Quotes About Values

The community has no bribe that will tempt a wise man.

For the young people here: practicality is a good thing. There are times where compromise is necessary. That's part of wisdom. But it's also important to hang on to what you believe.

This animal called man has some religious influence, but he is guided by economy.

Now we are not much more moral than the animals. We are only held down by the whips of society. If society said today, "I will not punish you if you steal," we should just make a rush for each other's property. It is the policeman that makes us moral. It is social opinion that makes us moral, and really we are little better than animals. We understand how much this is so in the secret of our own hearts. So let us not be hypocrites.

His brother and sister were the dearest people, but dreadfully good; they thought everything wrong. - William Price describing Fanny and Edmund to Georgiana Darcy

What was being put over (by Musso[lini] & Co.) was, she was never in doubt, based on trickery and false values, sanctified aggression, pandered to false pride; it made ignorant youth feel important, gave foolish people spurious hopes – it was dangerous stuff.

Una cuarta característica de todos los superjefes es la integridad. No utilizo la palabra en el sentido coloquial de "honestidad", sino más bien como la estricta adherencia a una visión básica o sentido de sí mismo.

In a real sense, all of us are "the parents" of all young children - because we help shape the culture and determine its values.

Somebody once said that if many people had not read about romantic love and seen it on the screen, they would never look for it themselves. I believe this. And along with it I believe that if many people were not ashamed to be thought deficient in "family feeling" they would never have children.

The world has always been betrayed by decent men with bad ideals.

I respect a woman too much to marry her.

My dear grandmother (who was a psychic in her own right and very well known in Kansas City, Missouri) used to say if you find someone who doesn't like animals, children, or music . . . run.

It's like parents choosing to raise their own standard of living rather than to provide for the future of their kids. You wouldn't consider that very admirable would you?

I'm a Republican. I don't want to go to heaven and have to face my family up there and tell them I voted for a Democrat.

Money will only make you more of what you already are.

There are no college courses to build up self-esteem or high school or elementary school. If you don't get those values at a early age, nurtured in your home, you don't get them.

someone you considered a friend will kick you to the curb because you stop hanging out so much with the fellas to be with your girlfriend. Prioritize your relationships and you will discover who your real friends are.

If he had learned anything from his parents, he learned that business was a matter of relationships.

He may have confused honor with with with ruthlessness.

Worry about your character and not your reputation, because your character is who you are, and your reputation is only what people think of you.

Reputation is made in a moment. Character is built in a lifetime.

Respect was one thing. Survival was another. It was important that I kept my priorities in the right order.

Nothing was really so important to my father as the achievement of selflessness. He rarely mentioned it directly, but tried to guide us to it in a roundabout way.

Crisis changes people," Genji said, filling Heiko's cup in turn. "If they are fortunate, crisis shows them what truly matters.