Value Quotes

It is impossible to escape the impression that people commonly use false standards of measurement – that they seek power, success and wealth for themselves and admire them in others, and that they underestimate what is of true value in life.[Man kann sich des Eindrucks nicht erwehren, daß die Menschen gemeinhin mit falschen Maßstäben messen, Macht, Erfolg und Reichtum für sich anstreben und bei anderen bewundern, die wahren Werte des Lebens aber unterschätzen.]

Only the ideas that we actually live are of any value.

One’s life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation, compassion.

What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that as a result of your seeking you cannot find.

To love is to value. Only a rationally selfish man, a man of self-esteem, is capable of love – because he is the only man capable of holding firm, consistent, uncompromising, unbetrayed values. The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.

The things people say of a man do not alter a man. He is what he is. Public opinion is of no value whatsoever.

The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.

Nothing is more highly to be prized than the value of each day.

Never doubt that you are valuable and powerful and deserving of every chance and opportunity in the world to pursue and achieve your own dreams.