"A rough diamond is still worth more than a polished pebble."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Values, Rough Diamond, Polished Pebble, Value, Worth

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"Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed."

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"Two friends are ordering lunch. One says, 'I'm in the mood for a burger,' and orders it. The other says, 'I'm in the mood for a burger,' but remembers that there are things more important to him than what he is in the mood for at any given moment, and orders something else. Who is the sentimentalist?"

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"I am neither foe nor friend to my brothers, but such as each of them shall deserve of me. And to earn my love, my brothers must do more than to have been born. I do not grant my love without reason, nor to any chance passer-by who may wish to claim it. I honor men with my love. But honor is a thing to be earned.I shall choose friends among men, but neither slaves nor masters. And I shall choose only such as please me, and them I shall love and respect, but neither command not obey."

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"It is better to seek purity than the pleasure of sin."

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"Life's value is lost when the pursuit of money becomes the goal as opposed to the pursuit of true happiness."

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"We all need salespeople who deliver value that wasn't there before they arrived."

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"I prefer a loose woman to a selfish one and a wanton to a fool."

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"Do not love money more than yourself."

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"What you do with your time on a daily basis determines what values will be added to your life."

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"A book is the only vehicle that can take you around the world in one hour."

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"A seed only realizes its potential the day you bury it."

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"The real power of a leader is in the number of minds he can reach, hearts he can touch, souls he can move, and lives he can change."

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