Quotes About Values

In the ocean of baseness, the deeper we get, the easier the sinking.

There is no benefit to the conservative sinner in being a conservative. There is great benefit to the liberal sinner in being a liberal.

I was lucky enough to be raised by a man of great integrity and rectitude. That said, he was also human and had his secret sins, as we all do.

I've never had a sip of alcohol.

My family's big on discipline, respect, manners, make sure that we respect our elders. So that's kind of what the military is. You have to say, 'Yes sir,' 'No ma'am,' 'Yes ma'am.' All that stuff. That's kind of the mold my dad has for my brothers and I.

No one can complain about earning good money, but for me, it's being able to help my family out, put my brother and sister through school, take my family on holiday. That's where I get the biggest buzz, not buying a pair of £500 shoes.

No matter if my dad had to work, or my sister was gone until 7, or I had basketball practice until 8, we always ate together. I think that's a big part of the Hispanic family, the culture. That is key to our existence, really.

My sister does all this community-service type stuff in Portland that makes the world a much better place. And I make as much in a two-day commercial shoot as she does in five years, which is ridiculous.

My father insisted that I and my sisters not be indoctrinated into any religion at any age.

All three of us - two sisters and a brother - were brought up with an emphasis on academics.

I was raised a Calvinist. You might think you know what that means, but let me explain it the way my mother preached it to my three sisters and me back when we were at home: 'I buy my girls Calvin Klein clothes, so that's all they know. Then, when they graduate from college, they have to figure out how to pay for them themselves.'

My career has always revolved around what I do and don't want my sisters and brothers seeing me doing.

If I could pass along anything that my mother or my sisters taught me, I feel like my kids would be very well off.

The respect I had to give my brothers and sisters growing up I think has helped me. I want my kids to be raised the same way.

I come from the kind of family where work is work; my parents always taught me that it's better to be doing something than sitting around doing nothing.

Sixteen percent of our population is rural, but 40 percent of our military is rural. I don't believe that's because of a lack of opportunity in rural America. I believe that's because if you grow up in rural America, you know you can't just keep taking from the land. You've got to give something back.

I was sixteen when I converted to Islam. Beyond the fraternal aspect, my conversion did not change my life. I was already living by the same principles - being righteous, having values.

My parents told me, 'Skating is a privilege, not a right, and school always comes first.'

I'm skeptical of any mission that has advertisers at its centerpiece.

I am always a little skeptical when I see people talking about how much money they have.

I have a skepticism toward romance. I believe that decency and companionship are, in the long run, more important in life.

I don't spend a lot of money or buy a lot of things. I'm not a car guy, and I don't need a boat or a Jet Ski.

What Kirk wanted every evening was to go to bed with a beautiful woman. Our captain now is a man of infinitely more skill. A better man.

The basic skills of leaders are always the same: be driven by a deeper purpose, be a human being, have a passion for what you do, and it's also about hard work and ethics.