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Worth Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- If I shall sell both my forenoons and afternoons to society, as most appear to do, I'm sure that, for me, there would be nothing…
- I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were worth the postage.
- It is not worth while to go round the world to count the cats in Zanzibar.
- Instead of studying how to make it worth men's while to buy my baskets, I studied rather how to avoid the necessity of selling them.
- It would be worth the while if in each town there were a committee appointed to see that the beauty of the town received no…
- When you are starting away, leaving your more familiar fields, for a little adventure like a walk, you look at every object with a traveler's,…
- The gentle rain which waters my beans and keeps me in the house today is not drear and melancholy, but good for me too. Though…
- A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town.
- It's not worth our while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
- Begin where you are and such as you are, without aiming mainly to become of more worth, and with kindness aforethought, go about doing good.
- It is easier to sail many thousand miles through cold and storm and cannibals, in a government ship, with five hundred men and boys to…
- It is worth the while to live respectably unto ourselves. We can possibly get along with a neighbor, even with a bedfellow, whom we respect…
- Music is the sound of the universal laws promulgated. It is the only assured tone. There are in it such strains as far surpass any…
- Would it not be worth while to discover nature in Milton? be native to the universe? I, too, love Concord best, but I am glad…
More Worth Quotes
- I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it? — Richard Bach
- It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest… — David Attenborough
- A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions. — Marcus Aurelius
- What value is there in faith without works? And what are they worth if they are not united to the merits of… — Teresa of Avila
- The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others. — Robert Baden-Powell
- No one can figure out your worth but you. — Pearl Bailey
- A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing. — Pearl Bailey
- Discrimination due to age is one of the great tragedies of modern life. The desire to work and be useful is what… — Johnny Ball
- I have a fantastic studio in my home, and it's my biggest toy. I have about a half a million dollars worth… — Antonio Banderas
- Lists of books we reread and books we can't finish tell more about us than about the relative worth of the books… — Russell Banks
- I don't really care where movies come from as long as they're worth making. — Javier Bardem
- I would like, before I die, to see the changes I've always fought for being made. If not, my life will have… — Brigitte Bardot