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- Nov 07, 2020
Worth Quotes
On value that only shows itself with time.
These worth quotes weigh value in different ways — skills that turn out worthless in practice, a refusal to fight over things not worth the trouble, and the idea that true worth only shows up over time rather than immediately. The theme runs close to Good quotes, another collection about what actually matters.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Him
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- Nov 07, 2020
We're overpaying him, but he's worth it.
- Paper
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- Nov 07, 2020
A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on.
- No Problem
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.
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- Nov 07, 2020
One rare and exceptional deed is worth far more than a thousand commonplace ones.
- Office
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- Nov 07, 2020
If a trip is worth taking, members of Congress should be prepared to justify paying for it out of their office accounts.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not naive enough to settle for anything less than a reasonable valuation of my worth.
- Living
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read.
- Sea
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- Nov 07, 2020
Trade carried by sea has grown fourfold since 1970 and is still growing. In 2011, the 360 commercial ports of the United States took in international goods worth $1.73 trillion, or eighty times the value of all U.S. trade in 1960.
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- Nov 07, 2020