A Quote by Seneca the Younger

Nothing costs so much as what is bought by prayers.

Seneca the Younger

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Seneca the Younger
Roman - Philosopher
4 BC - 65

Use the freest goods for happiness... The stars cost nothing. Nature costs nothing. Your inner life costs nothing. God costs nothing. And yet they are all infinitely precious.

Robert Muller

A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.

Quintilian

A smile costs nothing, but creates much, It happens in a flash, but the memory of it lasts forever, It cannot be bought, begged, borrowed nor stolen, but it is Something that is no earthly good to anyone until it is given away. So if in your hurry and rush You meet someone, who is too weary to give you a smile, Leave one of yours, For no one needs a smile quite as much as the one who has "Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars a cage.

Unknown

It costs to be a friend or to have a friend. There is nothing else in life except motherhood that costs so much. It not only costs time, affection, patience, love, but sometimes a man must even lay down his life for his friends. There is no true friendship without self-abnegation, self-sacrifice.

Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay

The most troubling aspect of social policy towards the poor in late 20th century America is or how much it costs, but what it has bought.

Charles A. Murray

Politeness costs nothing. Nothing, that is, to him that shows it; but if often costs the world very dear.

William Allingham

One of the biggest reasons for higher medical costs is that somebody else is paying those costs, whether an insurance company or the government. What is the politicians' answer? To have more costs paid by insurance companies and the government. ... [H]aving someone else pay for medical care virtually guarantees that a lot more of it will be used. Nothing would lower costs more than having each patient pay those costs. And nothing is less likely to happen.

Thomas Sowell

Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of pleasures, costs nothing, and conveys much.

Erastus Wiman

(A smile) costs nothing, but creates much.

Dale Carnegie

The current fast food that we have is inexpensive when you buy it, but the long-term costs of eating it and the long-term costs to society, are much too high. This cheap food, when you add up all the total costs, is much too expensive.

Eric Schlosser

A mitzvah that costs money is worth more than one that costs nothing.

Nachman of Breslov

What costs the world to you as a working kid fresh out of college costs nothing to you as a successful musician.

G-Eazy

Doing something costs something. Doing nothing costs something. And, quite often, doing nothing costs a lot more!

Ben Feldman

It costs us so little to go vegan. It costs animals so much if we don't.

Gary L. Francione

I don't recite prayers as a blanket rule, but having said that, I do believe that prayers like The Our Father and Hail Mary are powerful prayers.

Krystle D'Souza

I got so good at writing to a budget, my brain was restricting myself. I'd write, "It's a stormy night." Then I'd cross out stormy. I'd write: "It's a calm night." Then I'd cross out night. It's noon. Because you know how much night costs. You know how much rain costs. Nothing comes free in movies.

Albert Brooks

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