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Quotes About Value

One dollar and eighty-seven cents.
~ O. Henry
Eight dollars a week or a million a year—what is the difference? A mathematician or a wit would give you the wrong answer.
~ O. Henry
We still say 'the apple of the eye' when we wish to describe something superlatively precious.
~ O. Henry
Out of his trance Jim seemed quickly to wake. He enfolded his Della. For ten seconds let us regard with discreet scrutiny some inconsequential object in the other direction. Eight dollars a week or a million a year—what is the difference? A mathematician or a wit would give you the wrong answer. The magi brought valuable gifts, but that was not among them. This dark assertion will be illuminated later on.
~ O. Henry
One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one's cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. Three times Della counted it. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas.
~ O. Henry
She turned on me a flatteringly protracted but a wiltingly disapproving gaze, & then went inside, humming a light song to indicate the value she placed upon my existence.
~ O. Henry
My dreams are worthless, my plans are dust, my goals are impossible. All are of no value unless they are followed by action.
~ Og Mandino
Every one should be wealthy, if only for a day, so that each might realize that being rich is not the ideal condition that most believe it is. And like the land, we should have little need for all that silver when we cease breating. Let us enjoy the smiling faces of as many children of god as we can while we are able to see them.
~ Og Mandino
Only action determines my value in the market place and to multiply my value I will multiply my actions.
~ Og Mandino
Nature already has supplied me with knowledge and instinct far greater than any beast in the forest and the value of experience is overrated, usually by old men who nod wisely and speak stupidly.
~ Og Mandino
Mis sueños carecen de valor alguno, mis planes son como el polvo, mis metas son imposibles. Todo ello carece de valor a menos que sea seguido de la acción.
~ Og Mandino
will capitalize on this difference for it is an asset to be promoted to the fullest.
~ Og Mandino
The only certain means of success is to render more and better service than is expected of you, no matter what the task may be. This is a habit followed by all successful people since the beginning of time. Therefore I saith the surest way to doom yourself to mediocrity is to perform only the work for which you are paid.
~ Og Mandino
The Scroll Marked VIII Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.
~ Og Mandino
The Scroll Marked IX My dreams are worthless, my plans are dust, my goals are impossible. All are of no value unless they are followed by action. I will act now.
~ Og Mandino
I am a unique creature of nature. I am rare and there is value in all rarity; therefore, I am valuable
~ Og Mandino
Junk is in the eyes of the beholder. Some look, but others see.
~ Old Sculptor Myles Munroe
I believe there's a calling for all of us. I know that every human being has value and purpose. The real work of our lives is to become aware. And awakened. To answer the call.
~ Oprah Winfrey
You were seen, you were heard and you matter.
~ Oprah Winfrey
Don't worry about becoming successful but work toward being significant and the success will naturally follow.
~ Oprah Winfrey
Value yourself more.
~ Oprah Winfrey
being here, alive, makes you worthy.
~ Oprah Winfrey
Passt sie zu dem, was ich bereits habe? Handele ich nur aus einer Laune heraus? Hat es für mich einen wirklichen Nutzen, oder macht mir einfach nur der Besitz an sich Freude?
~ Oprah Winfrey
the most valuable gift you can give yourself is the time to nurture the unique spirit that is you.
~ Oprah Winfrey