You achieve stature only by being good enough to deserve it, by forcing even the contemptuous and indifferent to pay attention, and to acknowledge that human relations and human emotions are of inexhaustible interest wherever they occur.
Character is greater than talent, genius, fame, money, friends - there is nothing to compare with it. A man may have all these and yet remain comparatively useless - be unhappy - and die a bankrupt in soul.
If I am worth anything later, I am worth something now. For wheat is wheat, even if people think it is a grass in the beginning.
What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.
That which is unique and worthwhile in us makes itself felt only in flashes. If we do not know how to catch and savor the flashes we are without growth and exhilaration.
I believe that each person is more than the worst thing they've ever done.
Forgive me if what has seemed little to you, to me is all.
One the reasons I talk about my story is I want other people who are in the circumstances I was in to understand they are just as good and as valuable as everyone else.
It is in solitude that we discover that being is more important than having and that we are worth more than the results of our efforts. In solitude we discover that our life is not a possession to be defended but a gift to be shared.
Your net worth is not the same thing as your self-worth. Your value is not based on your valuables.
Anything that has real and lasting value is always a gift from within.
When I'm in the house of God, I don't wear my jewelry, if you're looking for my jewelry. All you see is my heart of gold.
Realize you are worthy of your life and live accordingly.
Self worth and net worth are not the same.
i would rather be married to broken jade than flawless clay
The Pedigree of Honey Does not concern the Bee- A Clover, any time, to him, Is Aristocracy-
Praise adds nothing to your holiness, nor does blame take anything from it. You are what you are, and you cannot be said to be better than you are in God's sight.
Don't treat your heart like an action figure wrapped in plastic and never used. And don't try to give me that nerd argument that your heart is a 'Batman' with a limited-edition silver bat-erang and therefore if it stays in its original packing it increases in value.
Here's what is truly at the heart of wholeheartedness: Worthy now, not if, not when, we're worthy of love and belonging now. Right this minute. As is.
Everyone has, inside himself ... what shall I call it? A piece of good news! Everyone is ... a very great, very important character.
Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.
Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.
We can only be valued as we make ourselves valuable.
Your value is not determined by your valuables, and God says the most valuable things in life are not things!
You don't buy a Picasso because you love the frame.
