1,992 Quotes About Value

[F]or what in this world is worth doing that doesn't require a portion of one's body and soul?

Knowledge has no value except that which can be gained from its application toward some worthy end.

Every life is precious, has value, a purpose, and is significant. Each life adds value to this world and to the lives of others. That value is immeasurable.

In this sense every serious choice has a tragicomic dimension. For it is impossible to be a human being without choosing, and it is impossible to choose without value denials, and it is impossible to deny values without guilt. That is a very simple though, but it forms the core definition of guilt: an awareness of significant value loss for which I know myself to be responsible. Guilt is the self-knowing of moral loss.

In this world and the hereafter, we should not be afraid of no one but ourselves.

Back home, I went to my closet and pulled out the old engineer’s transit case stored there. When we were kids, Emma and I had found it in the attic, dusty and empty, and the leather strap used to carry it had a small cut in it. The tag on the top of the wooden-hinged lid read Circa 1907. It was mostly weatherproof and offered plenty of room for the things I valued—like books.

Well, a man can but hold fast to what he believes right, and even the opponent he baulks should value him for that.

O dinheiro desvia nossa atenção do que é importante, das coisas mais puras e do que de fato tem valor.

Think about what you sell in terms of how it eases or prevents pain for your client.