Quotes About Values

With three boys in the house, my mother was always on us when growing up about keeping our faces clean, washing behind our ears, and brushing our teeth. So I still take my morning routine seriously.

Mary is the sure path to our meeting with Christ. Devotion to the Mother of the Lord, when it is genuine, is always an impetus to a life guided by the spirit and values of the Gospel.

"Reverence for parents" stands written among the three laws of most revered righteousness.

If I have done anything in life worth attention, I feel sure that I inherited the disposition from my mother.

Fame is rot; daughters are the thing.

One thing my and mother and dad shared completely was their approach to money - they just didn't spend it.

Life was a lot simpler when what we honored was father and mother rather than all major credit cards.

I would much rather be known as the mother of a great son than the author of a great book or the painter of a great masterpiece.

Faith is a strong word in my life. That's one thing my mother has always stressed to me.

My own mother always taught me that fairness was a family value - I think equal pay is about fairness for everyone.

Mother always said you were greedy.

As youngsters, my mother taught her children that while we might not be the smartest people around, we could be courteous, polite and considerate of others.

I'm considered homophobic and crazy about these things and old fashioned. But I think that the family - father, mother, children - is fundamental to our civilisation.

I would much rather be a better mother or better human being than I would be a singer. Fortunately for me singing makes me a living.

We have the capacity to make sure that every mother has pre-natal care. Yet, we don't do it. What is it about America? It says we don't value children and families. We are hypocrites.

Pretty isn't the only thing that matters - being smart and kind matters more, of course - but all daughters should hear from their moms that they look pretty once in a while.

The most important person to thank is...my mother. She gave me four golden rules to live by: be a proud black man, take care of your family, make education a priority, and try to do the right thing.

We lived in a real rough place but my mother kept me straight.

I have three daughters. I wanted them to be raised where there are real seasons and where everyone their age wasn't trying to get into movies.

I hope people have pulled something about me and said "Hey Mr. T loves his mother, hey Mr. T ain't no dummy, hey Mr. T never grabbed his crotch," when you're talking about Hip-Hop culture.

Mothers, train up your children in righteousness; do not attempt to save the world and let your own family fall apart.

The best principles in our lives were those which we heard from our mothers through our ears.

My mother taught me something at a young age - she said 'you are the company you keep.' To define yourself by some label or some level of resources - that's pretty shallow.

I didn't fully realize it at the time, but the goal of my life was profoundly molded by this experience - to help produce, in the next generation, more Mother Teresas and less Hitlers.