Quotes About Values

from talking with your mouth full. The Badger did not mind that sort of thing at all, nor did he take any notice of elbows on the table, or everybody speaking at once. As he did not go into Society himself, he had got an idea that these things belonged to the things that didn't really matter. (We know of course that he was wrong, and took too narrow a view; because they do matter very much, though it would take too long to explain why.)

My special job is the most interesting I know of anywhere. More fun than being king, pope, or prime minister anywhere-for no one can turn me out of it and I don't have to make any compromises with principles, Morgan once said. His principles-Do your work; be honest; keep your word; help when you can; be fair-were the words he lived by.

I never wanted to safe... I wanted to be good.

Consequently, the first condition of safety is Mutual Purpose. Mutual Purpose means that others perceive that you're working toward a common outcome in the conversation, that you care about their goals, interests, and values. And vice versa. You believe they care about yours.

When had doing the right thing stopped being the automatic option and become something that had to be worked at instead?

Life is too short to spend hoping that the perfectly arched eyebrow or hottest new lip shade will mask an ugly heart.

If there's a God out there, then I would hope he has more important things to attend to than my drinking scotch or eating pork.

Tak ada tindakan yang lebih buruk daripada mencuri. Orang yang mengambil sesuatu yang bukan haknya, baik itu kehidupan orang lain ataupun sepotong naan.

Jika Tuhan memperhatikan kehidupan kita, kuharap Dia lebih mementingkan hal-hal selain kesukaanku minum scotch dan makan daging babi.

Morality is a matter of money. Poor people cannot afford to have morals. So they have religion

Poor people cannot afford to have morals. So they have religion.

If you look at things as they are, there does not seem to be a code either of man or of God on which one can pattern one's conduct. Wrong triumphs over right as much as right over wrong. Sometimes its triumphs are greater. What happens ultimately, you do not know. In such circumstances what can you do but cultivate an utter indifference to all values? Nothing matters. Nothing whatever...

To bring up our children in light and truth we must ourselves be sources of light and truth. We must not only teach our children true principles but 'bring them up' surrounded by and immersed in light and truth. The way we live (our 'traditions'), the example we set, and the values that guide our actions must lead our children to God. Indeed, our children learn who God is and what he is like by the way that we treat them.

I suppose I want him to be happy," she said at last. "Whatever in life makes him happy, I want him to have that. I don't care what it is, as long as he grows up to be good and true to himself.

It is not always what we do, Sa'han, but who we love that makes us who we are. Quen

And what's important to you?" I asked. Marshal thought while we maneuvered around Darth Vader, who was struggling to keep from hitting the wall with his helmet blocking his vision. "Success at work. Having fun doing it. Caring for someone and supporting their interests because you like to see them happy. Having them care about and support yours simply because they want to see you happy.

Money drives the world, but when everything falls apart to leave the underpinnings of our life bare to the scrutiny of critics and thieves, the only thing remaining, the only thing that can't be taken away, is the love you hold for the people you care about.

Was using "dead-man's-toe" morally okay if the man's relatives had knowingly sold him for parts?

Okay, I like him," I admitted. "But it takes more than a nice body, Jenks. Jeez, I do have a little depth. You've got a great body, and you don't see me trying to get into your Fruit of the Looms.

Not everything was legal, but nothing was immoral, and that was my guide these days.

You need someone a little dirty, honey, with a heart of gold," she whispered in my ear as she patted my back. "I don't think you're going to find it in this century. We don't make honest men who are that strong in their convictions anymore. Society seems to just…twist them bad.

But to say self-interest is all that exists, or that it should be given free rein! My Lord. Believe that and nothing matters but money.

Most ignorance is by choice, you know, and so ignorance is very telling about what really matters to people.

we can't think in anything but economic terms, our ethics must be quantified and rated for the effects that our actions have on GDP. This