Quotes About Values

My father believed in toughness, honesty, politeness and being on time. All very important lessons.

Achievements on the golf course are not what matters, decency and honesty are what matter.

Integrity has no need of rules.

You could not bribe honest people, but bad people would accept bribery.

Industry, economy, honesty and kindness form a quartet of virtue that will never be improved upon.

Moral authority comes from following universal and timeless principles like honesty, integrity, treating people with respect.

The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.

Honesty doesn't always pay, but dishonesty always costs.

A big part of honesty is self-discipline, personal resolve, and taking pride in who you are as a person and what each action means to your character.

The chief problem in historical honesty is not outright lying. It is omission or de-emphasis of important data. The definition of 'important', of course, depends on one's values.

I believe the best test of our integrity and honesty is when we personally enforce in our own lives that which ultimately cannot be enforced.

He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose.

I want somebody like my mom. My mom is a very charitable woman. She's the sweetest woman in the world. I'm looking for the second sweetest woman in the world. I'm looking for honesty and a big heart.

The historian must not try to know what is truth, if he values his honesty; for if he cares for his truths, he is certain to falsify his facts.

Honesty is a question of right and wrong, not a matter of policy

He who freely praises what he means to purchase, and he who enumerates the faults of what he means to sell, may set up a partnership with honesty.

People value honesty. They value integrity. They value competence and courage and all those kinds of things.

Coming out is a means of redefining oneself, of claiming membership in a lifestyle and a social order with distinct values. Chief among these values is honesty.

[Islam] inspires countless individuals to lead lives of honesty, integrity, and morality.

If the truth doesn't save us, what does that say about us?

Between a fellow who is stupid and honest and one who is smart and crooked, I will take the first. I won't get much out of him, but with that other guy I can't keep what I've got.

Something greater than wealth, grander even than fame — that manhood, character, stand for success, and that nothing else really does.

When I go home, I try to raise my children with honesty and integrity and teach them to take care of the world and of each other.

Dishonesty is a forsaking of permanent for temporary advantages.