Values Quotes

6303 Values quotes by 3429 unique authors

We get paid for bringing value to the marketplace. It takes time,... but we get paid for the value, not the time. — Jim Rohn
Do you believe in the value of truth, my dear, or don’t you?” “Of course I believe in the truth,” said Rhoda, staring. “Yes, you… — Agatha Christie
Knowledge rooted in experience shapes what we value and as a consequence how we know what we know as well as how we use what… — Bell Hooks
Oh, she doesn't belong to anybody now,' he said, and suddenly I saw her for what she was - a piece of refuse waiting to… — Graham Greene
Do not waste the vast majority of your life doing something you hate so that you can spend the small remainder sliver of your life… — Adrian Tan
Since we live in a society that promotes faddism and temporary superficial adaptation of different values, we are easily convinced that changes have occurred in… — Bell Hooks
Whether the mask is labeled fascism, democracy, or dictatorship of the proletariat, our great adversary remains the apparatus—the bureaucracy, the police, the military. Not the… — Simone Weil
To think that only faultless people are worthwhile seems like an incredible exclusion of almost everything of deep value in the human saga. Sometimes I… — Marilynne Robinson
She had taken to wondering lately, during these swift-counted years, what had been done with all those wasted summer days; how could she have spent… — Shirley Jackson
We are all farsighted, we give importance to those things that are far from us, while neglecting the things that are close to us... only… — Ai Yazawa
I'll tell you truly: I value my thought and work terribly, but in essence - think about it - this whole world of ours is… — Leo Tolstoy
Don't dream of being a good person, be a human being is valuable and gives value to life. — Albert Einstein
If life — the craving for which is the very essence of our being — were possessed of any positive intrinsic value, there would be… — Arthur Schopenhauer
In the end, I always act from the heart, even if I also value reason and tradition. I wish I could explain why, but I… — Elizabeth Kostova
There's little value in seeking to find reasons for why people do what they do, or feel the way they feel. Hatred is a most… — Steven Erikson
That memory made a lump form in my throat as I remembered his face, serious and gorgeous, those brown eyes intense and passionate as he… — Richelle Mead
Life is a value to be bought and thinking is the only coin noble enough to buy it. — Ayn Rand
Rome tolerated every abominable practice, embraced every foul idea in the name of freedom and the rights of the common man. Citizens no longer carried… — Francine Rivers
This tug-of-war often obscures what's also happening between us. I am your mother, the first mile of your road. Me and all my obvious and… — Kelly Corrigan
I could never find two people who are perfectly equal: one will always be more valuable than the other. And many people, as a matter… — Pentti Linkola
Literature was the passport to enter a larger life; that is, the zone of freedom. Literature was freedom. Especially in a time in which the… — Susan Sontag
I mean that I value vision, and dread being struck stone blind. — Charlotte Bronte
Here is the true meaning and value of compassion and nonviolence, when it helps us to see the enemy's point of view, to hear his… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Peace of mind produces right values, right values produce right thoughts. Right thoughts produce right actions and right actions produce work which will be a… — Robert M. Pirsig
Our holiday food splurge was a small crate of tangerines, which we found ridiculously thrilling after an eight-month abstinence from citrus.... Lily hugged each one… — Barbara Kingsolver

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