Quotes about worth
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“Her silence was worth more to her than a thousand words. In that silence, she had peace and clarity. Except during the night, when her own jumbled thoughts would keep her awake.”

Cecelia Ahern book If You Could See Me Now

Source: If You Could See Me Now

Peace, Silence, Night

“History is hereditary only in this way: we, all of us, inherit everything, and then we choose what to cherish, what to disavow, and what do do next, which is why it's worth trying to know where things come from.”

Jill Lepore (1966) American historian

Way, History

“You are worth about 3 dollars worth in chemicals.”

Carl Sagan book Cosmos

Source: Cosmos

“The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend as to find a friend worth dying for.”

Homér Ancient Greek epic poet, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey

“… I believe in a God of scandalous grace. I have pledged allegiance to a King who loved evildoers so much he died for them, teaching us that there is something worth dying for but nothing worth killing for.”

Shane Claiborne (1975) American activist

Love, God

“It was worth it. You looked… happy.”

Richelle Mead book The Golden Lily

Source: The Golden Lily

Happiness

“Quiet heroism or youthful idealism, or both? What do we know? That life without heroism and idealism is not worth living - or that either can be fatal?”

Erich Segal book The Class

Source: The Class

Life, Youth

“You speak of giving up my dreams. Have you ever, since Maeve's coven split, had a dream? Have you ever had anything worth dying for?”

Amelia Atwater-Rhodes book Snakecharm

Source: Snakecharm

Dreams

“There is a common, worldly kind of Christianity in this day, which many have, and think they have enough-a cheap Christianity which offends nobody, and requires no sacrifice-which costs nothing, and is worth nothing.”

J.C. Ryle (1816–1900) Anglican bishop

Thinking

“Let's try our best? I hope that someday the many, many tears that were shed will be worth it.”

Natsuki Takaya (1973) Manga artist

Hope, Tear

“It is the same way with dating. The time you are most prepared for dating is when you don't need anyone to complete you, fulfill you, or instill in you a sense of worth or purpose.”

Myles Munroe (1954–2014) Bahamian Evangelical Christian minister

Source: Waiting and Dating

Way, Sense, Time

“It was worth it, Lia,” He said. “Every mile, every day. I’d do it all again. I’d chase you across three continents if that’s what it took to be with you.”

Mary E. Pearson (1955) young-adult fiction writer

Source: The Heart of Betrayal

“Play on, when you're losing the game. Play on, cuz you're going to make mistakes. It's always worth the sacrifice, even when you think you're wrong.”

Carrie Underwood (1983) American country music singer

Game, Thinking

“Harry Dresden: The noise was deafening, and no one could have heard me anyway as I let out my own battle cry, which I figured was worth a shot. What the hell. "I don't believe in faeries!"”

Jim Butcher book Summer Knight

Source: The Dresden Files, Summer Knight (2002), Chapter 31

Hell, Cry

“Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price.”

Joan Didion (1934) American writer

"On Self-Respect", in Slouching Towards Bethlehem

Question

“You can measure your worth by your dedication to your path, not by your successes or failures.”

Elizabeth Gilbert Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

Source: Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

Failure, Success

“Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.”

Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, known for his works of science fiction …

Books, Reading

“Sometimes I think high school is one long hazy activity: if you are tough enough to survive this, they'll let you become an adult. I hope it's worth it.”

Laurie Halse Anderson Speak

Source: Speak

School, Hope, Thinking

“I like to be the right thing in the wrong place and the wrong thing in the right place. Being the right thing in the wrong place and the wrong thing in the right place is worth it because something interesting always happens.”

Andy Warhol (1928–1987) American artist

“If you can believe the God who is perfect loves you then you can believe that you are worth loving.”

Joyce Meyer (1943) American author and speaker

Source: Beauty for Ashes: Receiving Emotional Healing

Love, God, Perfection

“Why does it have to be like this?' I asked bitterly. 'Why does life have to be so short, with all the good things passing quickly. Is it worth living at all?”

Joseph Delaney (1945) British writer

Source: Night of the Soul Stealer

Life

“I’ve stopped talking because there’s really nothing left to say and there’s this piercing sort of pain where my heart is. Maybe I’m even having a heart attack, but it doesn’t seem worth mentioning.”

Suzanne Collins book Mockingjay

Source: Mockingjay

Pain, Heart

“If you have a story that seems worth telling, and you think you can tell it worthily, then the thing for you to do is to tell it, regardless of whether it has to do with sex, sailors or mounted policemen.”

Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961) American writer

Sex, Thinking

“That’s what scares me, Gideon. You don’t know what you’re worth.”
“Actually, I do. Twelve bill—” “Shut up.”

Sylvia Day book Bared to You

Source: Bared to You

“Maybe you misunderstood.. A world without Haruka isn't a world worth saving. - Michiru/Sailor Neptune”

Naoko Takeuchi (1967) Japanese manga artist

World

“some moments are nice, some are
nicer, some are even worth
writing
about.”

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer

Source: War All the Time

“No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth.”

Robert Southey (1774–1843) British poet

Friendship, Time, Happy, Friendship

“The less worth of a man, the greater his pride.”

Yukito Kishiro (1967) Japanese manga artist

“But neither of us knows, because a fight's worth nothing if you know from the start that you're going to win it.”

Markus Zusak book Fighting Ruben Wolfe

Source: Fighting Ruben Wolfe

Fight

“It's like, at the end, there's this surprise quiz: Am I proud of me? I gave my life to become the person I am right now! Was it worth what I paid?”

Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer

One (1988)

Life, Personality

“Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people. … The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good.”

Stephen King (1947) American author

People

“Love God and find him within - the only treasure worth finding.”

Meher Baba (1894–1969) Indian mystic

Love, God

“If a thing is worth having, it's worth cheating for.”

W.C. Fields (1880–1946) actor

My Little Chickadee (1940)

Cheating

“I have learned to regard fame as a will-o-the-wisp which, when caught, is not worth the possession; but to please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms one's heart and brings its own reward.”

L. Frank Baum (1856–1919) Children's writer, editor, journalist, screenwriter

Personal inscription on a copy of Mother Goose in Prose (1897) which he gave to his sister, Mary Louise Baum Brewster, as quoted in The Making of the Wizard of Oz (1998) by Aljean Harmetz, p. 317
Letters and essays
Context: When I was young I longed to write a great novel that should win me fame. Now that I am getting old my first book is written to amuse children. For aside from my evident inability to do anything "great," I have learned to regard fame as a will-o-the-wisp which, when caught, is not worth the possession; but to please a child is a sweet and lovely thing that warms one's heart and brings its own reward.

Love, Learning, Heart

“It doesn’t matter,” said Adrian, smiling. He rested a hand on my shoulder. “Some things are worth the trouble.”

Richelle Mead book The Indigo Spell

Variant: It doesn't matter,” said Adrian, smiling. He rested a hand on my shoulder. “Some things are worth the trouble.
Source: The Indigo Spell

Smile

“All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.”

Walter Scott (1771–1832) Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet

Letter to J. G. Lockhart (c. 16 June 1830), in H. J. C. Grierson (ed.), Letters of Sir Walter Scott, Vol. II (1936), as reported in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (1999), p. 652

Men, Education, Leadership, For Men

“Sometimes a man and a woman reach a crossroads and linger there, reluctant to take either way, knowing the wrong choice will mean the end… and knowing there’s so much worth saving.”

Stephen King book 11/22/63

Source: 11/22/63

Way

“One Original Thought is worth 1000 Meaningless Quotes.”

Banksy pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, and painter

Quotes

“If something happened to me, whose face will be on the front page of the paper begging for me? Is a person worth more because they have someone to grieve for them?”

Melina Marchetta book On the Jellicoe Road

Source: On the Jellicoe Road

Personality

“There are men you build a future with, Dani. And then there are men that you know, going in, that you're only making a memory with. I know the difference
.. Some memories are worth the price. I'll deal with it.”

Karen Marie Moning (1964) author

Source: Iced

Men, Memory, Future

“Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies”

Erich Fromm (1900–1980) German social psychologist and psychoanalyst

Love, Life, Happiness, Effort

“When kindness comes at the expense of truth, it is not a kindness worth having.”

Rachel Simmons (1974) American writer

Source: The Curse of the Good Girl: Raising Authentic Girls with Courage and Confidence

Truth

“And enigmatic smile is worth ten pages of dialog.”

Connie Brockway (1954) American writer

Source: The Bridal Season

Smile, Cute

“So I left my wonderfully intelligent family and soaked myself in the bath and considered drowning myself. Then I remembered I still had chocolate cake left over from yesterday so I came back up for air. Some things are worth living for.”

Cecelia Ahern book Love, Rosie

Source: Love, Rosie

Family, Intelligence

“I was brought up to believe that the only thing worth doing was to add to the sum of accurate information in the world.”

