Quotes About Values

I stand in philosophy exactly where I stand in daily life; I should not be honest otherwise.

Un om este liber din punct de vedere moral când [...] judec? lumea ÅŸi îi judec? pe ceilalÅ£i oameni cu o sinceritate care nu face compromisuri.

The ultimate intuitions on which ethics rests are not debatable, for they are not opinions we hazard but preferences we feel; and it can neither be correct nor incorrect that we feel them.

Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends : have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men.

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.

She wants to live simply and thinks luxuries little more than social display.

I find it very worrying that we don't talk about nature anymore. We talk about natural resources as if everything had a price tag. You cannot buy spiritual values at a shopping mall. An old-growth forest, a clear river, the flight of a golden eagle, the howl of a wolf, the vitality of a tiger, space and quiet without motors, TVs, mobiles — these are intangibles. Those are the values that people need, that uplift our spirit.

Americans, being a moral people, want their foreign policy to reflect the values we espouse as a nation. But Americans, being a practical people, also want their foreign policy to be effective.

I'm not doing my philanthropic work, out of any kind of guilt, or any need to create good public relations. I'm doing it because I can afford to do it, and I believe in it.

On a deeper level, the sharing of our lives on a daily basis is a statement of our values and of what makes us tick. In so doing, friends who are far away may feel close by, and long lost acquaintances or relationships may resurface, often with alarming results.

Do I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes, I do.

I believe a marriage is between a man and a woman.

Our Nation must defend the sanctity of marriage.

The lips that touch liquor must never touch mine!

Destroying human life in the hopes of saving human life is not ethical...

Few people have the virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Few men have virtue enough to withstand the highest bidder.

Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Conservatives define themselves in terms of what they oppose.

Oh, everybody knows that although they may be hard workers, they are not easy to deal with, and they've skimmed the district for all the cream they can get. But after all, though they may rob us, at least they respect us. That makes for a kind of social solidarity between us and them—deplore it or not, it exists, and everything that exists should be used for some good purpose.

Il ne s'agit pas d'édifier à grand-peine des institutions libérales, il s'agit d'avoir encore des hommes libres à mettre dedans.

America now is stumbling through the darkness of hatred and divisiveness. Our values, our principles, and our determination to succeed as a free and democratic people will give us a torch to light the way. And we will survive and become the strongernot only because of a patriotism that stands for love of country, but a patriotism that stands for love of people.

I guess it is a little disconcerting," she said evenly, "for you and the Committee on Constitutional Reform to have young people who value this country and who understand what made it strong. That will certainly make your task more difficult.