Quotes About Value

Oh, if a man tried To take his time on earth And prove before he died What one man's life could be worth, I wonder what would happen to this world

for me to ask for a raise is—is demeaning.

You know, we have a saying that other people boast of the beauty of their women; we boast of our old men.

Life's too short to spend with important people.

Life is too precious to spend it with important people.

As a designer, the mission with which we have been charged is simple: providing space at the right cost.

I'm as big as snob as they come, but money is a terrible barometer of a person's worth. The standard I used is what a person is choosing to do with his life. So for me a struggling musician (someone dedicated to their craft, not some slacker) is much better than some lame investment banker. And the fact that she lied seemed like she was ashamed. She dismissed my anger as if I were overreacting.

because the deeper you get into golf, the more you learn to value the freedom, the companionship, the joy of being outdoors in beautiful surroundings, and the profound mysteries of the game itself.

My movies are important on an economic basis, on an artistic basis.

I held a moment in my hand, brilliant as a star, fragile as a flower, a tiny sliver of one hour. I dripped it carelessly, Ah! I didn't know, I held opportunity.

True modesty and true pride are much the same thing. Both consist in setting a just value on ourselves?neither more nor less.

all things that seem good and evil are the opposite ends of one line, and it is difficult to say where evil ends and good begins, for these are comparative terms. A lesser good would seem evil when compared with a greater good, and the lesser evil in comparison with the greater evil would appear good. If there were no evil, good would not have been valued. Without injustice, justice would not have been appreciated. Therefore the whole of life's joy is expressed in duality.

Words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels

And yet the most valuable things are attained with the least effort. But one does not realize their importance. One would rather have something which is attained with a great effort

we didn't always assume that just doing stuff that someone else is paying you for is of value

The wisdom of elders is ancient and necessary in human history, and there is deep value in being skeptical of the wisdom of elders, when that wisdom is out of place, or of the wrong time.

The beauty and the ultimate value of a story like Mad Men lies in its repeated insistence that unless we stop searching for more, we'll never truly find happiness or peace.

Here's the thing: being nice is worthless if you're just going to feel resentful about it in the end.

We can discover that of the rough material we've been given, every single thread of what we'll eventually contribute back to the tapestry of all humanity is every bit as important, needed, wanted, and cherished as every and any other scrap and thread.

If keeping your word costs you the one thing you love the most, then what was it even worth keeping in the first place?

Becoming a child again is what is impossible. That's what you have a legitimate reason to be upset over. Childhood is the most valuable thing that's taken away from you in life, if you think about it.

Childhood is the most valuable thing that's taken away from you in life, if you think about it.

Rosie was also used to conflicting emotions, for she was a mother and knew every moment of every day that no one out in the world could ever love or value or nurture her children as well as she could and yet that it was necessary nonetheless to send them out into that world anyway.

Not much of what I value in our lives is easy.