Well never know the worth of water till the well go dry. – Scottish Proverb
Merit is often an obstacle to fortune; the reason is it produces two bad effects, envy and fear. – Proverb
Speak little and well if you wish to be esteemed a person of merit. – Proverb
Tis not in mortals to command success, but well do more, Sempronius, well deserve it. – Joseph Addison
A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing. – Pearl Bailey
Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well. – Lord Chesterfield
Here is a field open for talent; and here, merit will a have certain favor, and industry is graced with its due reward. – Claudius
There is hardly any one so insignificant that he does not seem imposing to some one at some time. – Charles Horton Cooley
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another. – Charles Dickens
You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back. – Wayne Dyer
Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have. – Thomas Alva Edison
Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They dont mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them. – TS (Thomas Stearns) Eliot
Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation. – Henry Fielding
People who matter are most aware that everyone else does, too. – Malcolm Stevenson Forbes
Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least. – Johann von Goethe
Every human being is trying to say something to others. Trying to cry out I am alive, notice me! Speak to me! Confirm that I am important, that I matter!! – Marion D. Hanks
The things which are most important dont always scream the loudest. – Bob Hawke
We may not always get what we want, but surely we will get what we deserve. – Doug Horton
Where quality is the thing sought after, the thing of supreme quality is cheap, whatever the price one has to pay for it. – William James
An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof. – Walter Savage Landor
