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    In an archery contest, when the stakes are earthenware tiles a contestant shoots with skill. When the stakes are belt buckles he becomes hesitant, and if the stakes are pure gold he becomes nervous and confused. There is no difference as to his skil.

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What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Cynicism Quotes, Value Quotes,
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If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values -- that all reality hinges read more

If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values -- that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control.

by Martin Luther King, Jr. Found in: Value Quotes,
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Each being is sacred -- meaning that each has inherent value that cannot be ranked in a hierarchy or compared read more

Each being is sacred -- meaning that each has inherent value that cannot be ranked in a hierarchy or compared to the value of another being.

by Starhawk Found in: Value Quotes,
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Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - read more

Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.

by Aesop Found in: Value Quotes,
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The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there is no good theory of read more

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there is no good theory of disease which does not at once suggest a cure.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Value Quotes,
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A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, "At my read more

A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, "At my age, I don't even buy green bananas."

by Claude Pepper Found in: Value Quotes,
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. . . one of the goals of life is to try and be in touch with one's most personal read more

. . . one of the goals of life is to try and be in touch with one's most personal themes -- the values, ideas, styles, colors that are the touchstones of one's own individual life, its real texture and substance.

by Gloria Vanderbilt Found in: Value Quotes,
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Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living.

Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living.

by Emily Bronte Found in: Value Quotes,
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Religion is the sole technique for the validating of values.

Religion is the sole technique for the validating of values.

by Allen Tate Found in: Value Quotes,
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