Value Quotes

• The value of the beans for oil production, as well as for human food, has become recognized so quickly and so generally during the past year that the crop has acquired a commercial standing far in excess of its previous status.

  

  David F. Houston
  • Past
  • Food
  • Value

• Only on the assumption of belief in the validity of values is the attempt to espouse value-judgments meaningful. However, to judge the validity of such values is a matter of faith.

  

  Max Weber
  • Faith
  • Judge
  • Meaningful

• Cruelty is not a literary value.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Value
  • Cruelty
  • Literary

• I think that's what the most fascinating part of getting to know someone is - to see how they do things, and how their way of doing things is different from your way of doing things, and the fun of trying to do it their way and to see what value there is in looking at things from their perspective.

  

  Kali Hawk
  • Different
  • Trying
  • Fun

• Burning Man is devoted to acts of gift giving. The value of a gift is unconditional. Gifting does not contemplate a return or an exchange for something of equal value.

  

  Larry Harvey
  • Giving
  • Value

• Wanted: a man who is larger than his calling, who considers it a low estimate of his occupation to value it merely as a means of getting a living.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
  • Man
  • Value
  • Living

• I'm making better than two million a year, but it's hard work. The luxuries and pleasures I enjoy in my spare time keep me in condition to do that work. Carnegie and Frick have more money than I have, but I'm getting more value for my dollars than they are.

  

  Charles M. Schwab
  • Time
  • Work
  • Money

• I think there is an army clock ticking in me. I value time. I always want to be on time. I don't complain about things, saying, 'There is no caravan here,' etc. For example, they could only arrange a tent on the location of 'Pareshanu Raa'. I understand the importance of money. I respect my work a lot. Not that I am the only one who works hard.

  

  Rakul Preet Singh
  • Time
  • Work
  • Money

• Value, therefore, does not stalk about with a label describing what it is.

  

  Karl Marx
  • Value

• Medals are great encouragement to young men and lead them to feel their work is of value, I remember how keenly I felt this when in the 1890s. I received the Darwin Medal and the Huxley Medal. When one is old, one wants no encouragement and one goes on with one's work to the extent of one's power, because it has become habitual.

  

  Karl Pearson
  • Work
  • Great
  • Men

• We eat every day, and if we do it in a way that doesn't recognize value, it's contributing to the destruction of our culture and of agriculture. But if it's done with a focus and care, it can be a wonderful thing. It changes the quality of your life.

  

  Alice Waters
  • Life
  • Done
  • Culture

• I was taught to value hard work. At the end of day, I'm just Olivia.

  

  Olivia Culpo
  • Work
  • Day
  • Hard Work

• Does capital punishment tend to the security of the people? By no means. It hardens the hearts of men, and makes the loss of life appear light to them; and it renders life insecure, inasmuch as the law holds out that property is of greater value than life.

  

  Elizabeth Fry
  • People
  • Life
  • Men

• Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort, the educational value of a good example and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles.

  

  Pierre de Coubertin
  • Life
  • Good
  • Respect

• I have learned so many things from my mother about the right upbringing, the right values, value for money, value for elders, for family members. I think these things only a parent can teach you.

  

  Karisma Kapoor
  • Family
  • Money
  • Mother

• I don't think our government really has much of a policy about air travel. I would compare the policies of United Arab Emirates, which has done a terrific job recognizing the value of transportation, of travel.

  

  Jeff Smisek
  • Done
  • Job
  • Air

• Investors making purchases in an overheated market need to recognize that it may often take an extended period for the value of even an outstanding company to catch up with the price they paid.

  

  Warren Buffett
  • Up
  • May
  • Period

• If you so choose, even the unexpected setbacks can bring new and positive possibilities. If you so choose, you can find value and fulfillment in every circumstance.

  

  Ralph Marston
  • Value
  • Positive
  • Unexpected

• Men do not value a good deed unless it brings a reward.

  

  Ovid
  • Good
  • Men
  • Value

• A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Time
  • True
  • Man

• I would not waste time, as Senator Gillibrand does, on things such as dictating a national minimum driving age and sponsoring a 'National Day of Play.' I'd help New Yorkers understand that we get less in value from Washington than what we send there in taxes.

  

  Wendy E. Long
  • Time
  • Help
  • Age

• Opera singing is in every way of inestimable value; a real heritage for all mankind that has been reached over centuries of studies, attempts, flights of the spirit.

  

  Andrea Bocelli
  • Real
  • Value
  • Singing

• I've enjoyed my time in the game, whether it be managing Luton in the top flight, taking Spurs to Wembley or, as director of football, pinpointing players such as Jermain Defoe, Paul Robinson and Robbie Keane with real sell-on value.

  

  David Pleat
  • Time
  • Real
  • Game

• As women, we must speak out, speak up, say no to our inheritance of loss and yes to a future of women-led dialogue about women's rights and value.

  

  Zainab Salbi
  • Up
  • Women
  • Future

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