34 Powerful Quotes About The Value Of Life
Quotes About The Value Of Life
“The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.” Henry David Thoreau
“Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value.” Desmond Tutu
“A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.” Charles Darwin
“The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.” Aristotle
“Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.” Henry James
“For me, no ideological or political conviction would justify the sacrifice of a human life. For me, the value of life is absolute, with no concessions. It’s not negotiable.” Edgar Ramirez
“What I value in life is quality rather then quantity.” Albert Einstein
“The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.” Albert Schweitzer
“There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, and nothing worth killing for.” Tom Robbins
“If there is a meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life, even as fate and death. Without suffering and death, human life cannot be complete.” Viktor E. Frankl
“The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.” John F. Kennedy
“Communal well-being is central to human life.” Cat Stevens
“The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become.” Jim Rohn
“The value of life itself cannot be estimated.” Friedrich Nietzsche
“Until you value yourself, you won’t value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.” M. Scott Peck
“I might have some character traits that some might see as innocence or naive. That’s because I discovered peace and happiness in my soul. And with this knowledge, I also see the beauty of human life.” Tobey Maguire
“The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them… Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.” Michel de Montaigne
“There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it and no happiness in any place except what you bring to it yourself.” Henry David Thoreau
“If you truly believe in the value of life, you care about all of the weakest and most vulnerable members of society.” Joni Eareckson Tada
“Time is short. Eternity is long. It is only reasonable that this short life be lived in the light of eternity.” Charles Spurgeon
“There are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.” Lord Byron
“When you realize the value of all life, you dwell less on what is past and concentrate more on the preservation of the future.” Dian Fossey
“The value of life can be measured by how many times your soul has been deeply stirred.” Soichiro Honda
“My mom, Irmelin, taught me the value of life. Her own life was saved by my grandmother during World War II.” Leonardo DiCaprio
“Everyday, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it.” Dalai Lama
“I savor life. When you have anything that threatens life… it prods you into stepping back and really appreciating the value of life and taking from it what you can.” Sonia Sotomayor
“All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today.” Pope Paul VI
“The value of life is not in its duration, but in its donation. You are not important because of how long you live, you are important because of how effective you live.” Myles Munroe
“We’re all human, aren’t we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.” J. K. Rowling
“The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy.” N. D. Kalu
“Values are the definition of our actions in life.” Armin Houman
“A government cannot be truly just without affirming the intrinsic value of human life.” Charles Colson
Sanctity Of Life
“The ultimate end of all revolutionary social change is to establish the sanctity of human life, the dignity of man, the right of every human being to liberty and well-being.” Emma Goldman
“In the 21st century, I believe the mission of the United Nations will be defined by a new, more profound awareness of the sanctity and dignity of every human life, regardless of race or religion.” Kofi Annan
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