Quotes About Values

A tradition that we'll never let go. A tradition that I probably will never let go of either, simply because like religion, culture is nailed into you so deep you can't escape it. No matter how far you run.

I'm saying it because there comes a time when you need to decide if what you want from life is more important than the trappings you'd forfeit for that freedom.

Some things are more important than safety.

How come no one idolizes or praises the missionaries who give up everything and live in poverty, endangering their lives and their families with every danger that the American dream has almost completely eliminated? How come no one lifts up and exalts the ghetto and prison ministers and preachers? Because we are taught early on 1) that comfort is our goal and security and 2) that we should always seek for a lot of people to like us.

Truth and trust are the means by which civilization holds off barbarism.

You got kids who act loony and take drugs left and right. They pretend they hate their parents who gave them everything in the world. These kids grow up, and their kids stick earrings in private places and get tattoos all over their bodies and don't know whether to act like boys or girls. They think they love everybody. The truth is they love nobody, including themselves.

Humanism without the root of love will be a cruel world see worldly hypocrisy.

My family really does come first. It always did and always will.

De que vale ter crença em Deus se perdemos a fé nos homens?

North of the 49th parallel we value equality; south of it, they treasure freedom.

History is not just a flat chronicle of events. History is an understanding of the forces that work, the values that shape present action and direct the future. If you have that knowledge, you are empowered in ways that you can't get by watching the nightly news or reading the morning editorials. We live in an ahistorical age when many people's memories go back to breakfast, but if you're armed with that insight you have immense power for good.

Christianity challenged Rome's most basic set of values. The peculiar, mysterious religion forced a distinction - between what it meant to be a Roman and what it meant to be a Christian. The church fathers were quite aware that they were Roman citizens, but they also understood that their faith in Christ transcended the political and social values of their day.

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I believe we can turn around our countrys current, wrong-headed course, if we start basing our actions on ideas, shared values, and a commitment to solve problems without regard for party.

I think if you look at people, whether in business or government, who haven't had any moral compass, who've just changed to say whatever they thought the popular thing was, in the end they're losers.

In times such as these, people should recognize that evil knows no borders, knows no limits and knows no compassion. Those around the globe that value freedom must continue to persevere even in the darkest of times.

It used to be that people had character; now houses have character and people have personality. That

Treat other people with respect and dignity until they prove unworthy of respect; however, dignity is the right of all people." -Michael Cook

Sure I care about it, just not enough to play cards with my integrity as a poker chip.

and arrogant, to tell people it is fine to poison themselves with chemicals and mutilate their bodies at the very sources of life, just so they can escape children! As if children could ever—ever—be a burden!

Tell me, Pan Tarnowski, did your father not teach you to discern good from evil?

But I saw a lot as I was growing up. I learned that whenever a person refuses to live according to moral laws, love cannot survive.

What is culture? It's a set of consistent patterns people follow for communicating, thinking, and acting, all grounded in their shared assumptions and values.

Most people today are not getting what they want. Not from their jobs, not from their families, not from their religion, not from their government, and, most important, not from themselves. Something is missing in most of our lives. Part of what's missing is purpose. Values. Worthwhile standards against which our lives can be measured. Part of what's missing is a Game Worth Playing.