

Books should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf

everything in this world must be paid for, whether in gold, time, or blood. Nothing is without its price.

No es fácil. Por supuesto que no. Las cosas que valen la pena no suelen serlo. Eragon

The worth is in the act. Your worth halts when you surrender the will to change and experience life. - Saphira

Los libros deberían de ir a parar donde más valor se les dé, y no deben quedar almacenados, acumulando polvo en algún estante olvidado.

Bücher sollten dort sein, wo sie am meisten gewürdigt werden, und nicht ungelesen in irgendeinem Regal stehen und Staub ansetzen, findest du nicht auch?

If I remember correctly, you've never learned to read, have you?" He shrugged. "What for? I can count and figure as well as any man. My father said that teaching us to read made no more sense than teaching a dog to walk on his hind legs: amusing, but hardly worth the effort.

Try not to burn down Aroughs, would you? Cities are rather hard to replace.