Quotes About Values

The kids today all seem to think they should be stars, but I wasn't brought up that way.

The minute you start compromising for the sake of massaging somebody's ego, that's it, game over.

I used to think that my songs were the best things that I would leave behind me. And I definitely think my kids are now. For starters, they're writing better songs than I was at their age.

For me, it's sad to say, but I would probably have a spiritual marriage but not a legal marriage, because I think so much about marriage starts to become about finances. It has nothing to do with God or feelings or the romantic side of marriage. It's about who owns what, who gets what? So what's the point?

My loyalty starts and ends at my front door.

Working at a startup to make a lot of money was never a thing, and that's why I decided to just finish up school. That was way more important for me.

It's so important for startups to get their culture right at the start. They need to feel unique and that they are on their own important mission in the world.

Every decision that you make you have to be incredible congruent. It doesn't mean that you have to starve. If you need money, you do something that gives you money, that's normal.

There's no doubt that the Christian right has gone to bed with the more conservative elements of the Republican Party. And there's been a melding in their goals when it comes to the separation of church and state. I've always believed in the separation of church and state.

He's more of a slob than you? Instead of condemning, state your standards: 'I need to live in a place that's clean. I respect that it's not a big deal to you, but it's important to me to enjoy my home.' This removes ego.

I believe that the definition of marriage is between one man and one woman from a religious aspect. That is my belief. I have stated that. I always have believed that.

It's not what my job is about. I'm not out to make a political statement. I want to stand for something, but more by example.

If you have a family mission statement that clarifies what your purpose is, then you use that as the criterion by which you make the decisions.

Budgets are moral documents. They reflect the values of any government and when you're compromising clean air, clean water, and lead, you're making a statement about communities you don't care about.

The mission statement of the RSC is to foster a constitutionally bound limited government, it's to have a strong national defense, it's to protect private property rights and it's to support American values. That's what the mission statement is. There's nothing in the mission statement about trying to hold leadership accountable.

If you're not willing to accept the pain real values incur, don't bother going to the trouble of formulating a values statement. You'll be better off without one.

God is being siphoned out of the public arena. People don't even say God bless you when you sneeze anymore. I want to be able to lay a Merry Christmas on someone without its feeling like a political statement.

I would never bring in a player to make a statement.

Our original mission and values consisted of four simple words that formed our foundation: 'We make great games.' We crafted that statement before we had even released our first game, but we were committed to living up to it.

All moral laws are merely statements that certain kinds of actions will have good effects.

Budgets are nothing if not statements of priorities.

I don't try to sugarcoat things, but I also think my books make positive statements about the people and values in small-town America.

I honestly don't care about individual awards or statistics.

The economy should serve man, not statistics.