Margaret Mead (1901–1978) American anthropologist

Attributed in Psychology (1990) by Carole Wade and Carol Tavris, p. 372
1990s

World

“The dedicated life is the life worth living. You must give with your whole heart.”

Annie Dillard (1945) American writer

Life, Heart

“What are books but tangible dreams? What is reading if it is not dreaming? The best books cause us to dream; the rest are not worth reading.”

Rikki Ducornet (1949) American writer and artist

Source: The Fan-Maker's Inquisition: A Novel of the Marquis de Sade

Books, Dreams, Reading

“Is education possibly a process of trading awareness for things of lesser worth? The goose who trades his is soon a pile of feathers.”

Aldo Leopold book A Sand County Almanac

“March: The Geese Return”, p. 18.
A Sand County Almanac, 1949, "January Thaw", "February: Good Oak" & "March: The Geese Return"
Source: A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There

Education

“Ads sell a great deal more than products. They sell values, images, and concepts of success and worth.”

Brené Brown (1965) US writer and professor

Source: The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

Success

“But what are loyalty and caring really worth?"
"To me? Everything.”

Richelle Mead book The Golden Lily

Source: The Golden Lily

Loyalty

“All the miles of a hard road are worth a moment of true happiness.”

Arnold Lobel book Fables

Source: Fables

Happiness

“No place worth knowing yields itself at sight, and those the least
inviting on first view may leave the most haunting pictures upon the
walls of memory.”

Algernon Blackwood (1869–1951) English short story writer and novelist

Source: A Prisoner in Fairyland

Memory

“Out of nowhere you said, I love you. For whatever it's worth.”

Junot Díaz book This Is How You Lose Her

Source: This Is How You Lose Her

Love

“Chiron had said once that nations were the most foolish of mortal inventions. "No man is worth more than another, wherever he is from.”

Madeline Miller book The Song of Achilles

Source: The Song of Achilles

“If we win here we will win everywhere. The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it.”

Ernest Hemingway book For Whom the Bell Tolls

Ch 43
Source: For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940)

Hate, World, Fight

“Just because a relationship ends, it doesn't mean it's not worth having.”

Sarah Mlynowski (1977) Novelist

Source: Gimme a Call

“Not that it was beautiful,
but that, in the end, there was
a certain sense of order there;
something worth learning
in that narrow diary of my mind”

Anne Sexton (1928–1974) poet from the United States

Source: To Bedlam and Part Way Back

Beauty, Sense, Learning

“A man's worth isn't measured by a bank register or diploma… It's about integrity”

Richard Paul Evans (1962) American writer

Source: The Letter

“It was wrong. But it was worth it.”

Ann Brashares book My Name is Memory

Source: My Name Is Memory

“If it's a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents worth, then someone, somewhere is making a penny.”

Steven Wright (1955) American actor and author

“Some things in life are worth waiting for.”

Danielle Steel (1947) American author of romance novels

Life, Waiting

“The sense of loss is such a tricky one, because we always feel like our worth is tied up into stuff that we have, not that our worth can grow with things we are willing to lose.”

Tori Amos (1963) American singer

Feeling, Sense, Loss

“Just curious how much I'm going for these days," Leo said. "I mean, I can understand not being as pricey as Percy or Jason, maybe… but am I worth, like, two Franks, or three Franks?”

Rick Riordan The Mark of Athena

Source: The Mark of Athena

Understanding

“I wish you'd fall in love with me," she said.
"Why?"
"Because you're really someone worth falling in love with. And if we were in love, I wouldn't be drifting. I wouldn't be nobody. At least not while I was with you.”

Anne Rice Belinda

Source: Belinda

Love

“There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, and nothing worth killing for.”

Tom Robbins Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

Source: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

“She closed one eye and looked at me and said, "I know there is a blessing in this somewhere."

It is worth living long enough to outlast whatever sense of grievance you may acquire. Another reason why you must be careful of your health.”

Marilynne Robinson Gilead

Source: Gilead

Health, Sense

“Maybe the definition of home is the place where you are never forgiven. So you may always belong there, bound by guilt. And maybe the cost of belonging is worth it.”

Gregory Maguire (1954) Novelist

Home

“If your life is worth thinking about, it is worth writing about.”

Robin S. Sharma (1965) Canadian self help writer

Life, Thinking

“It is good that a man's enemies want him dead, for it proves he has lived a life of worth.”

