Worth It Quotes - Page 23

• I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it?

  Richard Bach

  Life, Proud Of Me, Persons

  "One: A Novel". Book by Richard Bach, 1989.

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• One of the things we've always tried to do is help others with our story. Whether it's with the infertility issues, whether it's with the breast cancer, we said we're gonna turn these negatives into positives. And if we can help others by sharing our story, then it's worth it.

  Bill Rancic

  Cancer, Helping Others, Issues

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• I don't recommend that people speak their minds to their bosses or to somebody who's directly over them. You need to know when to speak your mind and what the penalty will be for doing so. Sometimes it's worth it, and often it's not!

  Albert Ellis

  Speak Your Mind, People, Boss

  Source: business.highbeam.com

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• Unpredictable as a hungry lion, he might be feared by everyone else, but he never ripped out my throat, only licked me, and, if his tongue was a little rough sometimes, it was worth it to walk beside the king of the jungle.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Kings, Hungry Lion, Littles

  Karen Marie Moning (2011). “Shadowfever: Fever Series”, p.18, Delacorte Press

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• I wondered, for the first time in my life, if life was worth all the work it took to live. What exactly made it worth it?

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Firsts, Made, Loud

  Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel”, p.145, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Come here often?' I asked instead, humoring no one but myself. So it was totally worth it.

  Darynda Jones

  Darynda Jones (2011). “Second Grave on the Left”, p.29, Macmillan

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• If you don't make a few ememies now and then, you're a coward-or worse. Besides, it as worth it to see his reaction. Oh, he was angry! - Angela to Eragon

  Christopher Paolini

  Coward, Eragon, Now And Then

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• In the church is a memorial to Mrs. Sarah Hill, who bequeathed 1 pound annually, to be divided at Easter, between two boys and two girls who "have never been undutiful to their parents; who have never been known to swear or to tell untruths, to steal, or to break windows." Fancy giving up all that for five shillings a year! It is not worth it!

  Jerome K. Jerome

  Girl, Easter, Giving Up

  Jerome K. Jerome (2014). “Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog”, p.240, Diderot Publishing

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• I’d like to go out in the front yard and shout something. “None of this is worth it!” That’s what I’d like people to hear.

  Raymond Carver

  People, Yards, Fronts

  Raymond Carver (2015). “Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories”, p.407, Vintage

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• I soon came to understand that drink, tobacco and prostitutes were all great means if dissipating (even for a few moments) my dread for human beings. I came even to feel that if I had to sell every last possession to obtain these means of escape, it would be well worth it.

  Osamu Dazai

  Mean, Would Be, Lasts

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• How can you call it love when it hurt you so badly?" "It was love because it was worth it.

  Jay Asher

  Hurt, It Hurts

  Jay Asher, Carolyn Mackler (2012). “The Future of Us”, p.57, Simon and Schuster

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• Regardless of the advertising campaigns may tell us, we can't have it all. Sacrifice is not an option, or an anachronism; it's a fact of life. We all cut off our own limbs to burn on some altar. The crucial thing is to choose an altar that's worth it and a limb you can accept losing. To go consenting to the sacrifice.

  Tana French

  Cutting, Sacrifice, May

  Tana French (2008). “The Likeness: Dublin Murder Squad: 2”, p.412, Hachette UK

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• I don’t know how you’ve managed a tan,” Daydra said, “but you’ll have to keep it up, and talk like a pirate. If you want to work for Momma K, you’re going to be the Sethi pirate girl. You have a husband or a lover?” Kaldrosa hesitated. “Husband,” she admitted. “The last beating nearly killed him.” “If you do this, you’ll never get him back. A man can forgive a woman who leaves whoring for him, but he’ll never forgive one who goes whoring for him.” “It’s worth it,” Kaldrosa said. “To save his life, it’s worth it.

  Brent Weeks

  Girl, Husband, Men

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• I think given the choice between loving Mare - betrayal included - and never knowing her, I'd chose love. I risked, and I lost, but the risk was still worth it.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Betrayal, Thinking, Knowing

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.283, Macmillan

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• It was love because it was worth it.

  Jay Asher

  Jay Asher, Carolyn Mackler (2012). “The Future of Us”, p.57, Simon and Schuster

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• Thanks. For everything. I mean it.’ A slow grin edged onto his face. ‘You’re worth it…Princess.’ Her tennis show hit the door a second after it closed.

  Jana Oliver

  Princess, Mean, Doors

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• I heard someone's playing hooky,' Zach told me. He smiled. Standing there, it felt almost like nothing bad had ever happened- or would ever happen again 'There's a boy in my life,' I told him. 'He's a very bad influence.' Then Zach nodded. 'Bad boys have a way of doing that. But they're worth it.

  Ally Carter

  Boys, Way, Bad Boy

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• Being sociable is a sacrifice, as I see it. I really don't like to be, but it is necessary and worth it.

  Varg Vikernes

  Sacrifice, Sociable

  Source: heathenharvest.org

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• People who paint, including myself, get to a point where a bit of angst comes in. If you're doing it for a living, it's worth it to suffer those slings and arrows.

  Paul McCartney

  Arrows, People, Suffering

  Source: www.washingtontimes.com

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• As a goalkeeper, you can't come off the bench for 10 minutes and prove your worth - it's either you're in or you're out.

  Joe Hart

  Benches, Goalkeepers, Minutes

  "Joe Hart: Man City keeper says he is 'surplus to requirements'". Interview With Steve Bower, www.bbc.com. March 10, 2017.

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• I appreciate people who are civil, whether they mean it or not. I think: Be civil. Do not cherish your opinion over my feelings. There's a vanity to candor that isn't really worth it. Be kind.

  Richard Greenberg

  Mean, Thinking, Vanity

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• My life and the life of my family has been completely disrupted in absolutely every way by starting the school-prayer case. But it's been worth it. It's uncovered a vast cesspool of illegitimate economic and political power in which the Church is immersed right up to its ears, and I intend to dive in headfirst and pull it out of there dripping wet for all the world to see -no matter how long it takes, no matter whose feet get stepped on in the process, no matter how much it costs, no matter how great the personal sacrifice.

  Madalyn Murray O'Hair

  Prayer, School, Sacrifice

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• When I moved into one of the worst inner-cities in America to do missionary work I had to do risk assessment, and It was a risk. My family could have been in danger, house could get robbed at any minute but I count it all as nothing compared to knowing Jesus it was all worth it at the end of the day.

  LeCrae

  Jesus, Assessment, Cities

  Source: thegospelguru.com

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• I was never strategic really, but back when I was starting out no one cared. In the acting community, box office didn't matter. I really think it was a mistake when they started paying people like $20 million to do a movie because now it's all people think about. Is she worth it? Is he worth it?

  Winona Ryder

  Mistake, Thinking, People

  "Winona Ryder" by Stephen Mooallem, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 25, 2009.

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• I think it's so easy when you have children just to turn your focus inward on your family and because, when they're young, you don't sleep very much, you're walking around like a zombie most of the time anyway. It's a really important part of my life to have good friends, you have to work quite hard to keep the relationships going but it's worth it. 

  Jo Brand

  Children, Sleep, Good Friend

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

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