Valuable Quotes - Page 12

• There is something even more valuable to civilization than wisdom, and that is character.

  H. L. Mencken

  Character, Civilization, Religion

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• No pecuniary consideration is more urgent, than the regular redemption and discharge of the public debt: on none can delay be more injurious, or an economy of time more valuable.

  George Washington

  President, Delay, Redemption

  George Washington (1855). “Maxims of Washington: Political, Social, Moral, and Religious”, p.120

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• The standard of good behavior for the continuance in office of the judicial magistracy is certainly one of the most valuable of the modern improvements in the practice of government.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Government, Practice, Office

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay (1852). “The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in 1788”, p.355

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• But having considered everything which has been said, one could by this believe that the earth and not the heavens is so moved, and there is no evidence to the contrary. Nevertheless, this seems prima facie as much, or more, against natural reason as are all or several articles of our faith. Thus, that which I have said by way of diversion (esbatement) in this manner can be valuable to refute and check those who would impugn our faith by argument.

  Nicole Oresme

  Believe, Science, Heaven

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• Time is more valuable than money, because time is irreplaceable.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leadership, Irreplaceable

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• Difficulties can be a valuable tool in our pursuit of perfection. Adversity need have no necessary connection with failure.

  Marvin J. Ashton

  Adversity, Perfection, Connections

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• Professional marriage counselors agree that the most productive and mature way to deal with marital anger is to stomp dramatically from the room. You want to make your move before the opponent does, because the first person to stomp from the room receives valuable Argument Points that can be redeemed for exciting merchandise at the Marital Prize Redemption Center.

  Dave Barry

  Moving, Funny Marriage, Doe

  Dave Barry (2010). “Dave Barry Talks Back”, p.208, Crown Archetype

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• The feeling of being valuable - 'I am a valuable person'- is essential to mental health and is a cornerstone of self-discipline.

  M. Scott Peck

  Self, Discipline, Feelings

  M. Scott Peck (2012). “The Road Less Travelled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth”, p.12, Random House

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• Barack and I were both raised by families who didn't have much in the way of money or material possessions but who had given us something far more valuable - their unconditional love, their unflinching sacrifice, and the chance to go places they had never imagined for themselves.

  Michelle Obama

  Sacrifice, Unconditional Love, Way

  Michelle Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, www.npr.org. September 4, 2012.

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• If our work is stimulating and rewarding, if it pushes us to grow...we become more valuable human beings.

  Jane Fonda

  Loss, Grows, Humans

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• My love for the child asleep in the crib, the child's need for me, for my vigilance, had made my life valuable in a way that even the most abundantly offered love, my parents', my brother's, even Tom's, had failed to do. Love was required of me now--to be given, not merely to be sought and returned.

  Alice McDermott

  Brother, Children, Parent

  Alice McDermott (2013). “Someone: A Novel”, p.192, Macmillan

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• At what price do we get our news? The role of economics in defining the nature of contemporary journalism has never been better explained. A valuable, important book for those of us who watch, read, or listen to the news.

  Marvin Kalb

  Book, Important, Watches

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• I will be a commodity, and I will be in demand and valuable.

  Marie Calloway

  Demand, Commodity

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• It's fun just spending time with everyone. It's something that's so simple, yet so valuable to me

  David Archuleta

  Fun, Simple, Spending Time

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• Pretending is not just play. Pretending is imagined possibility. Pretending, or acting, is a very valuable life skill and we do it all the time.

  Meryl Streep

  Play, Skills, Acting

  Barnard College Commencement Speech, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 18, 2010.

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• I feel like the feminine has been a little undervalued. We all have to get our own jobs and make our own money, but staying at home, nurturing, being the mother, cooking — it's a valuable thing my mom created. And sometimes, you need your knight in shining armor. I'm sorry. You need a man to be a man and a woman to be a woman. That's why relationships work.

  Kirsten Dunst

  Mother, Jobs, Sorry

  "Feminist Dogma Bites Kirsten Dunst" by David Limbaugh, www.newsmax.com. April 18, 2014.

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• I've learned a valuable opinion does not tell you what to think, it illuminates what you should consider.

  Samoa Joe

  Thinking, Doe, Opinion

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• My life has had meaning, with the friendships full and valuable and essential to me. My children, Steve, Leslie, and Sam, are all different-all first-rate human beings with high standards-whom I completely and unequivocally adore-don't always agree with-but always admire and respect. They all have wit and a sense of humor and, thank God, I have hung on to mine.

  Lauren Bacall

  Children, Thank God, Essentials

  Lauren Bacall (2005). “By Myself and Then Some”, Large Print Press

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• Every time you consider a job, you have to check in with your inner compass and say, ‘Does this fit in with how I see what the work is for? Is this going to be something interesting and valuable to contribute to the world?’

  Tom Hiddleston

  Jobs, Interesting, Doe

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• People never change because they are under threat or under duress. Never. They change because they see something that makes their life seem valuable enough to start moving toward a life worth living.

  Robert Downey, Jr.

  Moving, People, Duress

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• The things that have been most valuable to me I did not learn in school. Traditional education is based on facts and figures and passing tests - not on a comprehension of the material and its application to your life.

  Will Smith

  School, Tests, Facts

  "Will Smith Interview: Will Power". Interview with Meg Grant, www.rd.com.

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• The effect you have on others is the most valuable currency there is.

  Jim Carrey

  Graduation Speech, Currency, Effects

  Jim Carrey's Commencement Address at Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa, www.mum.edu. May 24, 2014.

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• The purpose of my life had always been to free people from concern, like my dad... How will you serve the world? What do they need that your talent can provide? That’s all you have to figure out... The effect you have on others is the most valuable currency there is. Everything you gain in life will rot and fall apart, and all that will be left of you is what was in your heart.

  Jim Carrey

  Dad, Fall, Heart

  Jim Carrey's Commencement Address at Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa, www.mum.edu. May 24, 2014.

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• Don't make your career be your life. let it be your passion. Let it bring you pleasure. But don't let it become your identity. You are so much more valuable than that.

  Celine Dion

  Passion, Careers, Identity

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• In trying to express only those aspects of ourselves that we believe will guarantee us the acceptance of others, we suppress some of our most valuable and interesting features and sentence ourselves to a life of reenacting the same outworn scripts. Reclaiming the parts of ourselves that we have relegated to the shadow is the most reliable path to actualizing all of our human potential. Once befriended, our shadow becomes a divine map that—when properly read and followed—reconnects us to the life we were meant to live and the people we were meant to be.

  Debbie Ford

  Believe, Acceptance, People

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