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• I can't change the fact that my paintings don't sell. But the time will come when people will recognize that they are worth more than the value of the paints used in the picture.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  People, Facts, Painting

  Vincent van Gogh (1987). “Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890: Vision and Reality”, Gloucester

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• The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.

  Carl Jung

  Life, Thoughtful, Heartache

  Carl Gustav Jung (2001). “Modern Man in Search of a Soul”, p.67, Psychology Press

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• A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

  John F. Kennedy

  Christian, Peace, War

  Kennedy, John F. (1963). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962”, p.163, Best Books on

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• First you destroy those who create values. Then you destroy those who know what the values are, and who also know that those destroyed before were in fact the creators of values. But real barbarism begins when no one can any longer judge or know that what he does is barbaric.

  Ryszard Kapuscinski

  Real, Judging, Doe

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• Treat the world the way you want to be treated.

  Mike Tyson

  Respect, Honesty, Kindness

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• The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life.

  Richard Bach

  Life, Family, Spiritual

  Richard Bach (2012). “Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah”, p.65, Delta

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• Here are the values that I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Inspiring, Kindness, Honesty

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

  Thomas Paine

  Inspirational, Perseverance, Motivation

  Thomas Paine (2011). “Thomas Paine on Liberty: Including Common Sense and Other Writings”, p.80, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• The true value of a human being can be found in the degree to which he has attained liberation from the self.

  Albert Einstein

  Life, Spiritual, Peace

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• Analyses of others are actually expressions of our own needs and values

  Marshall B. Rosenberg

  Expression, Criticism, Needs

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• Live out your life in truth and justice, tolerant of those who are neither true nor just.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Justice, Truth And Justice

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• To those who cite the first amendment as reason for excluding God from more and more of our institutions and everyday life, may I just say: The first amendment of the Constitution was not written to protect the people of this country from religious values; it was written to protect religious values from government tyranny.

  Ronald Reagan

  Country, Religious, Government

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1982). “Ronald Reagan”

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• You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Inspirational, Good Life, War

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• Without commonly shared and widely entrenched moral values and obligations, neither the law, nor democratic government, nor even the market economy will function properly.

  Vaclav Havel

  Government, Law, Moral

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• Best things in life aren't things.

  Mike Ness

  Inspirational, Family, Happiness

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• I believe that a life of integrity I the most fundamental source of personal worth. I do not agree with the popular success literature that says that self-esteem is primarily a matter of mind set, of attitude-that you can psych yourself into peace of mind. Peace of mind comes when your life is in harmony with true principles and values and in no other way.

  Stephen Covey

  Attitude, Integrity, Self Esteem

  Stephen R. Covey (2004). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change”, p.298, Simon and Schuster

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• The word courage comes from the same stem as the French word Coeur, meaning "heart." Thus just as one's heart, by pumping blood to one's arms, legs, and brain enables all the other physical organs to function, so courage makes possible all the psychological virtues. Without courage other values wither away into mere facsimiles of virtue.

  Rollo May

  Inspiration, Heart, Blood

  Rollo May (1994). “The Courage to Create”, p.13, W. W. Norton & Company

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• The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and hold them in the right scale of values.

  Norman Thomas

  Inspirational, Life, Loyalty

  Norman Thomas (1961). “Great Dissenters”

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• In many parts of the world the people are searching for a solution which would link the two basic values: peace and justice. The two are like bread and salt for mankind.

  Lech Walesa

  Two, Justice, People

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• And it is time for those who talk about family values to start valuing families.

  John F. Kerry

  Family Values, About Family

  "We need to make America once again a beacon in the world", www.theguardian.com. July 30, 2004.

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• A corporation is a living organism; it has to continue to shed its skin. Methods have to change. Focus has to change. Values have to change. The sum total of those changes is transformation.

  Andy Grove

  Business, Focus, Skins

  "Andy Grove: What I've Learned" by Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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• Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.

  C. S. Lewis

  Friendship, Best Friend, Relationship

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• In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.

  Malcolm X

  Success, Failure, Deeds

  Malcolm X (2015). “The Autobiography of Malcolm X”, p.391, Ballantine Books

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• Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.

  Karl Marx

  Philosophy, Philosophical, Utility

  Karl Marx, David McLellan (2000). “Karl Marx: Selected Writings”, p.462, Oxford University Press, USA

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• All media exist to invest our lives with artificial perceptions and arbitrary values.

  Marshall McLuhan

  Media, Perception, Arbitrary

  Marshall McLuhan (1964). “Understanding media: the extensions of man”

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