Forrest Carter (1925–1979) Political speechwriter, politician, novelist, memoirist

Source: The Outlaw Josey Wales

Life, Dead

“… you expect me to fall on my back with my legs spread."
"Not necessarily…. You can fall on your hands and knees if you prefer. Or against the wall. Or on the kitchen counter. I suppose I might let you be on top, if you make it worth my while.”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

Source: Magic Strikes

“If love is great, then it is worth fighting for.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Angel

Source: Clockwork Angel

Love, Fight, For Wife

“Happy Valentines Day to those who have found love, in whatever shape or form, and to those who are still hunting, don’t give up. If you feel bad, send yourself a card. You must be worth it…”

Jeanette Winterson (1959) English writer

Love, Happiness, Feeling

“Grace is the pleasure of God to magnify the worth of God by giving sinners the right and power to delight in God without obscuring the glory of God.”

John Piper (1946) American writer

God, Pleasure

“What is Grand is necessarily obscure to Weak men. That which can be made Explicit to the idiot is not worth my care.”

William Blake (1757–1827) English Romantic poet and artist

1790s, Letter to Revd. Dr. Trusler (1799)

Men

“Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.”

Henry James (1843–1916) American novelist, short story author, and literary critic

William James, "Is Life Worth Living?," The Will to Believe and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy (1897).
Misattributed

Life, Help, Inspirational, Depressing

“The world is bigger than you know, and scarier than you might imagine. The only currency worth anything is being true to yourself, and the only goal worth seeking is finding out who you truly are.”

Derek Landy Skulduggery Pleasant

Source: Skulduggery Pleasant

World, Imagination

“Sweet mother of chaos," he breathed. "Rachel, you are indeed one of us. Have your time in the sun. You're worth the extra wait.”

Kim Harrison (1966) Pseudonym

Source: Black Magic Sanction

Time, Waiting, Sun

“There are some things in life that are worth fighting for to the end.”

Paulo Coelho book By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

Source: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

Life, Fight

“Because everything worth having hurts.”

Laurell K. Hamilton (1963) Novelist

Hurt

“And what can life be worth if the first rehearsal for life is life itself?”

Milan Kundera book The Unbearable Lightness of Being

pg 8
Source: The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1984), Part One: Lightness and Weight

Life

“Listen carefully to first criticisms made of your work. Note just what it is about your work that critics don't like - then cultivate it. That's the only part of your work that's individual and worth keeping.”

Jean Cocteau (1889–1963) French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker

Parting

“Dont worry, Roza, I'm not afraid. I'll take whatever heat they give me over being with you. It's worth it.”

Richelle Mead book Last Sacrifice

Source: Last Sacrifice

“Whatever storm was brewing, I'd find it and fight it. If it was the price of being with Curran, then I would pay it. He was worth it.”

Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

Source: Magic Slays

Fight

“Love is the grand prize and the garbage heap. Love is a spiritual root canal and the only thing that makes life worth living. Love is a little taste of always and a big bite of nothing. And love is everything in between these extremes.”

Robert Fulghum (1937) American writer

Source: True Love

Love, Life

“People who cling to their illusions find it difficult, if not impossible, to learn anything worth learning: a people under the necessity of creating themselves must examine everything, and soak up learning the way the roots of a tree soak up water.”

James Baldwin (1924–1987) (1924-1987) writer from the United States

People, Way, Tree, Learning

“Maybe we’ll admit this thing we have is perfect, not worth messing around with. And stay together forever. If you’re interested, that is.”
She glanced away. “I could think about that.”
He buried his face in her neck. “Think fast”

Robyn Carr American writer

Source: Wild Man Creek

Thinking, Perfection

“Youth is still where you left it, and that's where it should stay. Anything that was worth taking on life's journey, you'll already have taken with you.”

Sophie Kinsella book Wedding Night

Source: Wedding Night

Life, Youth

“Remember that each light between sunrise and sunset is worth dying for at least once.”

Tad Williams (1957) novelist

Source: Shadowrise

Light

“Begin where you are and such as you are, without aiming mainly to become of more worth, and with kindness aforethought, go about doing good.”

Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) 1817-1862 American poet, essayist, naturalist, and abolitionist

“I enjoy the fun of failure. It's fun to fail, I kept repeating. It's part of being ambitious; it's part of being creative. If something is worth doing, it's worth doing badly”

Gretchen Rubin (1966) American writer

Source: The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun

Failure, Parting