Quotes About Values

There have always been those who argued that the end justifies the means, that the means aren't really important," [King] said. "But we will never have peace in the world until men everywhere recognize the ends are not cut off from the means, because the means represent the ideal in the making, and the end in the process, and ultimately you can't reach good ends through evil means, because the means represent the seed and the end represents the tree.

The virtue she valued most was faith. It had no place on Franklin's list. She placed her trust in Providence. He placed his faith in man.

It seems to me unthinkable that a man with his background of slander, abuse, innuendo, expediency and resort to all the most devious political devices should ever occupy an office which we have tried for generations to exalt in the esteem of young people and the world

Many a Man would have been worse, if his Estate had been better.19

If you marry for money, you end up earning every penny.

It's amazing […] how perfectly honest people who would starve rather than steal sixpence, will steal books without compunction.

many around the world were beginning to find their voices online. The world before social media was different, as only certain voices were able to rise to the top, creating a skewed perception of what is globally tolerable. But when nearly everyone has equal access to the same platforms, the simple fact that not everyone thinks alike—and certainly not everyone shares the same values as those in the United States—becomes strikingly clear.

So it's not American values, per se, that are being exported to billions of users around the world, but the values of a very particular demographic—perhaps not incidentally the same demographic that made up Facebook's first set of users.

We agreed we're both troubled by the stiff-minded emphasis on the flag that grips much of the country these days. A flag, after all, is still only a cloth symbol. You don't show patriotism by showing blank-eyed love for a bit of cloth. And you can be deeply patriotic without covering your car with flag decals.

a la cultura secular le emociona dar su opinión acerca de la sexualidad. Películas, televisión, música, el Internet y muchas celebridades expresan actitudes que son prácticamente lo contrario a los valores que queremos transmitir. No podemos esperar que la cultura secular presente una moralidad y valores saludables a nuestros hijos. Eso es función nuestra. Quedarse callado o quejarse no ayuda a nuestros hijos.

You don't do what's right because you know it will work out. You do it because you know it's right.

But, you know, you can't be a star at home.

How would the person I'd like to be, do the things I'm about to do?

How is it that Christians today will pay $20 to hear the latest Christian artist in concert, but Jesus can't draw a crowd?

All over America, churchgoers chafe at a Sunday morning service that runs an hour and ten minutes, but have no problem with three-hour football games on television.

Well, one of the most important things for Americans to be reminded of is that a lot of the exceptional nature of our country is founded in Judeo-Christian values that promotes individualism, personal responsibility, a strong work ethic, and a commitment to family, charity.

Fuck fashion in the face of need, and fuck it anyway just on good general principles.

As I've often said, Wisconsin's greatest strength continues to be the dedicated, hardworking people of our state. They go to work everyday, pay their taxes, and raise their kids with good, Midwestern values.

Kids have minds of their own. They want to exert their independence and do their own thinking. They blow off the things that are forced onto them and embrace the things they want to believe. If we want to pass our values down to them, we must present those values in a way our kids can accept: in our actions and words. Kids' values come from what they see and hear. They don't accept what we try to drive into their heads through lecturing.

Modeling is the secret to instilling a sense of responsibility about personal belongings.

As your heart goes, so goes your family! If your heart isn't right, no child raising system, rules, or gimmicks will ever work. As your heart goes, so goes your parenting!

You know what will bring family and social issues front and center? If 2012 America sees middle-schoolers reenacting Lady Gaga videos.

A team can employ agile practices, but it won't achieve the potential benefit of agile development without embracing agile values and principles.

At any organizational level people are leaders not because of what they do, but because of who they are.