Quote by Thomas Alva Edison

Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have.

Your worth consists in what you are and not in what you have

Summary

This quote emphasizes that a person's value should not be determined by their possessions or material wealth but by their character, personality, and inner qualities. It suggests that true worth lies in one's unique qualities, talents, actions, and the way they treat others, rather than the external status symbols or objects they may possess. In essence, it urges individuals to focus on personal growth, kindness, and genuine connections with others instead of measuring their worth based on materialistic standards.

Topics

By Thomas Alva Edison

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

If I had my hand full of truth, I would take good care how I

If I had my hand full of truth, I would take good care how I opened it.

Bernard Le Bovier Fontenelle

I am fascinated by history and particularly the Victorian er

I am fascinated by history and particularly the Victorian era.

Rhetoric, it seems, is a producer of persuasion for belief,

Rhetoric, it seems, is a producer of persuasion for belief, not for instruction in the matter of right and wrong... And so the rhetorician's business is not to instruct a law court or a public meeting in matters of right and wrong, but only to make them believe.

Business Belief Rights Thepublic Wrongs Meeting

In the whole round of human affairs little is so fatal to pe

In the whole round of human affairs little is so fatal to peace as misunderstanding.

Margaret Elizabeth Sangster

Psychology has a long past, but only a short history

Psychology has a long past, but only a short history

Herman Ebbinghaus

Inspirational Psychology

The marquis de Carabas was not a good man, and he knew himse

The marquis de Carabas was not a good man, and he knew himself well enough to be perfectly certain that he was not a brave man. He had long since decided that the world, Above or Below, was a place that wished to be deceived, and, to this end, he had named himself from a lie in a fairy tale, and created himself--his clothes, his manner, his carriage--as a grand joke.There was a dull pain in his wrists and his feet, and he was finding it harder and harder to breathe. There was nothing more to be gained by feigning unconsciousness, and he raised his head, as best he could, and spat a gob of scarlet blood into Mr. Vandemar's face.It was a brave thing to do, he thought. And a stupid one. Perhaps they would have let him die quietly, if he had not done that. Now, he had no doubt, they would hurt him more. And perhaps his death would come the quicker for it.

Bravery Neil Gaiman Lady Door Marquis De Carabas Neverwhere

It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the i

It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth.

Charles Caleb Colton

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

English Proverb

Foolishness Fools

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triu

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

Theodore Roosevelt, speech befor

I'd always been a news junkie, always read lots of newspaper

I'd always been a news junkie, always read lots of newspapers and watched the Sunday morning news shows on TV and felt strongly about issues of power, control, sexuality and race.

When you have dogs, you witness their uncomplaining acceptan

When you have dogs, you witness their uncomplaining acceptance of suffering, their bright desire to make the most of life in spite of the limitations of age and disease, their calm awareness of the approaching end when their final hours come. They accept death with a grace that I hope I will one day be brave enough to muster.

Life Death Dogs

We participate in a tragedy at a comedy we only look.

We participate in a tragedy at a comedy we only look.