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    In an archery contest, when the stakes are earthenware tiles a contestant shoots with skill. When the stakes are belt buckles he becomes hesitant, and if the stakes are pure gold he becomes nervous and confused. There is no difference as to his skil.

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Too many people today know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Too many people today know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

by Unknown Found in: Value Quotes,
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Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living.

Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living.

by Emily Bronte Found in: Value Quotes,
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Some values are ... like sugar on the doughnut, legitimate, desirable, but insufficient, apart from the doughnut itself. We need read more

Some values are ... like sugar on the doughnut, legitimate, desirable, but insufficient, apart from the doughnut itself. We need substance as well as frosting.

by Ralph T. Flewelling Found in: Value Quotes,
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Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the moral qualities you have achieved read more

Love is the expression of one's values, the greatest reward you can earn for the moral qualities you have achieved in your character and person, the emotional price paid by one man for the joy he receives from the virtues of another.

by Ayn Rand Found in: Reward Quotes, Value Quotes,
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Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.

Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.

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Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.

Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.

by Karl Marx Found in: Value Quotes,
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All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.

All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.

by Albert Einstein Found in: Value Quotes,
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. . . one of the goals of life is to try and be in touch with one's most personal read more

. . . one of the goals of life is to try and be in touch with one's most personal themes -- the values, ideas, styles, colors that are the touchstones of one's own individual life, its real texture and substance.

by Gloria Vanderbilt Found in: Value Quotes,
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What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.

by Thomas Paine Found in: Value Quotes,
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