Quotes with worth

Quotes 201 till 220 of 418.

  • Oliver Wendell Holmes Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Roland Barthes Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but even that it is worth the trouble of saying it.
    Roland Barthes
    French writer, literary critic, linguist and philosopher (1915 - 1980)
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  • Joe Paterno Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy.
    Joe Paterno
    American Football coach
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes Man is born a predestined idealist, for he is born to act. To act is to affirm the worth of an end, and to persist in affirming the worth of an end is to make an ideal.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Booker T. Washington Mere connection with what is known as a superior race will not permanently carry an individual forward unless the individual has worth.
    Booker T. Washington
    American Black Leader and Educator (1856 - 1915)
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  • Burt Shavitz Money is nothing really worth squabbling about. This is what puts people six feet under. You know, I don't need it.
    Burt Shavitz
    American beekeeper and businessman (1935 - 2015)
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  • Louis D. Brandeis Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done.
    Louis D. Brandeis
    American lawyer and associate justice on the Supreme Court (1856 - 1941)
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  • Bryan Waller Proctor Most writers steal a good thing when they can, and when 'Tis safely got 'Tis worth the winning. The worst of 't is we now and then detect em, they ever dream that we suspect em.
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  • Charles Caleb Colton My lowest days as a Christian [and There Were Low Ones - Seven Months Worth Of Them In Prison, To Be Exact] have been more fulfilling and rewarding than all the days of glory in the White House.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • Billy Corgan My version, of course, is not this flag-waving, let's all get on the Jesus train and ride out of hell. I'm not that kind of guy. It's an embrace that life is good, worth living and yeah, it's not easy, but there are more pluses than minuses.
    Billy Corgan
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1967 - )
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  • J. K. Rowling Never be ashamed! There's some who'll hold it against you, but they're not worth bothering with.
    J. K. Rowling
    British novelist, screenwriter, and producer (1965 - )
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  • Theodore Roosevelt Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.
    Theodore Roosevelt
    American statesman (1858 - 1919)
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  • Arthur C. Clarke New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along!
    Arthur C. Clarke
    British science fiction writer, science writer and futurist (1917 - 2008)
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  • Wyndham Lewis No American worth his salt should go around looking for a root. I advance this in all modesty, as a not unreasonable opinion.
    Wyndham Lewis
    British painter and author (1882 - 1957)
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  • Casey Stengel No baseball pitcher would be worth a darn without a catcher who could handle the hot fastball.
    Casey Stengel
    American basketbal player and manager (1890 - 1975)
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  • Enoch Powell No battle is worth fighting except the last one.
    Enoch Powell
    British politician and classicist (1912 - 1998)
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  • Robert Southey 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
    British writer (1774 - 1843)
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  • Iris Murdoch No love is entirely without worth, even when the frivolous calls to the frivolous and the base to the base.
    Iris Murdoch
    Anglo-Irish novelist and philosopher (1919 - 1999)
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  • Napoleon Hill No man ever achieved worth-while success who did not, at one time or other, find himself with at least one foot hanging well over the brink of failure.
    Napoleon Hill
    American self-help author (1883 - 1970)
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  • Theodore Roosevelt No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.
    Theodore Roosevelt
    American statesman (1858 - 1919)
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