Quotes About Values

El ser humano que olvida sus tradiciones está condenado a perderse a sí mismo, sin raíces, sin un código, sin nada a que aferrarse.

Feio! Onde já se viu homem feio ou bonito? A beleza do homem, desgraçada, não está na cara, está é no caráter, na sua posição social, em suas posses. Onde já se viu homem rico ser feio?

One can take pride in going as far in crime as a saint in virtue.

Un pueblo irreligioso morirá, porque nada en él alimenta la virtud. Las injusticias humanas disgustan de ella; es necesario que la justicia celeste la garantice

If you want to make use of the advantages of civilization, but are not prepared to concern yourself with the upholding of civilization—you are done.

If you want to make use of the advantages of civilisation, but are not prepared to concern yourself with the upholding of civilisation—you are done.

A glória dos netos nada tem a ganhar com a ruína dos avós.

El trabajo, creando el hábito del esfuerzo, sería la mejor escuela del carácter; pero la sociedad enseña a odiarlo, imponiéndolo precozmente, como una ignominia desagradable o un envilecimiento infame, bajo la esclavitud del yugo y de horarios, ejecutado por hambre o por avaricia, hasta que el hombre huye de él como de un castigo: sólo podrá amarlo cuando sea una gimnasia espontánea de sus gustos y de sus aptitudes.

Su generosidad es siempre dinero dado a usura. Su amistad es una complacencia servil o una adulación provechosa.

el remoto proverbio árabe: "Un mediano bienestar tranquilo es preferible a la opulencia llena de preocupaciones".

De extenderse a otras actividades, pronto tendremos que considerar científicos a los charlatanes, profesionales a los chapuceros, atletas a los lisiados y políticos a los embaucadores. Ocurrió en la vieja Grecia y empezaba a ocurrir en Europa, donde las masas triunfaban por doquier, hasta el punto de poder hablarse de su hegemonía.

They come here seeking gold. May you go to their country seeking a different kind of gold for our needs! But remember, all that glisters is not gold.

Hatred is a feeling which leads to the extinction of values.

Social conscience is a fashion, it changes every year.

Since the family is the fundamental unit of society, the disintegration of the family inevitably and inexorably is leading to the disintegration of society itself.

Better to die ten thousand deaths, Than wound my honour.

In short, if you banish modesty out of the world, she carries away with her half the virtue that is in it.

I am very much concerned when I see young gentlemen of fortune and quality so wholly set upon pleasures and diversions, that they neglect all those improvements in wisdom and knowledge which may make them easy to themselves and useful to the world.

I have learned that true power comes from self-control. I have learned that true strength comes from a clear conscience. I have learned that true wealth comes from a good family and good friends.

For aesthetics is the mother of ethics. Were we to choose our leaders on the basis of their reading experience and not their political programs, there would be much less grief on earth. I believe-not empirically, alas, but only theoretically-that for someone who has read a lot of Dickens to shoot his like in the name of an idea is harder than for someone who has read no Dickens.

There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants--more than anything else--to become rich. As long as they don't have the money, it'll seem like a worthwhile goal. Once they do, they'll understand how important other things are--and have always been.

Qu'on rie des idées religieuses, ou qu'on les vénère, n'importe : elles ne forment pas moins, vraies ou fausses, la base unique de toutes les institutions durables.

I also have a code of honor, but it is flexible.

A child can learn what is right as easy as what is wrong and whatever impressions are made on the mind when it is plastic will remain there.