Quotes About Values

It has always seemed to me that a coward is a person who cares more about what people say than about what is right. Bravery isn't about what people call you, Spensa. It's about who you know yourself to be.

In the end, I must proclaim that no good can be achieved of false means. For the substance of our existence is not in the achievement, but in the method.

If I should die," Dalinar said, "then I would do so having lived my life right. It is not the destination that matters, but how one arrives there." "The Codes?" "No. The Way of Kings." "That storming book.

The difference between good and evil men is not found in the acts they are willing to commit—but merely in what name they are willing to commit them in.

Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before pancakes -Lopen

Don't just act because you can; act because it's the right thing to do. If you keep that in mind, you'll be all right.

If you want to know a man, dig in his firepit...Basically, it meant that you could judge a lot about a man's life by what he thew away - or by what he was willing to burn in order to stay warm.

A man is what he has passion about. If you give up what you want most for what you think you should want more, you'll end up miserable.

Sometimes," Dalinar said, "the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself.

A coward is a person who cares more about what people say than about what is right.

When you can't have both freedom and safety, boy, which do you choose?

A man can say all kinds of things, but where he sets his spheres, that's where his heart is.

the end, I must proclaim that no good can be achieved of false means. For the substance of our existence is not in the achievement, but in the method.

I consider myself to be a man of principle. But, what man does not? Even the cutthroat, I have noticed, considers his actions "moral" after a fashion.

I love tradition," Dalinar said to Kadash. "I've fought for tradition. I make my men follow the codes. I uphold Vorin virtues. But merely being tradition does not make something worthy, Kadash. We can't just assume that because something is old it is right.

It is a great irony that society tends to look down on those who sell their bodies, but not on those who lease out their minds.

The book was written to embody an ideal. It was given to people who already had momentum in doing what was right. That was my mistake. Before any of this can work, our people need to have a minimum level of honor and dignity.

Who had time for morals in a world like this?

no good can be achieved of false means. For the substance of our existence is not in the achievement, but in the method.

Mom would kill me if I showed my navel.

Who we are and how we engage with the world are much stronger predictors of how our children will do than what we know about parenting.

Are you the adult that you want your child to grow up to be?

Shame resilience is the ability to say, "This hurts. This is disappointing, maybe even devastating. But success and recognition and approval are not the values that drive me. My value is courage and I was just courageous. You can move on, shame.

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