Quotes About Values

It had also become harder to discuss this with his colleagues. All too often Sammy's speeches about the importance of good neighborhoods and schools were met only with dismissive comments. It was self-evident, it was written on every wall, they seemed to say,

Behind every downward trend in society lies the church's permission in one form or another.

Shared understanding is particularly critical if we are to shape a collective future that reflects common objectives and values.

It is true that in the post-pandemic era, personal health and well-being will become a much greater priority for society, which is why the genie of tech surveillance will not be put back into the bottle. But it is for those who govern and each of us personally to control and harness the benefits of technology without sacrificing our individual and collective values and freedoms.

Simply put, what we expose as facts or opinions are moral choices that the pandemic has laid bare. They are made in the name of what we think is right or wrong and therefore define us as who we are.

We must ensure that the global market is embedded in broadly shared values and practices that reflect global social needs, and that all the world's people share the benefits of globalization.

To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.

The models of modern physics are concerned, therefore, both with con- tinuous and discrete values. It would seem appropriate to consider a hybrid system. It will be extremely difficult to find a technical model of a hybrid computer which behaves according to the laws of quantum physics.

Miss Kay When Phil walked into our apartment that night, the boys were so happy. The first thing they wanted to know was whether he'd brought back the big TV. All Phil could say was, "I didn't know I was supposed to do that." He looked around the sparse room where we had been living and said, "You should have gotten more stuff." It never was about stuff to me. The last thing we needed during that time was more stuff.

My father always said, "Be the kind they marry, not the kind they date." So on our first date I'd nag the guy for a new dishwasher.

When you forget who you are and whose you are, you start to compromise.

I was beginning to learn from my grandfather that love covers a multitude of sins and that I was more important to him than his stuff.

As the Holy Spirit restores us, He trains our wills to choose thoughts, values and behaviors that bring Him praise.

Now is a powerful time in this country for young people and others to be asking the question, What are we for? Do we exist for some reason other than competing with China or finding the best possible technological advances?

after all, hospitality was a virtue, one of the highest in Mamma's esteem.

When you're on your deathbed, you probably aren't counting the movies you've made.

I would rather be a poor man with honest friends than a rich man with none.

I also wonder about gold fever, why it make some men crazy and others wise. Such as Sam, my father, and Captain clinkingbeard They suffered heartbreak and loss just as Jesse Blue had, but they didn't become thieves or liars. Why? I asked papa. What makes the difference? His eyes were gentle when he looked at me. "It seems that true character of often isn't revealed until a person is faced with temptation".

Take the money, no take the money, but leave my stove out of it.

Don't think about who they are. Think about who you are and what sacrifices you can live with and what will break you.

The etymology of the word "conscience" tells us that it is a special form of "knowledge" . . .The peculiarity of "conscience" is that it is a knowledge of, or certainty about, the emotional value of the ideas we have concerning the motives of our actions.

So it comes about that there are many neurotics whose inner decency prevents them from being at one with present-day morality and who cannot adapt themselves so long as the moral code has gaps in it which it is of the crying need of our age to fill.

People have a moral standard about what they will do and will not do. At the end of the day someone who cheats has a lower moral standard than someone who does not. And they will cheat in other areas of life as well.

Time and again in my clients, I have seen simple people become significant and creative in their own spheres, as they have developed more trust of the processes going on within themselves, and have dared to feel their own feelings, live by values which they discover within, and express themselves in their own unique ways.