Health is not valued till sickness comes.

The truth is that relative income is not directly related to happiness. Nonpartisan social-survey data clearly show that the big driver of happiness is earned success: a person's belief that he has created value in his life or the life of others.

Now an infinite happiness cannot be purchased by any price less than that which is infinite in value and infinity of merit can only result from a nature that is infinitely divine or perfect.

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.

Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values.

Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life and that happiness not pain or mindless self-indulgence is the proof of your moral integrity since it is the proof and the result of your loyalty to the achievement of your values.

I think making mistakes and discovering them for yourself is of great value but to have someone else to point out your mistakes is a shortcut of the process.

It is better wither to be silent or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word and do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.

Good is somebody who delivered and allowed the company to overcome obstacles without leaving a profound impact on its culture. Great is somebody who leads his company to achievements and performance and value that nobody was expecting it had.

A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.

There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.

One of the great strengths of the United States is... we have a very large Christian population - we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.

A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.

I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things.

Too often the great decisions are originated and given form in bodies made up wholly of men or so completely dominated by them that whatever of special value women have to offer is shunted aside without expression.

I think for voters what matters is the values that drive the government.

Honesty integrity and accountability the values which should be the hallmark of this government have instead been thrown under the bus by an arrogant majority casualties in a misguided campaign to shield from accountability those who abuse this House.

If one has a good disposition what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame what is the value of other ornamentation?

I have always believed and I still believe that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.

When you are older you will understand how precious little things seemingly of no value in themselves can be loved and prized above all price when they convey the love and thoughtfulness of a good heart.

Not life but good life is to be chiefly valued.

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

If money help a man to do good to others it is of some value but if not it is simply a mass of evil and the sooner it is got rid of the better.

God exists if only in the form of a meme with high survival value or infective power in the environment provided by human culture.