Worth Quotes - page 3

Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error. (Andrew Jackson)
As long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will; as long as it secures to us the rights of persons and of property, liberty of conscience and of the press, it will be worth defending. View quote
Andrew Jackson
A pinch of probability is worth a pound of perhaps. View quote
James Thurber
This life is worth living, we can say, since it is what we make it. View quote
William James
Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming. View quote
William Hazlitt
In human relationships, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths. View quote
Graham Greene
The danger of an adventure is worth a thousand days of ease and comfort. View quote
Paulo Coelho
Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading. View quote
G. M. Trevelyan
Fashion is very important. It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well. View quote
Vivienne Westwood
The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who do well what is not worth doing at all. View quote
Gore Vidal
Worth seeing? Yes; but not worth going to see. (Samuel Johnson)
Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling. View quote
Louisa May Alcott
Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success. View quote
Louisa May Alcott
She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners. View quote
Louisa May Alcott
There's a certain part of the contented majority who love anybody who is worth a billion dollars. View quote
John Kenneth Galbraith
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. View quote
Dashiell Hammett
It is not worth the bother of killing yourself, since you always kill yourself too late. View quote
Emil Cioran
Glory - once achieved, what is it worth? View quote
Emil Cioran
No policy is worth anything outside of reality. View quote
Charles de Gaulle
A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation. View quote
Joseph Addison
A house of which one knew every room wasn't worth living in. (Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa)
It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it. View quote
Zora Neale Hurston
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going. View quote
Beverly Sills
I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it? View quote
Richard Bach
If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing slowly ... very slowly. View quote
Gypsy Rose Lee