Abstract Quote by Ann Radcliffe

The world needs a sense of worth, and it will achieve it only by its people feeling that they are worthwhile.

— Fred Rogers

When you confer a benefit on those worthy of it, you confer a favor on all.

— Publilius Syrus

“It’s just human psychological truth really. Anything acquired without effort and without cost investment of time and energy is generally unappreciated within you. And…

— Scott Abel

Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight.

— William Safire

It is how we feel about ourselves that provides the greatest reward from any activity. It is not what we get that makes us…

— Jim Rohn

“Intrinsic personal value - the foundation of ethical value - starts when our individual life journeys begin. It ends only with the cessation of…

— John F. Kavanaugh S.J

“Objectivism holds that the good must be defined by a rational standard of value, that pleasure is not a first cause, but only a…

— Alex Ayres

There is only one thing in the world that is really valuable, it is to do good.

— African Spir

“if you come up with something the world values, you almost can’t help but be rewarded. Conversely, reality tends to penalize those people, species,…

— Ray Dalio

Nothing is intrinsically valuable; the value of everything is attributed to it, assigned to it from outside the thing itself, by people.

— John Barth

“Our only real pleasure is to squander our resources to no purpose, just as if a wound were bleeding away inside us; we always…

— Georges Bataille

“Systemic processes tend to reward people for making decisions that turn out to be right—creating great resentment among the anointed, who feel themselves entitled…

— Thomas Sowell