A man who does not endeavour to seem more than he is will generally be thought nothing of. We habitually make such large deductions for pretence and imposture that no real merit will stand against them. It is necessary to set off our good qualities with a certain air of plausibility and self-importance, as some attention to fashion is necessary.
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.
We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.
A man who examines the saddle and bridle and not the animal itself when he is out to buy a horse is a fool; similarly, only an absolute fool values a man according to his clothes, or according to his position, which after all is only something we wear like clothing.
Anything that has real and lasting value is always a gift from within.
While I accept that large investment rounds will always garner headlines, it's almost as if the magic number of how much cash you've managed to raise has become both a stamp of approval and the main metric for gauging a business's true worth.
Few people are modest enough to be estimated at their true worth.
Our Christian faith is actually very subversive of the conventional notion of success - the notion that what invests a person with worth is something extrinsic.
One's real worth is never a quantifiable thing.
The true worth of a race must be measured by the character of its womanhood.
Power and beauty come from a very deep place.
Do not expect to be acknowledged for what you are, much less for what you would be; since no one can well measure a great man but upon the bier.
Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.
It doesn't have to glitter to be gold.
Beauty holds more worth than gold.
That is gold which is worth gold.
Every human being whose mind is not debauched, will be willing to give all that he has to get knowledge.
I think you judge yourself too severely, a quality that always distinguishes people of true worth.
Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.
Want is an empty void - your real value is full and abundant.
Honor is infinitely more valuable than positions of honor.
Do you know a book that you are willing to put under your head for a pillow when you lie dying? Very well; that is the book you want to study while you are living. There is but one such book in the world.
The greatest of all gifts is the power to estimate things at their true worth
Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.
We measure minds by their stature; it would be better to esteem them by their beauty.
