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“if a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly.” G. K. Chesterton, What's Wrong with the World
“So much is a man worth as he esteems himself.” François Rabelais, Gargantua and Pantagruel
“All have their worth . . . and each contributes to the worth of the others.” J. R. R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion
“I can feel what you're feeling now — and you are worth it.” Stephenie Meyer, Twilight
“Of little worth as life is when we misuse it, it is worth that effort. It would cost nothing to lay down if it were not.” Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
“Liberty is worth paying for” Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
“There is a moment—Oh, just before the first kiss, a whispered word—something that makes it worth while.” F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise
“It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth looking at.” Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., The Poet at the Breakfast-Table
“The sun rose slowly, as if it wasn’t sure it was worth all the effort.” Terry Pratchett, The Light Fantastic
“one girl is worth more than twenty boys.” J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan
“Voyez-vous, Monsieur, to be able to look life in the face: that's worth living in a garret for, isn't it?” Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
“Pain is like fabric: the stronger it is, the more it’s worth.” John Green, The Fault in Our Stars
“The fact is, that the public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.” Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man under Socialism
“It's my world, and I don't want any other. What it hasn't got is not worth having, and what it doesn't know is not worth knowing.” Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
“Ah, good conversation—there's nothing like it, is there? The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.” Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence
“For as a rule a man must have worth in himself in order to recognise it and believe in it willingly and freely in others.” Arthur Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation
“Of more worth is one honest man to society and in the sight of God, than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived.” Thomas Paine, Common Sense
“Believe me, my young friend, there is NOTHING—absolute nothing—half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
“When we see men of worth, we should think of equalling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.” Confucius, Analects
“But that's the wonderful thing about man; he never gets so discouraged or disgusted that he gives up doing it all over again, because he knows very well it is important and worth the doing.” Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
“I desire to forget life. Life is a hideous invention of I know not whom. It lasts no time at all, and is worth nothing. One breaks one’s neck in living.” Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
“When we fail to acknowledge as part of reality the worth of a poor person, a human embryo, a person with disabilities – to offer just a few examples – it becomes difficult to hear the cry of nature itself; everything is connected.” Pope Francis, Laudato si'
“He said the worth of things can’t be measured by what they cost but by what they cost you to get it, that if anything costs you your faith or your family, then the price is too high and that there are some things that will never wear out.” Bob Dylan, Chronicles, Volume One
“They say, best men are moulded out of faults; and, for the most, become much more the better for being a little bad” William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure
“God may grant us gifts, but the merit of being able to take and hold them must be our own. Alas for the boons that slip through unworthy hands!” Rabindranath Tagore, The Home and the World
“Don't let yourself feel worthless; often through life you will really be at your worst when you seem to think best of yourself;” F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise
“There was a long hard time when I kept far from me the remembrance of what I had thrown away when I was quite ignorant of its worth. But since my duty has not been incompatible with the admission of that remembrance, I have given it a place in my...” Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
“I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known.” Confucius, Analects
“Be worthy, love, and love will come” Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
“They were both in their own ways earnest; they both wanted to achieve some worthy end or other, change the world for the better. Such alluring, such perilous ideals!” Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin
“Let us not overlook vital things because of the bulk of trifles confronting us.” Emma Goldman, Anarchism and Other Essays
“The besom of reform has swept him out of office; and a worthier successor wears his dignity, and pockets his emoluments.” Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter

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