Valuable And Invaluable Thing Quotes & Sayings

Usually at least once in a person's childhood we lose an object that at the time is invaluable and irreplaceable to us, although it is worthless to others. Many people remember that lost article for the rest of their lives. Whether it was a lucky pocketknife, a transparent plastic bracelet given to you by your father, a toy you had longed for and never expected to receive, but there it was under the tree on Christmas ... it makes no difference what it was. If we describe it to others and explain why it was so important, even those who love us smile indulgently because to them it sounds like a trivial thing to lose. Kid stuff. But it is not. Those who forget about this object have lost a valuable, perhaps even crucial memory. Becuase something central to our younger self resided in that thing. When we lost it, for whatever reason, a part of us shifted permanently. — Jonathan Carroll

Offer someone £50 for telling you what Mashik of 45 is, and he will ask "what is Mashik?". Then offer him £100 to tell you what tangent of 45 is, and he will turn down the challenge. He will not even ask what tangent is, because clearly it sounds like maths, and we don't mess with maths... — Ilan Samson

Your fuselage shouldn't open more easily than your pretzel bag. — Bill Maher

you cant trust anything in the dark — Symphony

Dharma is not upheld by talking about it. Dharma is upheld by living in harmony with it ... — Gautama Buddha

I began to think I quite liked her really. It's always so nice to meet someone more badly behaved than oneself. — Helen Fielding

Devoting yourself to a particular art is invaluable. The art becomes our vehicle with which we drive down the road of life. We use this vehicle to learn about ourselves and this place, to conquer fears, to become more of what we already are. In my own life, I have found most valuable the transferable skills of learning from jiu jitsu to all other facets of day to day study. In devoting myself with such commitment to this art, in undertaking the task of understanding jiu jitsu to whatever degree by circumstance allows, I have unknowingly learned how to learn. — Chris Matakas

I remember watching Ring of Honor as a fan, going to shows in Philadelphia and New York, and I loved the guys. I thought these are some of the best wrestlers in the world, if not THE best. — Adam Cole

Comparing and contrasting is a valuable human skill - and not just during high school English exams. Our ability to rank-order things is invaluable in making choices and setting priorities. — Martha Beck

family is any group of people who know each other well and love each other anyway! — Ashleen O'Gaea

The United Nations is an indispensable but deeply flawed organization. It is valuable to the United States, and the United States is invaluable to it. We need to reform it. — Richard Holbrooke

Time - the one asset none of us are ever gonna get more of. — Gary Vaynerchuk

I avoid literature whenever possible, because whenever possible I avoid myself ... — Thomas Bernhard

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God's dialogue with us becomes truly human, since God conducts his part as man. — Pope Benedict XVI

Few of us have the necessary unselfishness to hear with gladness the talents of others extolled or to listen with patience to the successes of those whom we despise - Vivian — D.E. Stevenson

Always try to be busy with valuable activities otherwise invaluable activities will definitely try to be busy with you — Arya Vidhan

Vera Caspary wrote thrillers - but not like any other author of her time, male or female. Her specialty was a specific type that she pioneered - the psycho thriller. — M.J. Rose

It's life isn't it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on and someone passes you. Then someone passes them. Time levels. — Katharine Hepburn