Quotes
Quotes about Worth
Over and over again mediocrity is promoted because real worth isn't to be found.
Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness: So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, Only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,
Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.
Forget those things that aren't worth remembering.
Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth.
An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
In this society, the norm of masculinity is phallic aggression. Male sexuality is, by definition, intensely and rigidly phallic. A man's identity is located in his conception of himself as the possessor of a phallus; a man's worth is located in his pride in phallic identity. The main characteristic of phallic identity is that worth is entirely contingent on the possession of a phallus. Since men have no other criteria for worth, no other notion of identity, those who do not have phalluses are not recognized as fully human.
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of th' unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin?
An ounce of mirth is worth a pound of sorrow.
Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.
In conversation, humor is worth more than wit and easiness more than knowledge.
When we are young, wandering the face of the Earth, wondering what our dreams might be worth, learning that we're only immortal; For a limited time.
We are the men of intrinsic value, who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves, whose worth is independent of accidents in life, or revolutions in government: we have heads to get money, and hearts to spend it.
The unlived life is not worth examining.
We never know the worth of water 'til the well is dry.
Think as you work, for in the final analysis, your worth to your company comes not only in solving problems, but also in anticipating them.
That proves you are unusual, returned the Scarecrow; and I am convinced the only people worthy of consideration in this world are the unusual ones. For the common folks are like the leaves of a tree, and live and die unnoticed.
In its famous paradox, the equation of money and excrement, psychoanalysis becomes the first science to state what common sense and the poets have long known--that the essence of money is in its absolute worthlessness.
Money is like manure: It's not worth anything unless you spread it around.
Money is your means of survival. The verdict you pronounce upon the source of your livelihood is the verdict you pronounce upon your life. If the source is corrupt, you have damned your own existence. Did you get your money by fraud? By pandering to men's vices or men's stupidity? By catering to fools, in the hope of getting more than your ability deserves? By lowering your standards? By doing work you despise for purchasers your scorn? If so, then your money will not give you a moment's or a penny's worth of joy. Then all the things you buy will become, not a tribute to you, but a reproach; not an achievement, but a reminder of shame. Then you'll scream that money is evil. Evil, because it would not pinch-hit for your self-respect? Evil, because it would not let you enjoy your depravity? Is this the root of your hatred of money?
Money dishonestly acquired is never worth its cost, while a good conscience never costs as much as it is worth.
If I have done any deed worthy of remembrance, that deed will be my monument. If not, no monument can preserve my memory.
What will this boaster produce worthy of this mouthing? The mountains are in labor; a ridiculous mouse will be born. [Lat., Quid dignum tanto feret hic promissor hiatu? Parturiunt montes; nascetur ridiculus mus.]
A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.
If the fairest features of the landscape are to be named after men, let them be the noblest and worthiest men alone.
