Quotes about Value

Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth; but a good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.

So little knows Any but God alone to value right The good before him but perverts best things To worst abuse or to their meanest use.

He who kills a person kills a reasonable creature, but he who kills a good book destroys reason itself.

People nowadays take time far more seriously than eternity. — Thomas Kelly

That is what our Fuhrer maintains- that some are more worthy of life than others. Indeed, he asserts that an elite few in the world are worthy of life and procreation. Ask yourself, if you do not believe that to be true why is it not? If this child is not able to contribute to society in the same way you and I are able, does it make her less valuable? How do you know?

Sometimes the hardest part of the journey is believing you're worthy of the trip.

You never fully appreciate what you had until you don't have it anymore

Self-esteem isn't everything; it's just that there's nothing without it

I can go on the road - because I can come home. I come home - because I'm free to leave. Each way of being is more valued in the presence of the other.

She found value in conflict, no matter what. "The purpose of ass-kicking is not that your ass gets kicked at the right time or for the right reason," she often explained. "It's to keep your ass sensitive.

When referring to an individual, including yourself, never use the word 'just'.

It's true, isn't it? Then what else really matters?