When I hear people debate the ROI of social media? It makes me remember why so many business fail. Most businesses are not playing the marathon. They’re playing the sprint. They’re not worried about lifetime value and retention. They’re worried about short-term goals.
A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health.
I’m a guy that can play three downs. You don’t have to take me off the field. I value blocking.
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
Successful people understand the value of time. Once they commit to doing something, they would never cancel.
When you are older you will understand how precious little things, seemingly of no value in themselves, can be loved and prized above all price when they convey the love and thoughtfulness of a good heart.
Age acquires no value save through thought and discipline.
What’s valuable to me has become clearer as I’ve got older. To me, it’s about the value of your time and your day and the value of the people you spend it with.
I know that when Terry and I were together, 10 years ago, he did not appreciate it when people would ask him what it is like being partnered with a celebrity. Precisely because it suggested that he had no value.
Value your words. Each one may be the last.
Surely there comes a time when counting the cost and paying the price aren’t things to think about any more. All that matters is value – the ultimate value of what one does.
If a person uses the word ‘sorry’ loosely then of course it loses its value.
I do think there is a value in the services of judges for long periods of time.
Now an infinite happiness cannot be purchased by any price less than that which is infinite in value; and infinity of merit can only result from a nature that is infinitely divine or perfect.
I really had to develop a core. I had to figure out, at my core as a writer, what did I value? What was I about? And I had to love it and take pleasure in it.
I know that there are millions of Americans who are content with their health care coverage – they like their plan and, most importantly, they value their relationship with their doctor.
I do know that throughout history, all paper money has eventually come back to its true value, which is zero.
The value of music is to be able to play one note at the right time in the right way.
I don’t care what people call me, labels have the negative value of making smaller boundaries for people.
It’s always been a great survival value for people to believe they belong to a superior tribe. That’s just in human relationships.
We really think of Bitcoin as a global, interoperable payment network instead of a store of value.
‘Pathological liar’ is absolutely the toughest individual to deal with as a psychiatrist. Because you can’t take anything they say at face value. And you can’t, you know, fill in their personality. You don’t know what’s real and what’s not.
Every ceremony or rite has a value if it is performed without alteration. A ceremony is a book in which a great deal is written. Anyone who understands can read it. One rite often contains more than a hundred books.
Death is an endless night so awful to contemplate that it can make us love life and value it with such passion that it may be the ultimate cause of all joy and all art.
The materialistic point of view in psychology can claim, at best, only the value of an heuristic hypothesis.
If the only tool we use to analyse what’s valuable is a price tag, then those things that don’t have price tags begin to look like they have no value.
We like our archetypes and heroes to be what they are at face value. And life doesn’t work out like that.
You can’t have a value structure without a hierarchy. They’re the same thing because a value structure means one thing takes precedence over another.
Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.
When money, rather than innovation or value, is your competitive advantage, that’s when things get boring and stagnant, and monopolies take root.
There is nothing wrong with being well off as long as money has a social and ethical value and is not the object of one’s own greed.
To a person in love, the value of the individual is intuitively known. Love needs no logic for its mission.
The adolescent must never be treated as a child, for that is a stage of life that he has surpassed. It is better to treat an adolescent as if he had greater value than he actually shows than as if he had less and let him feel that his merits and self-respect are disregarded.
I don’t need to go onto Facebook and pretend to have friends I’ve never even met. To my mind, that kind of destroys the meaning of the word ‘friend.’ I take exception to that. Because I value and respect friendship.
Art must unquestionably have a social value; that is, as a potential means of communication it must be addressed, and in comprehensible terms, to the understanding of mankind.
I think we have to pick up some sectors where we can make India the global hub in the entire value chain, and the most important sector to pick up should be electronics.
Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless.
Dollar bills have absolutely no value except in our collective imagination, but everybody believes in the dollar bill.
The importance to the writer of first writing must be out of all proportion of the actual value of what is written.
Fear, greed and hope have destroyed more portfolio value than any recession or depression we have ever been through.
They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed, that even men for whom it was made, and by whom it has its value, should yet be thought of less value than it is.
The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same. The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged.
Forgiveness isn’t just the absence of anger. I think it’s also the presence of self-love, when you actually begin to value yourself.
As a leader, you must consistently drive effective communication. Meetings must be deliberate and intentional – your organizational rhythm should value purpose over habit and effectiveness over efficiency.
It was truly a lesson in don’t take something at face value. You know, so many of us do in life. Whether it’s because of how somebody looks or because of what they’re wearing or what have you, you kind of assess a person in the first five minutes before they even speak.
I’m proud that today, at 43 years old, I’ve come to value the aging process and focus on inner rather than outer beauty.
What value does cryptocurrency actually add? No one’s been able to answer that question for me.
People say values are expensive, but I say they create economic value.
Lifting the veil of secrecy that shrouds police misconduct allegations would seem like an obvious democratic value. After all, if police work for the people, should they not be answerable to the people, as well? This is a basic tenet of good government.
The power of our thoughts may never be measured or appreciated, but it became obvious to me as a young boy that there was value and power in being aware of my thoughts and how I expressed myself.
My dad played guitar, and he taught me enough to play some Beatles’ songs. But primarily, I was a bookworm. I loved reading and still do. My whole family does. It was part of the family culture. Accomplished literacy was a value.
The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men of early performance it is useless. To others, who are late to develop, it just enables them to finish the job.
I don’t want features, I want value. I don’t want benefits, I want value.
I have encountered thousands of value investors over the years and am constantly struck by their differences – and their similarities.
We believe that business is good because it creates value. It is ethical because it is based on voluntary exchange; it is noble because it can elevate our existence, and it is heroic because it lifts people out of poverty and creates prosperity.
Means must be subsidiary to ends and to our desire for dignity and value.
You don’t get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.
There’s no question in my mind of the value in technology in fueling young minds. Like any other tool, if you simply throw it in the classroom and don’t consider how best to take advantage of that tool, and you try the old ways with a new piece of technology on the desk, it’s no panacea.
I pass by people, grazing them on the edges, and it bothers me. I’ve got to admire someone to really like them deeply – to value them as friends.
I’m a little old-school in that I think there’s some value in the classics and the steps of achieving a certain profession. If we start slanging the word ‘chef’ on anybody and everybody who cooks, it takes away a lot.
Mother’s Day celebrates a huge lie about the value of women: that mothers are superior beings, that they have done more with their lives and chosen a more difficult path.
