Values Quotes

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There is reason to suspect, that the distinctions of mankind have more show than value, when it is found that all agree to be weary… — Samuel Johnson
I thrive best on solitude. If I have had a companion only one day in a week, unless it were one or two I could… — Henry David Thoreau
If you focus only on yourself and neglect others, you will lose; but you will gain if you value others as much as you cherish… — Dalai Lama
Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way in the world, without them it is like a great rough diamond, very well in a closet… — Lord Chesterfield
Look at the word responsibility-"response-ability"-the ability to choose your response. Highly proactive people recognize that responsibility. They do not blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for… — Stephen Covey
Money is multiplied in practical value depending on the number of W's you control in your life: what you do, when you do it, where… — Tim Ferriss
Be occupied, then, with what you really value and let the thief take something else. — Rumi
Rich people work hard and believe it's perfectly appropriate to be well rewarded for their efforts and the value they provide for others. Poor people… — T. Harv Eker
Rich people believe in themselves. They believe in their value and in their ability to deliver it. Poor people don't. That's why they need "guarantees." — T. Harv Eker
All great masters are chiefly distinguished by the power of adding a second, a third, and perhaps a fourth step in a continuous line. Many… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The right to vote is a consequence, not a primary cause, of a free social system - and its value depends on the constitutional structure… — Ayn Rand
Whenever we depart from voluntary cooperation and try to do good by using force, the bad moral value of force triumphs over good intentions. — Milton Friedman
Self-interest is not myopic selfishness. It is whatever it is that interests the participants, whatever they value, whatever goals they pursue. The scientist seeking to… — Milton Friedman
How you make it in this world, for the most part, depends more on what you do as opposed to whether people like or dislike… — Walter E. Williams
Today it would be progress if everyone would stop talking about values. Instead, let us talk, as the Founders did, about virtues. — George Will
At the heart of western freedom and democracy is the belief that the individual man ... is the touchstone of value, and all society, groups,… — Robert Kennedy
I would step in the way of a bullet if it were aimed at my husband. It is not self-sacrifice to die protecting that which… — Ayn Rand
You will be paid in direct proportion to the value you create in the marketplace. — T. Harv Eker
Money is central to our lives. Yet money is not of central importance. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the lasting values that make… — Kent Nerburn
Evolution goes beyond what went before, but because it must embrace what went before, then its very nature is to transcend and include and thus… — Ken Wilber

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