Quotes About Values

The principles we live by, in business and in social life, are the most important part of happiness.

The needle of our conscience is as good a compass as any.

He who never sacrificed a present to a future good, or a personal to a general one, can speak of happiness only as the blind speak of color.

Happy is the man who ventures boldly to defend what he holds dear.

How important is the heart! It is there that character is formed. It alone holds the secrets of true success.

It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.

Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven.

Our worth is determined by the good deeds we do, rather than by the fine emotions we feel.

One of the forms of psychological heroism is the willingness to tolerate anxiety and uncertainty in the pursuit of our values - whether these values be work goals, the love of another human being, the raising of a family or personal growth.

The middle class prefers comfort to pleasure, convenience to liberty, and a pleasant temperature to the deathly inner consuming fire.

A man has honour if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable or dangerous to do so.

Our concern is not how to worship in the catacombs but how to remain human in the skyscrapers.

Reasons are whores.

I would never have told my father a lie. We were brought up to be very truthful. I would never lie today. It's impossible.

I'm very true to the old punk ethics of honesty and truthfulness and integrity... and still be authentic.

I think that cinema and the arts are central in our lives because we grow up and learn about the world through our exposure to stories. Parents use them as a tool to teach their children fundamental truths and values, much as adults can view them to gain exposure to cultures and individuals that they'd never be able to view in their own lives.

Our American heritage is greater than any one of us. It can express itself in very homely truths; in the end it can lift up our eyes beyond the glow in the sunset skies.

Born of a noble father and a saintly mother, President Hinckley learned as a young boy the truths of the restored gospel from his faithful parents. He came to respect deeply and value highly his pioneer heritage.

Most of what is said by candidates on the right is half-baked truths and fabrications coated in 'patriotism or family values.'

You can't escape culture. You can learn about it. You can criticize it. You can try to move it slowly. But at the end of the day, you can't actually opt out of the culture that you're in.

Faith, family, and fitness - that's the order I try to keep things in.

I try to keep in my mind the simple question: Am I trying to do good or make myself look good? Too many of our responsibilities get added to our plate when we are trying to please people, impress people, prove ourselves, acquire power, increase our prestige. All those motivations are about looking good more than doing good.

He was a great man, my granddad, a very calm, logical and methodical guy. I suppose I'm trying to be more like him as I get older.

I've always prided myself on being myself and trying to stick true to who I am and how I was raised.