Quotes About Values

Through Malachi, God chastises them for "thinking that the Lord's table may be despised" (Malachi 1:7). That's strong language, but it rings true. A man who insists that he loves his wife while he lavishes the finest gifts upon his mistress does not truly love his wife.

good. A society that gets marriage wrong will not remain free for long: the family is the training ground for the virtues that make free societies possible. Consider especially the necessity of trust in economic relationships.

All human societies eventually take on the form and structure of the families that comprise them. A disintegrating culture of marriage will lead to a disintegrating society. But you don't have to take my word for it. Just look around.

Ray-Ray had been on track for a golden-rule life of selfless service.

We have become a nation not of citizens but of consumers.

Children believe things in their hearts, and much of what they believe comes from what their parents tell them.

Like every other hypocrite alive, he was very good at applying unyielding standards to others. Bozic

Was du ererbt von deinen Vätern hast, erwirb es um es zu besitzen.

Das Leben eines Menschen ist sein Charakter

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing.

integrity means both personal wholeness and adherence to values outside yourself - especially goodness and truth

There is a useful distinction between good leaders and leaders of good

A boy of fifteen who is not a democrat is good for nothing, and he is no better who is a democrat at twenty.

give a reason for people to believe in what you stand for.

Keeping the notion of dignity front and center creates a workplace where people want to be.

Clarity believes in all of that. Because she's - well, you know her. Generous and kind and loves everyone - because she's that way, those ideas take on a particularly important meaning to her. She doesn't know... that it wasn't that she was good and kind because of the words, but that the words meant those things because she was good and kind.

Any religion can give you answers to these questions. The fact that different religions give different answers—sometimes radically different answers—is proof of how hard they are. A good religion will help you explore the questions, contemplate possible answers, and find the ones that best fit your values, beliefs, and experience of the world. Good religion will give you tools for living when there are no answers.

If there's a single trait common to all Savannahians, it's their love of money and their unwillingness to spend it.

You can put your principles into a match-box but what fills the whole room is your instinctive responses.

Protecting the institution of marriage safeguards, I believe, the American family.

I started out mopping floors, waiting tables, and tending bar at my dad's tavern. I put myself through school working odd jobs and night shifts. I poured my heart and soul into a small business. And when I saw how out-of-touch Washington had become with the core values of this great nation, I put my name forward and ran for office.

And we can celebrate when we have a government that has earned back the trust of the people it serves... when we have a government that honors our Constitution and stands up for the values that have made America, America: economic freedom, individual liberty, and personal responsibility.

There is no patriotic obligation to help advance the career of a politician who is otherwise pursuing interests that are fundamentally antithetical to your values. That's not the call of patriotism.

We must never settle for harmony at the expense of holiness, nor for peace at the expense of principal.