Quotes About Values

Personal leadership is the process of keeping your vision and values before you and aligning your life to be congruent with them.

You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage — pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically — to say 'no' to other things. And the way to do that is by having a bigger 'yes' burning inside. The enemy of the 'best' is often the 'good.'

The character ethic, which I believe to be the foundation of success, teaches that there are basic principles of effective living, and that people can only experience true success and enduring happiness as they learn and integrate these principles into their basic character.

You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage—pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically, to say "no" to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger "yes" burning inside. The enemy of the "best" is often the "good.

It is possible to feel angered by the compromises all around us, while remaining apathetic to the compromises inside us.

I've always been clear, I support the traditional definition of marriage.

Most sets of values would give rise to universes that, although they might be very beautiful, would contain no one able to wonder at that beauty.

My work and my family are very important to me.

We've switched from a culture that was interested in manufacturing, economics, politics - trying to play a serious part in the world - to a culture that's really entertainment-based.

So many people of liberal persuasion value their own progressive opinions more than they value the people they hold those opinions about.

Because values on a clock face increase in a clockwise direction, we expect greater quantities to be indicated by greater arcs in a clockwise direction

There are no moral shortcuts in the game of business—or life. There are, basically, three kinds of people: the unsuccessful, the temporarily successful, and those who become and remain successful. The difference is character.

Low trust causes friction, whether it is caused by unethical

Honorable men don't settle for lives of regret.

Ultimately, though, you only know who a man is and what he believes by what he does. Not by what he sits around talking about.

As America has rejected God's presence and God's law, America has declined in greatness.

The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person.

Americans are both deeply religious and

Beliefs are not related to religion but they are basically about who you are.

While there is nothing wrong with physical desire per se, and wanting a partner who you consider to be physically attractive, you should also understand that if you are serious about finding that special someone and perhaps growing old with them, looks fade but character does not.

I know a lot of wealthy people, and yet not many of them drive a Rolls Royce or a Ferrari! However, I also know some of poor people on the verge of bankruptcy driving Bentleys!

If you were brought up on a poor man's brand of drink and prefer that to this very day then do not pretend you like expensive wine.

The right thing isn't always real obvious. Sometimes the right thing for one person is the wrong thing for someone else. So...good luck figuring that out.

We live in a society that puts a high premium on success and I learned, mainly through my dad, that salvation would come through success, and I carried that into my adult life and it's a total lie.