"Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live."

Values, People, Worth

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"Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live."

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

Samuel Johnson, English Author

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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."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

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

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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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."

Steven Redhead, British Author

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"Life has a tendency to provide a person with what they need in order to grow. Our beliefs, what we value in life, provide the roadmap for the type of life that we experience. A period of personal unhappiness reveals that our values are misplaced and we are on the wrong path. Unless a person changes their values and ideas, they will continue to experience discontentment."

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

Chris Murray, Irish Author

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

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

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"If you help someones bank account rise But you can't help their heart feel... Really, what is your value?"

Nikki Rowe, American Writer

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"Do not love money more than yourself."

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"Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior."

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"To find the Father of all is hard. And when found, it is impossible to utter Him."

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"Intelligent individuals learn from every thing and every one; average people, from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers."

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"By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher."

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"It seems to me that whatever else is beautiful apart from absolute Beauty is beautiful because it partakes of that absolute Beauty, and for no other reason... [I]t is by Beauty that beautiful things are beautiful."

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