A thing's value rests upon this recognition of its fitness to serve human purposes. - John S. Chipman
Anything you lose automatically doubles in value. - Mignon McLaughlin
How many a thing which we cast to the ground, when others pick it up, becomes a gem! - George Meredith
In short, I conceive that a great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by the false estimates they have made of the value of things, and by their giving too much for their whistles. - Benjamin Franklin
Most people now seem to treasure anything they value in proportion to the extent that it's followed about and surrounded by the vulgar public. - Ada Leverson
Not cheap without reason, nor dear without value. - Afghan Proverb
One man's trash is another man's treasure. - English Proverb
One of the central discoveries that led to modern economics was what is called the subjective theory of value – the notion that a thing's value cannot be sought in the thing itself or in any objective criterion or standard, but, rather, in what an individual is willing to sacrifice in order to get it. - James R Otteson
Only loss teaches us about the value of things. - Arthur Schopenhauer
Price is what you pay and value is what you get. - Warren Buffett
Price, taken by itself, is nothing but the monetary expression of value. - Karl Marx
Something that is yours forever is never precious. - Chaim Potok
That which costs little is less valued. - Miguel de Crevantes
The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run. - Henry David Thoreau
The greatest value of an object lies not in its possession, but anticipation; and the covetousness of all things far exceeds their true worth. - Anthony Lisle
The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone. - Ayn Rand
The people you choose to interact with are a reflection of what you value. - Jim Taylor
The value of a thing is always found by comparing it with other things. - Alfred Bishop
The value of a thing is as variable as the humours and circumstances of men; it may be nothing or something very great in the same object, at the same time, in the eyes of different men. - George Crabb
The value of a thing is estimated from the advantages supposed to be derived from it, and depends very much upon time, place, and circumstances. - E. P. Day
The value of all things contracted for, is measured by the appetite of the contractors, and therefore the just value is that which they be contented to give. - Thomas Hobbes
The very statement that something is "not for sale" affirms, enhances, and protects a thing's value in a number of ways. Proclaiming a thing "not for sale" is a way of showing that the thing is valued for its own sake. - Martin Wachs
There can be no value in the whole unless there is value in the parts. - Bertrand Russell
There is no such thing as a measuring unit of value, and this fact means that measuring the value of a thing is impossible. - Thomas C. Tayolr
There is no such thing as an absolute value in this world. You can only estimate what a thing is worth to you. - Charles Dudley Warner
Things have no value in themselves, only opinion and fashion give them value. - Nicholas Baron
To value anything is to give it an unacceptable degree of power over you. - K. J. Parker
Value is not made of money, but a tender balance of expectation and longing. - Barbara Kingsolver
What we have we prize not to the worth whilst we enjoy it, but being lacked and lost, why, then we rack the value, then we find the virtue that possession would not show us whilst it was ours. - William Shakespeare
Whenever you are dealing with someone or something of unknown value the first one who places a value on it establishes its worth. - David J. Lieverman
Anything you lose automatically doubles in value. - Mignon McLaughlin
How many a thing which we cast to the ground, when others pick it up, becomes a gem! - George Meredith
In short, I conceive that a great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by the false estimates they have made of the value of things, and by their giving too much for their whistles. - Benjamin Franklin
Most people now seem to treasure anything they value in proportion to the extent that it's followed about and surrounded by the vulgar public. - Ada Leverson
Not cheap without reason, nor dear without value. - Afghan Proverb
One man's trash is another man's treasure. - English Proverb
One of the central discoveries that led to modern economics was what is called the subjective theory of value – the notion that a thing's value cannot be sought in the thing itself or in any objective criterion or standard, but, rather, in what an individual is willing to sacrifice in order to get it. - James R Otteson
Only loss teaches us about the value of things. - Arthur Schopenhauer
Price is what you pay and value is what you get. - Warren Buffett
Price, taken by itself, is nothing but the monetary expression of value. - Karl Marx
Something that is yours forever is never precious. - Chaim Potok
That which costs little is less valued. - Miguel de Crevantes
The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run. - Henry David Thoreau
The greatest value of an object lies not in its possession, but anticipation; and the covetousness of all things far exceeds their true worth. - Anthony Lisle
The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone. - Ayn Rand
The people you choose to interact with are a reflection of what you value. - Jim Taylor
The value of a thing is always found by comparing it with other things. - Alfred Bishop
The value of a thing is as variable as the humours and circumstances of men; it may be nothing or something very great in the same object, at the same time, in the eyes of different men. - George Crabb
The value of a thing is estimated from the advantages supposed to be derived from it, and depends very much upon time, place, and circumstances. - E. P. Day
The value of all things contracted for, is measured by the appetite of the contractors, and therefore the just value is that which they be contented to give. - Thomas Hobbes
The very statement that something is "not for sale" affirms, enhances, and protects a thing's value in a number of ways. Proclaiming a thing "not for sale" is a way of showing that the thing is valued for its own sake. - Martin Wachs
There can be no value in the whole unless there is value in the parts. - Bertrand Russell
There is no such thing as a measuring unit of value, and this fact means that measuring the value of a thing is impossible. - Thomas C. Tayolr
There is no such thing as an absolute value in this world. You can only estimate what a thing is worth to you. - Charles Dudley Warner
Things have no value in themselves, only opinion and fashion give them value. - Nicholas Baron
To value anything is to give it an unacceptable degree of power over you. - K. J. Parker
Value is not made of money, but a tender balance of expectation and longing. - Barbara Kingsolver
What we have we prize not to the worth whilst we enjoy it, but being lacked and lost, why, then we rack the value, then we find the virtue that possession would not show us whilst it was ours. - William Shakespeare
Whenever you are dealing with someone or something of unknown value the first one who places a value on it establishes its worth. - David J. Lieverman
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