Values Quotes
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Nor can they understand why a totally useless substance like gold should now, all over the world, be considered far more important than human beings, who gave it such value as it has, purely for their own convenience.
Thomas More
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A price is something you get.
A cost is something you lose.
Lois McMaster
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We have a long tradition in this state of caring for our neighbors - it is truly an Iowa value.
Tom Vilsack
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Wisdom is a kind of knowledge. It is knowledge of the nature, career, and consequences of human values.
Sidney Hook
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Great pressure is brought to bear to make us undervalue ourselves. On the other hand, civilization teaches that each of us is an inestimable prize. There are, then, these two preparations: one for life and the other for death. Therefore we value and are ashamed to value ourselves.
Saul Bellow
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Our history shows that what we must do is assert domination over the machine, to guide it so that it works for the values of our choice.
Charles A. Reich
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The primary role of the church is to reflect God's value system in society and to train people in that value system. It's not the government's responsibility, nor are they equipped to do that on the most local level where the need exists.
Tony Evans
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When you experience having nothing you value everything - and that applies to all aspects of life.
Geoff Capes
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I felt like there wasn't a political discourse. I felt like there was just one set of values, and any one set of values was wrong; that there should at least be room for conversation.
Cecily McMillan
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Story-telling is subject to two unavoidable defects,--frequent repetition and being soon exhausted; so that, whoever values this gift in himself, has need of a good memory, and ought frequently to shift his company.
Jonathan Swift
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We’ll start with the assumption that we all want to be effective, both within the organization and within ourselves. And let’s define effective as creating the results we want long-term and with sustainability. To be effective, we need to be clear about our mission, vision, and values.
Christine Comaford
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We are told to value ourselves without feedback, but if nobody is making a pass at you or trying to take you to Bermuda, how are you supposed to feel? Confident?
Helen Gurley Brown