Quotes About Values

The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, Imagination, Individuality and Independence.

There's no such thing as business ethics; there's just ethics. And ethics makes no concessions for the real or imagined necessities of making a profit.

Although I do not have a family, I have eyes, ears and imagination, and know, as most people know, that the importance of one's children is paramount.

It behooves us to be careful what we worship, for what we are worshipping we are becoming.

I have never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence.

The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity

Society values cooperation over independence, obedience over individuality, and niceness above all else.

To say that there should be no immigration, yes, that is definitely contrary to the best values of America that were laid out in the Declaration of Independence and since.

It was no longer esteemed infamous for a Roman to survive his honor and independence.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.

If you don't have integrity, you have nothing. You can't buy it. You can have all the money in the world, but if you are not a moral and ethical person, you really have nothing.

All one can really leave one's children is what's inside their heads. Education, in other words, and not earthly possessions, is the ultimate legacy, the only thing that cannot be taken away.

The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people.

We have to choose between what is right, and what is easy.

Is 'fat' really the worst thing a human being can be? Is 'fat' worse than 'vindictive', 'jealous', 'shallow', 'vain', 'boring' or 'cruel'? Not to me.

I think what's important for kids to know is that your decisions here on earth matter, your behavior matters and how you treat other people matters.

Nothing is more powerful than individuals acting out of their own conscience.

Pretty isn't beauty. Pretty is how you look; Beauty is who you are. Pretty is in the face and body; Beauty is in the heart, mind and soul. Pretty fades; Beauty grows.

Tolerance of intolerance is cowardice.

The end doesn't justify the means.

It is better to be respected than it is to be popular. Popularity ends on yearbook day, but respect lasts forever.

You can't believe one thing and do another. What you believe and what you do are the same thing.

Modesty is the way you deal with beauty not the way you avoid it.