#worth

On the opposite wall was a Damien Hirst spot painting, bought by Arabella after a decent bonus season. Roger's considered view of the painting, looking at it from aesthetic, art-historical, interior-design, and psychological points of view, was that it had cost forty-seven thousand pounds, plus VAT. ↗

— John Lanchester

#costs #expenses #paintings #worth #art

Circumstances, knowledge or birth do not determine the realisation of your desires. It is only you who are blocking the achievement of your dreams and goals. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#mind-body-spirit #mind-power #money #motivational #new-age

The gratitude that you feel leads to faith in the abundance and with every resonance that radiates from your mind more strong feelings of faith start to reside in you. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#mind-body-spirit #mind-power #money #motivational #new-age

One voyage to the East and a man could live as rich as a lord until the end of his days. When he'd been younger, Davos had dreamed of making such voyages himself. But the years went dancing by like moths around a flame, and somehow the time had never been quite right. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#dreams #dreams

(COMPARE) - Our birth is but a dream and a forgetting (Wordsworth) - ...so schläft er sehr rasch wieder ein, und schon nach vierundzwanzig Stunden ist es, als sei man niet weg gewesen und als sei die Reise der Traum einer Nacht. (Thomas Mann) - Thetis baptized her mortal son in Styx; A mortal mother would on Lethe fix. (Byron) ↗

— William Wordsworth

#wordsworth #dreams

Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#admirable #from time to time #knowing #nothing #remember

If you think a professional is expensive, wait 'til you try an amateur. ↗

— Paul "Red" Adair

#experience #price #professional #professionalism #worth

Let us be about setting high standards for life, love, creativity, and wisdom. If our expectations in these areas are low, we are not likely to experience wellness. Setting high standards makes every day and every decade worth looking forward to. ↗

— Greg Anderson

#areas #creativity #day #decade #every

In fact, to gull a fool seems to me an exploit worthy of a witty man. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

#fact #fool #in fact #man #me

Consider everyone trustworthy until they prove otherwise. ↗

— Ram Mohan

#distrust #emotion #faith #feeling #honesty