Quotes About Values

What's so clever about working hard ? he said to Momo. Anyone can get rich quick that way, but who wants to look like the people who've sold themselves body and soul for money's sake ? Well, they can count me out. Even if there are times when I don't have the price of a cup of coffee, I'm still me. Guido's still Guido!

All that matters in life, the grey man went on, is to climb the ladder of success, amount to something, own things. When a person climbs higher than the rest, amounts to more, owns more things, everything else comes automatically: friendship, love, respect, et cetera... Isn't there anyone who loves you? Momo whispered.

Míralos, lo que parecen los que han vendido la vida y el alma por un poco de bienestar. No, a eso no juego yo.

Live your life the way you Want Your kids to live theirs.

First, individual rights cannot be sacrificed for the sake of the general good, and second, the principles of justice that specify these rights cannot be premised on any particular vision of the good life. What justifies the rights is not that they maximize the general welfare or otherwise promote the good, but rather that they comprise a fair framework within which individuals and groups can choose their own values and ends, consistent with a similar liberty for others.

The way things are does not determine the way they ought to be

And so, in the end, the question of markets is really a question about how we want to live together. Do we want a society where everything is up for sale? Or are there certain moral and civic goods that markets do not honor and money cannot buy?

T]he state should not impose a preferred way of life, but should leave its citizens as free as possible to choose their own values and ends, consistent with a similar liberty for others.

Feminism expects a man to be ethical, emotionally present, and accountable to his values in his actions with women — as well as with other men. Feminism loves men enough to expect them to act more honorably and actually believes them capable of doing so.

Years later he would say that when he'd decided to become a professional baseball player, it was the only time he'd done something just for the money, and that he'd never do something just for the money ever again. He would never again let the market dictate the direction of his life.

A man got to have a code. - Omar Little

I ask them if it ever troubled them to devote their lives, and expensive educations, to a trivial game. They look at me as if I've lost my mind, and Paul actually laughed. "Oh, you mean as opposed to working in some deeply meaningful job on Wall Street?" he said.

His father had turned away from an early career in medicine, Amos explained to friends, because "he thought animals had more real pain than people and complained a lot less." Yosef Tversky was a serious man.

It was not that he lacked values, but he had a keen sense that at times the ends justified the means, and an equally keen sense of his own interests. There

We quickly figured out that some companies actually have a moral compass and some of them don't," said Joe.

It went that way with much of what they needed to buy: some companies sought to exploit the moment; others sought to help. "We quickly figured out that some companies actually have a moral compass and some of them don't," said Joe.

The RBC trading floor had what the staff liked to refer to as a "no-asshole rule"; if someone came in the door looking for a job and sounding like a typical Wall Street asshole, they wouldn't hire him, no matter how much money he said he could make the firm. There was even an expression used to describe the culture: "RBC nice.

If you're not interested in the thing, and if you're just in it for the money, then you're not really going to have a sense of achievement.

it was the only time he'd done something just for the money, and that he'd never do something just for the money ever again.

If this story has a soul, it is in the decisions made by its principal characters to resist the temptation of easy money and to pay special attention to the spirit in which they live their working lives. I didn't write about them because they were controversial. I wrote about them because they were admirable.

She's got manners, but what has she got in the way of morals?" "Oh," said Luker blithely, "she and I don't have any morals. We have to get along with a scruple or two." "I

was drilled into us that success should not be measured in dollars; the truly successful person creates a family whose members are able to enjoy meaningful lives. And what gives life greater meaning is the opportunity to contribute to the community. Then Dad would lower his voice, as if to emphasize one final point: "No one in our society can have that unless everyone has a chance to achieve the American dream.

If we remain adaptable, we remain strong. If we force others to accept our traditions and values, we ultimately grow weak…

it was possible to live in harmony with mortals of all persuasions and remain vital and engaged with the world. These things he would neither sell nor offer for sale