Values Quotes

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Since man does not create physical matter, those who handle material objects in the production process are not producers in that sense. Economic benefits result… — Thomas Sowell
There are a set of malicious, prating, prudent gossips, both male and female, who murder characters to kill time; and will rob a young fellow… — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
A code of values accepted by choice is a code of morality. — Ayn Rand
Productive work is the central purpose of a rational man's life, the central value that integrates and determines the hierarchy of all his other values.… — Ayn Rand
We must give as much weight to the arousal of the emotions and to the expression of moral and aesthetic values as we now give… — Lewis Mumford
Virtue is not a chemical product... it is a historic product, like language and literature; and this means that if we cease to care about… — Lewis Mumford
I value the kind of prayer when you stand at the edge of the sea, or beneath a tree, or smell a flower, or love… — Roger Ebert
The rabble estimate few things according to their real value, most things according to their prejudices. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
A work of art is static; and its value and its weakness lie in being so: but the tuft of grass and the clouds above… — Freya Stark
If I were to give one piece of advice, I would say to never accept anything that you hear or see at face value. As… — Ernest Gaines
Do you value people who won't benefit you or only those who might contribute in some way to your success? Great team players truly value… — John C. Maxwell
The $50 note trick - ask who wants it even after stomping on it - moral is, no matter what we do to it it… — John C. Maxwell
Self-actualizing people are those who have come to a high level of maturation, health and self-fulfillment... the values that self-actualizers appreciate include truth, creativity, beauty,… — Abraham Maslow
I get a little angry about this highhanded scrapping of the look of things. What else have we to go by? How else can the… — Margaret Culkin Banning
The "value" or "worth" of a man is, as of all other things, his price; that is to say, so much as would be given… — Thomas Hobbes
Economics is a theoretical science and as such abstains from any judgement of value. It is not its task to tell people what ends they… — Ludwig von Mises
[A personÂ’s] utmost art and industry can never equal the meanest of nature's productions, either for beauty or value. — David Hume
The anthropologist respects history, but he does not accord it a special value. He conceives it as a study complementary to his own: one of… — Claude Levi-Strauss
Profound, bottomless self-doubt - it has no value - what's the point? In a way, it takes up as much time as anything else. — Jonathan Safran Foer
One should cultivate human values for healthy living. this calls for harmony in thought, word and deed. When you cultivate this harmony you will be… — Sathya Sai Baba

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