Values Quotes

6303 Values quotes by 3429 unique authors

It has drowned the most heavenly ecstasies of religious fervour, of chivalrous enthusiasm, of Philistine sentimentalism, in the icy water of egotistical calculation. It has… — Karl Marx
~The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them ~ — Michel de Montaigne
I say money has no value; it's just the way you spend it. — William Faulkner
Because like all whores you value propriety. You are creature of capitalism, the ethics of which are so totally corrupt and hypocritical that your beauty… — E L Doctorow
In fact I no longer value this kind of memento. I no longer want reminders of what was, what got broken, what got lost, what… — Joan Didion
But the philosophical and scientific process which I call 'secularization' necessarily involves the divesting of spiritual meaning from the world of nature; the desacralization of… — Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas
When we are young, we spend much time and pains in filling our note-books with all definitions of Religion, Love, Poetry, Politics, Art, in the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Superclass tries to promote its values. Ordinary people complain of divine injustice, they envy power, and it pains them to see others having fun.… — Paulo Coelho
They were governed by private loyalties which they did not question. What mattered were individual relationships, and a completely helpless gesture, an embrace, a tear,… — George Orwell
You can lose yourself in repetition—quiet your thoughts; I learned the value of this at a very young age. — Matthew Quick
I was raised thinking that moral and ethical standards are universals that apply equally to everyone. And these values aren't easily compatible with the kind… — Charles Stross
Winning or losing an argument, receiving an acceptance or rejection, is no proof of the validity or value of personal identity. One may be wrong,… — Sylvia Plath
Look... we're getting to be old men, and we've spent our lives looking for the weaknesses in one another's systems. I can see through Eastern… — John le Carre
Forty-two years after Dr. King was murdered, we are still a nation of inequality. People of color, women, gays, lesbians, and others are still treated… — Gary L. Francione
There is such a love, a love that creates value in what is loved. There is a love that turns rag dolls into priceless treasures.… — John Ortberg
We humans do not understand compassion. In each moment of our lives, we betray it. Aye, we know of its worth, yet in knowing we… — Steven Erikson
In a world without love, this is what people are to each other: values, benefits, and liabilities, numbers and data. We weigh, we quantify, we… — Lauren Oliver
Humanists recognize that it is only when people feel free to think for themselves, using reason as their guide, that they are best capable of… — Isaac Asimov
Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way.… — Joyce Meyer
The More we value things, the less we value ourselves — Bruce Lee
I'm the best kind of thief, the kind that leaves behind items equal in value to those he's stolen. — Holly Black
I have a feeling,’ he said, ‘I have a feeling that we were meant to be together. That we have fought the good fight, side… — Neil Gaiman
Reading things that are relevant to the facts of your life is of limited value. The facts are, after all, only the facts, and the… — Jeanette Winterson
[He was aware] of the value of the word of praise dropped at exactly the right moment; and he would have thought himself extremely stupid… — Georgette Heyer
Ads sell a great deal more than products. They sell values, images, and concepts of success and worth. — BrenÃ© Brown

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