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title: "12 Value Thing Quotes by 12 authors"
description: "Browse 12 Value Thing quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Value Thing sayings and thoughts."
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> [The value of a thing is what that thing will bring. -Legal Maxim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/larry-niven/the-value-of-a-thing-is-what-that-thing-will-bring-legal-maxim/)

[Larry Niven](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/larry-niven/)

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> [The meaning or value of a thing consists of what it affords.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-j-gibson/the-meaning-or-value-of-a-thing-consists-of-what-it-affords/)

[James J. Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-j-gibson/)

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> [“The value of a thing lies in it lack”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/udeke-charles/the-value-of-a-thing-lies-in-it-lack/)

[Udeke Charles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/udeke-charles/)

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> [You value the thing you are fighting for, but then you learn to value the time it takes to do it and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-ruffalo/you-value-the-thing-you-are-fighting-for-but-then-you-learn-to-value/)

[Mark Ruffalo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-ruffalo/)

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> [The value of a thing sometimes lies not in what one attains with it, but in what one pays for it -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/the-value-of-a-thing-sometimes-lies-not-in-what-one-attains-with-it/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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> [You will never know the true value of a thing, until it becomes a memory spongebob squarepants](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dieyem/you-will-never-know-the-true-value-of-a-thing-until-it-becomes-a/)

[Dieyem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dieyem/)

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> [The value of a thing is the amount of laboring or work that its possession will save the possessor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-george/the-value-of-a-thing-is-the-amount-of-laboring-or-work-that-its/)

[Henry George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-george/)

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> [People only give value to a thing if they have, at some point, been uncertain as to whether or not they'll get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paulo-coelho/people-only-give-value-to-a-thing-if-they-have-at-some-point-been/)

[Paulo Coelho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paulo-coelho/)

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> [Little did I realize that my desire to add value to others would be the thing that added value to me!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-c-maxwell/little-did-i-realize-that-my-desire-to-add-value-to-others-would-be/)

[John C. Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-c-maxwell/)

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> [Hmmm! n time zz the most worthfull element in life if know its value!! each thing that v do 2 other leaves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sardar-hyder-abbas/hmmm-n-time-zz-the-most-worthfull-element-in-life-if-know-its-value/)

[Sardar Hyder Abbas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sardar-hyder-abbas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e09/sardar-hyder-abbas-3844_life_hmmm-n-time-zz-the-most-worthfull-elemen_821822.jpg)

> [Nothing has value in itself. The consumer confers value on it by seeking to acquire it. Hence, the value of a thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/faustino-ballve/nothing-has-value-in-itself-the-consumer-confers-value-on-it-by/)

[Faustino Ballve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/faustino-ballve/)

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> [Modern man has no real "value" for the ocean. All he has is the most crass form of egoist, pragmatic value for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-schaeffer/modern-man-has-no-real-value-for-the-ocean-all-he-has-is-the-most/)

[Francis Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-schaeffer/)

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