“A person's worth is measured by the worth of what he values.”
Marcus Aurelius book Meditations
Source: Meditations
Original: Il valore di una persona si misura dalla sua onestà.
Source: prevale.net
“A person's worth is measured by the worth of what he values.”
Marcus Aurelius book Meditations
Source: Meditations
Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008) British science fiction writer, science writer, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host
As quoted in The Mammoth Book of Zingers, Quips, and One-Liners (2004) by Geoff Tibballs, p. 264
2000s and attributed from posthumous publications
“Courage, strength and value of a person are measured by the ability to face up difficulties.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: (it) Coraggio, forza e valore di una persona si misurano dalla capacità di affrontare le difficoltà.
Source: prevale.net
James Clerk Maxwell (1831–1879) Scottish physicist
Encyclopedia Brittanica article, quoted by Patricia Fara in Science A Four Thousand Year History (2009) citing Simon Schaffer article in The Values of Precision (1995) ed. M. Norton Wise
“Your conscience is the measure of the honesty of your selfishness.
Listen to it carefully.”
Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer
Source: Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah
“Humility, respect, honesty and gratitude: four main values for a better world.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: Umiltà, rispetto, onestà e riconoscenza: quattro principali valori per un mondo migliore.
Source: prevale.net
“There is no substitute for honesty... there is NO HOPE for the person who is dishonest...”
Napoleon Hill book Think and Grow Rich
Think and Grow Rich (1938), p.88
“When money functions as measure of value it must truly represent the values it helps to circulate.”
David Harvey (1935) British anthropologist
Source: The Limits To Capital (2006 VERSO Edition), Chapter 10, Finance Capital And Its Contradictions, p. 293
“The primary capital to be safeguarded and valued is man, the human person in his or her integrity”
Pope Benedict XVI (1927) 265th Pope of the Catholic Church
2009, Cartias in Vertitate (29 June 2009)