Quotes about Worth

My failure to lay aside the sin that so easily entangles is the direct result of my refusal to die to my natural proclivity toward attaining my own freedom, meaning, value, worth, and righteousness - not believing that, by virtue of my Spirit - wrought union with Christ, everything I need, I already possess.

Don't hold yourselves cheap, seeing that the creator of all things and of you estimates your value so high, so dear, that he pours out for you every day the most precious blood of his only-begotten Son.

The sufficiency of my merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient.

The danger is that in reaction to abuses and distortions of an idea, we'll reject it completely. And in the process miss out on the good of it, the worth of it, the truth of it.

Boldness in the course of a noble fight is worth the risk...If you stand on truth, you'll only regret your timidity later, but you'll never regret being bold.

What is it, then, that comprises our deepest selves and gives us worth?

I think that whether someone is a Christian or not, the idea that a human life has dignity and intrinsic worth should be clear enough.

For what is a man, what has he got. If not himself, then he has naught.

Wrong thinking about God and people often begins with a debased image of ourselves.

God's love for you and his choice of you constitute your worth. Accept that, and let it become the most important thing in your life.

It is in this solitude that we discover that being is more important than having, and that we are worth more than the result of our efforts.

Without trust, I cannot let myself be found. Trust is that deep inner conviction that the Father wants me home. As long as I doubt that I am worth finding and put myself down as less loved than my younger brothers and sisters, I cannot be found. I have to keep saying to myself, "God is looking for you. He will go anywhere to find you. He loves you, he wants you home, he cannot rest unless he has you with him.